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Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week begins Sept. 15 and exemplifies how Houston is developing and scaling real solutions for the challenge of meeting growing global energy demand while reducing carbon emissions.
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School Updates
Vikas Mittal, J. Hugh Liedtke Professor of Marketing at Rice Business, directs C-CUBES, where research on customer-based strategy drives insights for organizations to improve value, engagement and long-term performance.
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In The Media
Houston’s ChopnBlok, founded by Chef Ope Amosu '14, was named to The New York Times’ 2025 list of America’s 50 best restaurants. The Montrose spot earned praise for its vibrant West African dishes and was hailed as a standout dining destination.
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FluxWorks from Texas A&M University, a magnetic gear technology company, took home the grand prize at the 2023 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC). The winners were announced at the conclusion of the three-day pitching, mentoring and networking event.
At the Hess Corporation, Trent Kostenuk '23 oversaw the launch of a joint venture with Exxon Mobil and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation. “My contributions to this project gained me high visibility within the organization and positioned me as the go-to person for technical expertise and guidance for the G&G team and leadership.”
Rice Business Professor Siyu Yu and her team found that people who accurately gauge team influencers possess “status acuity,” a skill that can reduce group conflict and improve team performance.
A new paper from researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, Rice University and the University of Lausanne found that finfluencers who provided the worst advice were the most active and had the greatest following.
American universities include the best destinations for students wishing to major in business studies because America's higher education system is the most robust, complete, and optimal.
Across two days of joyful tears, stirring speeches, embraces and exultation, Rice University’s 2023 graduates celebrated the end of one chapter in their lives inside the hedges and the thrilling possibilities that lay before them in the chapters beyond.
Opportunity. The word was used often during Cal Maritime 2023 Graduation Ceremony. During her commencement address, Ally Cedeno '20 of Women Offshore Foundation used the word when speaking to the school’s 93rd graduating class. “The world needs your leadership and you belong in this industry,” she said.
Rice University's Jones School of Business ranked No. 2 in Texas and No. 24 overall in the nation, while the Brown School of Engineering earned the No. 30 spot among engineering schools, and third best program in Texas. A
Years ago, the Texas Medical Center established a biobridge to exchange technology and support with Denmark. Now, the two organizations are coming together to advance three health tech startups through a unique accelerator.
Building strategic alignment across an organization is always challenging, but a large gap between actual and perceived alignment makes it that much harder to get on the same page and implement a strategy effectively.
