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Rice MBA Ope Amosu turned his homesickness for Nigerian food into ChòpnBlọk, a Houston restaurant sensation blending West African flavors with modern fast-casual dining.
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In The Media
Rice Business celebrates the grand opening of Virani Hall, a new 112,000-square-foot facility expanding space for the Jones Graduate School of Business, Virani Undergraduate School of Business and Executive Education programs.
28 Sep
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School Updates
The undergraduate business major, launched in 2021, rose four spots to No. 20 nationally. The entrepreneurship program climbed four spots to No. 8 — a rise of 23 places over the past three years.
22 Sep
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Rice University will host its Diversity Matters series on various dates starting March 21 and running through April 17. The series, which will feature multiple panel speakers in each session, fits into Rice’s overarching commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
Rice Business’ podcast, Owl Have You Know, is hosting a special live recording event March 25 with New York Times best-selling author Scott Sonenshein and CEO of the Houston Symphony John Mangum.
Marketing professor Utpal Dholakia weighs in on the measures taken by the White House to reduce credit card fees and their potential response.
Army veteran Ken Jackson went from piloting Black Hawks to private wealth management at Goldman Sachs–the bridge being the Rice Business MBA program. In this edition of Real Humans: Alumni, see how Jackson’s MBA put him in the entrepreneurial mindset, his secret weapon that has allowed him to thrive confidently in the wealth management landscape.
Why do people support politicians who make blatantly false statements? A forthcoming study co-authored by Rice Business professor Minjae Kim dug into this phenomenon and found that people knowingly support falsehoods when it aligns with their personal politics.
The Conversation interviewed Eleanor Putnam-Farr, assistant professor of marketing at Rice Business and co-author of “Forgot Your Bottle or Bag Again? How Well-Placed Reminder Cues Can Help Consumers Build Sustainable Habits,” about the challenges of changing people’s behavior – even when their intentions are good.
Rice University's team, Prosperity Without Prejudice, clinched the first prize of $20,000, spotlighting the event's impact on promoting racial and economic justice through innovative corporate strategies.
According to a study co-authored by Rice Business professor Vikas Mittal, public schools can revitalize themselves by embracing a customer focus. “Ideally, every school’s customer should be the family—the student and their parents. Instead, leadership has become internally focused trying to appease different power brokers and stakeholders."
ClearAdmit gathered average GRE scores at the top U.S. programs from the class of 2025 to help potential applicants get a better idea of where they stack up against others.
“With the rise of AI, students in 2024 may need to focus more on digital skills compared to their predecessors. Online learning requires more technological familiarity and self-direction,” says George Andrews, the associate dean of degree programs at Rice Business.
