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In this edition of Real Numbers of MBA Admissions, we round up the percentage of students of the Classes of 2024 placed in tech.
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As businesses across the country strive to deliver better customer experiences, a new nationwide study provides timely insights into what Americans value most in the products and services they use every day.
1 May
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Rice University has announced the launch of Rice Digital Learning and Strategy, a reimagined office aimed at expanding the university’s impact through innovative digital learning initiatives. Formerly known as Rice Online Learning, Rice Digital Learning and Strategy reflects the university’s expanded mission to integrate digital tools and strategies across all levels of education.
28 Apr
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Ben Lansford, accounting professor and director of the Master of Accounting program, discusses the reason accounting is a major in decline at schools across the country — and why it’s worth the time.
Rice Business has released its first annual report on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). The report highlights internal efforts to become a more welcoming and accepting community, a major priority for Peter Rodriguez, dean of the Jones Graduate School of Business.
Rice Business professors Kevin Crotty and Kerry Back, and Ph.D. student Seyed Mohammad Kazempour, recently evaluated whether new predictors based on option prices really are a valuable forecasting tool in their paper, “Validity, Tightness, and Forecasting Power of Risk Premium Bounds.”
The largest crowd in the history of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) Conference gathered last week in Las Vegas to celebrate creativity and innovation in university-based entrepreneurship education. The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship is the global headquarters for the GCEC.
Rice Business professor Jing Zhou discusses her research in organizational behavior and the factors that facilitate or inhibit creativity and innovation.
Schlumberger, Halliburton and Baker Hughes saw revenues increase in a three-month period. Rice Business marketing professor Vikas Mittal says that oil field services companies are chasing new technology and trying to expand their offerings instead of focusing on customer service.
Part of Rice Business’ mission is to create a rich learning environment that considers and appreciates different viewpoints — a critical mindset and leadership skill in today’s increasingly global and inclusive workplace. The conference is designed to provide a forum for awareness, dialogue and skill-building.
Cody Bass '22 equates studying business to mastering a different language: “I mean you now understand (on a deeper level) what the execs are trying to do, or what and why investors are asking for certain metrics.”
Get to know some new members of the Rice Business MBA Class of 2024 in this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students from Clear Admit.
Bruce Xu ’24 came to Rice to study in the Shepherd School of Music but he’s since switched to the new undergraduate business major from the Jones Graduate School of Business. Performing at The Woodlands Community Presbyterian Church helps him not only maintain his musical talent, but also play his part in the Greater Houston community.
