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Rice University student-founded companies took home a total of $115,000 in equity-free funding at the annual Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship's H. Albert Napier Rice Launch Challenge last week. 2025 Rice Innovation Fellow Alexandria Carter won the top prize and $50,000 for her startup Bionostic.
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School Updates
Alex Cantin is graduating this May with a degree in business management, including a minor in entrepreneurship, from the Virani Undergraduate School of Business at Rice and will join McKinsey as a consultant. Cantin said he chose Rice because of the faculty-student ratio and because he would be one of the early graduates of the new Virani School.
24 Apr
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In The Media
Rice Business professor Emily Prinsloo comments on dynamic pricing and its recent use.
23 Apr
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Rice University’s Office of Innovation has named Rice Business lecturer and alumnus Adrian Trömel as assistant vice president for strategy and investments.
Hosted by Rice Business Executive Education, the Second Annual Renewable Energy Leadership Conference will be held at Rice University to explore the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) signed one year ago.
Rice University greeted the incoming Class of 2027 for the first time during an eventful, emotional and celebratory O-Week move-in day on Aug. 13.
Rice Business professor Al Danto's eyesight was restored after surgery to remove a tumor, but an embolism almost cost him his life.
New research from Rice Business Professor Eleanor Putnam-Farr and colleagues shows that climate friendly reminders work best when placed in the early part of a consumer's decision-making process.
"I wanted to enroll in a program that would make it conducive for me to juggle being a devoted mother of three children, a demanding career, and school. Rice was the perfect choice for me as it meant I didn’t have to travel far away from my family to attend classes."
"As an introvert who plays an extrovert in my career, I need all the tools and mentors I can find. I’m leaving the program with more confidence and conviction of where I’m going and what I’m capable of, along with the benefit of access to an amazing network at Rice."
Rice University is among the schools that say they are tweaking their essay questions or adding new ones in light of the recent Supreme Court ruling.
Poets & Quants ranked the most expensive MBA from leading business schools in the United States and Europe. Although Rice Business is mentioned, we didn't rank in the top 25 in terms of expense.
If you've scrolled Instagram in the past week, you've probably seen notices that some of your friends have joined Threads, the social media-verse's buzziest new hangout spot. Chris Ferris, Rice Business alum and vice president of digital strategy at Pierpont Communications, weighs in.