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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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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.
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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.
Rice Business is listed at number 19 on the Fortune Best MBA Programs in 2022.
“At Rice, one of my favorite events is Partio. Partio is a weekly tradition that happens on Thursday nights. Some nights are themed to celebrate all the cultures and backgrounds of Rice Students." Takeya Green '22
"I can confidently say that [professor Arun Gopalakrishnan] is someone who not only knows his field but can also communicate and teach it well too.” Quy Le '22
Rice Business and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have teamed up to create a health care leadership program to prepare the next generation of life science executives.
Rice Business and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have launched a new healthcare leadership program designed to help executives navigate the complexity of running healthcare organizations.
Despite the VC slowdown this year, clean tech and climate tech have remained attractive investments. This includes Texas. For example, the Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator reported in August that 17 of its early- to mid-stage startups have already raised more than $54.5 million this year.
Ten new ventures were named the “Most Promising Companies" at the 19th annual Rice Alliance Energy Tech Venture Forum. More than 90 energy ventures, 70 investor groups and 40 speakers connected at the forum Sept. 15 at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business.
Takeya Green '22 urges MBAs to step up and take ownership. “In my student fund class, I did not apply for a leadership role because I felt I had too little finance experience to be successful. This is one of the biggest mistakes I made during my time at Rice."