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"You want to have a consistent story that’s woven throughout your application," says George Andrews, associate dean of degree programs. "In your essays, you’re talking about the things you’re good at or areas of opportunity for growth. That carries on through the interview and, ideally, your letters of recommendation."
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"Since my career in the Army involved healthcare, I was drawn to Rice Business because of the number of classes focused on the healthcare industry. These classes give me the opportunity to align my Army experience with the business side of healthcare."
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A study reveals that 13% of scientific articles show signs of AI, raising a debate about the integrity of research. Rice Business professor Kathleen Perley says that AI can play a decisive role in democratizing access to academic research, especially for non-English-speaking researchers or those suffering from learning disabilities.
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Ruth López Turley, a professor of sociology and director of Rice University's Houston Education Research Consortium, will head the Kinder Institute for Urban Research when current director Bill Fulton steps down on June 30.
Patents are becoming an innovative source of collateral for businesses borrowing money, and there’s a time-critical sweet spot for lenders trying to calculate how much those patents are worth, according to new research co-authored by Yan Anthea Zhang, chair professor of strategy at Rice Business
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has appointed Rice Business Dean Peter Rodriguez to its Houston Branch board of directors for a three-year term beginning January 1, 2022.
During the virtual 2021 MBA Case Competition, three finalist teams, including one from Rice Business, will present their solutions live to a panel of judges.
“More and more people are buying things online,” said Utpal Dholakia, marketing professor at Rice Business. “And that takes a lot out of the glamour, the image of Black Friday as something special.”
Companies hope that by making price increases hard to see, they can escape notice and avoid a customer backlash. Rice Business marketing profesor Utpal Dholakia breaks down the common ways companies raise prices covertly.
The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur today announced the results of The Princeton Review's 16th annual ranking of undergraduate and graduate schools for entrepreneurship studies. Rice University was #1 on the top 50 graduate schools list, achieving a “three-peat”: having been #1 on that list for three consecutive years.
Rice Business is ranked the No. 1 graduate entrepreneurship program in the United States for 2022 by the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine. This is Rice Business’ third No. 1 ranking in a row on this prestigious list.
Rice Business marketing professor Utpal Dholokia tells Axios that H-E-B's high market share shows that Austin shoppers value the grocer and are willing to give a sizable chunk of their dollars to the company.
"Consistently, results showed that conservatives are more satisfied than liberals with the products and services they purchased. This is profoundly important for companies and businesses whose goal is to provide customer value by satisfying their customers," said study co-author Vikas Mittal, a marketing professor at Rice Business.
