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More than 500 MBA graduates crossed the stage May 9 at the Jones Graduate School of Business MBA commencement ceremony in Tudor Fieldhouse. The ceremony marked the graduation of the 10,000th student from Rice Business.
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School Updates
Rice University conferred more than 250 doctoral degrees during its 112th commencement May 10 at Tudor Fieldhouse. Doctoral candidates along with friends, family and loved ones gathered for the ceremony, which included the awarding of doctoral regalia, congratulatory remarks, cheers and a few moments to reflect on this milestone.
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In The Media
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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When people see diversity in a corporate team, they're more likely to believe the team behaves in a moral fashion, according to research co-conducted by Ajay Kalra, the Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Marketing at Rice Business.
Rice Business announced that their Class of 2021 Full-Time MBA graduates have exceeded expectations, recording some of the highest employment numbers in the school’s history. “We reported our highest base salary ever,” said Philip Heavilin, executive director of the Career Development Office.
Applications are now open for Goizueta Business School’s second John R. Lewis Racial Justice Case Competition. The competition seeks student leaders to investigate how companies can address racial injustice within their organizations. Rice Business will be hosting the semifinals in December 2021.
Rice defensive end Trey Schuman was nominated Wednesday for the 2021 William V. Campbell Trophy, one of college football's most prestigious scholar-athlete awards. He is a co-captain for the Owls and is currently pursuing his MBA at Rice Business.
Congratulations to Rice MBA '12 Gabriel Villasmil, for being name the new Vice President of Corporate Business Development of VLS Recovery Services, LLC.
“This recognition in entrepreneurship has consistently told the story that we care about and support the entrepreneurial mindset, business plans and dreams of our students, alumni and the undergraduate and graduate community at large,” wrote Dean Peter Rodriguez.
Rice MBA Julian Duncan was recently named the chief marketing and strategy officer for the Houston Rockets. “There’s definitely going to be a lot experimenting and a lot of new, fresh ideas that are coming up," he told the Houston Chronicle.
Yan “Anthea” Zhang, the Fayez Sarofim Vanguard Chair Professor of Strategy at the Rice Business, has been selected as a fellow of the Strategic Management Society (SMS), a distinction honoring members of the society who have made significant contributions to the theory and practice of strategic management.
Rice Business climbs to the number 22 spot in the latest Bloomberg Businessweek MBA rankings.
AlixPartners announced that Irfan Bidiwala, a Rice MBA graduate and seasoned expert in a wide range of industrial sectors has joined as a Managing Director.
