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Rice University ranks first in Texas for 10-year return on investment, with alumni seeing roughly $334,000 in gains. Its strong earnings outcomes keep Rice at the top of both short and long-term ROI comparisons statewide.
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Rice Business professor Mijeong Kwon finds that viewing passion for work as a moral virtue can harm employees and teams, leading to guilt, burnout and biased treatment of colleagues who are seen as less passionate.
26 Nov
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Rice Business professor Mijeong Kwon argues that moralizing a love of work can undermine workplace well-being. Her research shows that treating intrinsic motivation as a virtue fuels guilt, burnout and biased judgments that disrupt team dynamics.
25 Nov
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As B-schools begin to release employment reports for the Class of 2021, Poets&Quants takes a last look back at the data from the previous year. Rice Business leads all schools with 62% growth in consulting hires out of its full-time MBA program.
Conducted as a joint international effort between Rice University, the University of Western Australia, the University of Queensland, and Bond University, this research is among the first to investigate how temperamental diversity influences team creativity and cohesion.
Rice Business professor Yan Zhang says she believes that Patel’s departure is tied to the July 27 chemical leak. "The company has to pick somebody to be responsible. In this situation, making a clear cut between the CEO and the company is a smart move from the company’s perspective.”
Rice University temporarily turns to online classes as the virus surges across Texas. New York Times updates live.
In Mexico City, a little-known Diego Rivera sculpture honors the partnership of government, art, history -- and science. Rice Business Wisdom editor Claudia Kolker tells the story for National Geographic.
The Rice Business Online MBA is ranked by Poets & Quants as the third-best MBA Program for Real Estate. The course offers real estate electives in Capital Markets, as well as in Development and Disruption in Commercial Real Estate.
If you’re putting together a team for a project, you might be inclined to pick people with optimistic dispositions,but a new management study co-authored by Rice Business professor Jing Zhou indicates your team might also benefit from people who are exactly the opposite.
Nearly 18 months after saying goodbye to cubicle life, many workers are trickling back to the office, but the transition hasn’t been easy for everyone. Rice Business editor Jennifer Latson writes for the Houston Chronicle about ways to make it smoother.
Academic Influence, the company that uses artificial intelligence to arrive at its rankings, has applied its unique methodology to generate its first-ever rankings of dozens of online degree programs. The online MBA at Rice Business come in at number 5 in the nation.
“I am excited to join the board at Rapid Micro Biosystems at an energizing time in the company's growth,” Litherland said. “As the company pursues its vision, I welcome the opportunity to share my experience.” Litherland has a BA in Economics from Rice University and a Master of Accounting degree from Rice Business.