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Rice University’s Virani Undergraduate School of Business is introducing the Moody Business Scholars Program, a highly selective, cohort-based undergraduate experience designed to prepare high-achieving business students for careers in competitive industries.
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The 26th annual Women in Leadership Conference (WILC) welcomed hundreds of women to Rice Business’ McNair Hall for a day of networking, learning and inspiration for climbing the ladder in their careers. This year’s theme was “Pass the Torch: Together, We Will Carry the Flame.”
11 Mar
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Research from Rice Business professors John Barry, Bruce Carlin, and Alan Crane shows how firms use hurdle rates differently in practice than finance theory predicts.
9 Mar
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Take a look at some of the most promising MBAs from the Class of 2022 at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business.
Returning to work after having a baby can be pretty stressful. Abbey Donnell, founder and CEO of Work and Mother and Rice MBA '17, lays out barriers for new moms and how her company might be a solution on this new podcast episode.
Sqirl was internet famous for its house-made jams. Then a photo of mold made them internet infamous. Professor Anastasiya Zavyalova talked to Lauren Ober on the Spectacular Failures podcast about the best way to get out of this kind of reputational jam.
"I applied at a few other universities but was sold when I came to campus for my interview. It was a close-knit, diverse, and unique school in a great city. I felt like I belonged there the moment I walked through the doors."
With its industry reeling, the Fort Worth–based airline giant is quietly betting that diminished competition will keep passengers coming. Anastasiya Zavyalova, associate professor of strategic management, weighs in.
With Election Day just over a month away, Rice University’s School of Social Sciences and Department of Political Science are hosting a virtual discussion about the presidential, congressional, state and local contests. The panel includes former Houston Mayor Annise Parker ’78, who previously served as a professor in the practice at Rice Business.
The Clean Energy Accelerator will be a hands-on, 12-week program to support early stage energy startups from around the world, all of which will have access to the Rice Alliance network of energy corporations, investors and advisers.
"In classes, we learn about companies that adapt to change, stay agile, and move with the times. That is what we did: we adapted, we switched to online learning platforms, we connected digitally, and we grew."
Even as most of the rest of the U.S. top 25 full-time B-schools were shedding MBA app volume in the 2018-2019 cycle, the Jones Graduate School of Business was bucking the national trend, reporting not only increased applications but a falling acceptance rate, too.
Executive Education at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business, which creates peer-based learning and professional programs for business leaders, has created a new program called Corporate Innovation.
