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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.
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The extent to which students look racially stereotypical—that is, more or less like members of their racial group—influences how likely they are to persist in a STEM-related field, according to a new study. “I think we live in a presumed meritocracy where people believe what you get on tests and how you do in the classroom is what matters,” says Mikki Hebl, chair of psychological sciences and professor of management at Rice University. “Our research says that your looks do matter and can impact your likelihood to depart or remain in a STEM field. And that is pretty shocking.”
When Bloomberg Businessweek cranked out its latest ranking of full-time MBA programs last year, the magazine’s lineup was informed by completed surveys from 3,698 employers who recruit MBA graduates. Typically, Businessweek doesn’t share the full results of those recruiter surveys but today (March 6) released a new set of findings from them. When it came to reputation, Stanford Graduate School of Business came out first, with the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business second, UC-Berkeley’s Haas School of Business third, Georgetown fourth and Rice University fifth.
Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business, one of the country’s top-ranked business schools, will make its South by Southwest (SXSW) debut during this year’s conference in Austin. Rice Business is partnering with Texas Monthly to co-host a brand house on South Congress Avenue March 11-15. The store, located next to Allens Boots, will be transformed into a retro hotel-like space with special daily programming from the school’s professors and student musicians from Rice’s Shepherd School of Music.
Howard Schultz, former chairman and CEO of Starbucks, will visit Rice University March 6 for a discussion on leadership and the lessons he has learned over the course of his life and business career. Schultz will also share insights from his biography, “From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America.” The presentation, hosted by Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business and Baker Institute for Public Policy, is by invitation only.
Much of the early enthusiasm for massive open online courses, or Moocs, focused on how they could disrupt and democratise education — opening elite universities’ courses to the masses. They have long faced one stumbling block, however: barely anyone who starts a Mooc completes it. One trend to address this challenge is caharging for courses that include tutoring or a certificate of completion. Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business and 2U, an education technology company, are developing a portfolio of short, online courses for business executives.
The Rice Business Plan Competition, the largest such business plan competition in the world, selected 42 teams to compete in its 19th annual event.
The Rice Business Plan Competition, billed as the world's richest and largest student startup competition, unveiled the 42 teams that will vie for more than $1.5 million in prizes during the 19th annual event.
This week, the question comes from an anonymous BusinessBecause reader looking to the US for their graduate business education. Their question is answered by George Andrews, associate dean of degree programs at the Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business. Question: I'm currently prepping for the GMAT and I'm worried about getting into a top US business school. Do I need 700+ on the GMAT to get into a business school in the US?
Researchers at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business and the University of Miami Business School in the US found that CFOs who mimic the way their CEOs talk are not only likely to pocket bigger paychecks, they're also more likely to win seats on their corporate boards.
