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23 of 54 business schools grew their GRE submission volume from 2022 to 2023, with the biggest leap coming at Rice Business, which jumped 24 percentage points to 31%
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Rice Business offers several Executive Education courses that give aspiring leaders a jumpstart on their skills, including Leader as Coach, The Management Incubator and The Leadership Accelerator: a four-day, on-campus class geared towards more senior executives.
22 Apr
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The Jones Graduate School of Business is a power player in the MBA ranks, finishing 18th in Poets&Quants’ composite ranking of the top 100 U.S. programs and sixth in our ranking of the best online MBAs. As of fall 2021, Rice Jones also offers an undergraduate business major. Its first class will graduate this May.
22 Apr
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"People today definitely want to continue to learn and to work," said Rice Business Dean Peter Rodriguez. "They want it to be accessible, affordable, and to make a tangible difference in their career."
Brad Burke, managing director of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, received the Outstanding Contributions to Advancing Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education Award at the 2023 Deshpande Symposium for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education.
nCourage Entrepreneurs has awarded two teams, Atma Leather (Banofi Leather) and Thryft Ship the investment award for Courageous Women Entrepreneurs at the 2023 Rice University Business Plan Competition.
The Corporation of Brown University recently welcomed five new members to its Board of Trustees. Among the newly elected members was Eldridge H. Gilbert III, who graduated with his Rice MBA in 2010.
Executive Director of Recruiting and Admissions Coni Zingarelli gives ClearAdmit the inside scoop on the Rice MBA application process. She dives into how interviews are conducted, what happens between hitting "submit" and getting an admissions decision, and which Rice courses are popular.
A recent study co-authored by Rice Business Professor Jing Zhou found that offering workers a choice of what type of reward they would like for offering good suggestions increased the volume of submissions and their creativity too.
FluxWorks from Texas A&M University, a magnetic gear technology company, took home the grand prize at the 2023 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC). The winners were announced at the conclusion of the three-day pitching, mentoring and networking event.
At the Hess Corporation, Trent Kostenuk '23 oversaw the launch of a joint venture with Exxon Mobil and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation. “My contributions to this project gained me high visibility within the organization and positioned me as the go-to person for technical expertise and guidance for the G&G team and leadership.”
Rice Business Professor Siyu Yu and her team found that people who accurately gauge team influencers possess “status acuity,” a skill that can reduce group conflict and improve team performance.
A new paper from researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, Rice University and the University of Lausanne found that finfluencers who provided the worst advice were the most active and had the greatest following.
