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Davenport University announced today that it has named Rachel Render as its new executive vice president of alumni and development. For the last four years, Render served as a senior director within the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder, working with alumni and donors in New York City and Chicago. Prior to joining the University of Colorado Boulder, she was with the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University, where she led the school to the successful completion of the $65 million Rice Centennial Campaign.
Houston TV viewers will soon say goodbye to Christine Dobbyn, although it's not farewell. "I love my job but was feeling the need for a new challenge," the ABC 13 reporter told Chron.com. Dobbyn is currently getting a Master of Business Administration from the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. She has been juggling school and work since the beginning of the school year.
It’s no exaggeration to say that Indian and Chinese students are essential to both the academic and financial health of universities in the United States. The same is true of graduate business education. Rice Business has the third highest percentage of Indian students in the U.S. at 50%.
Dobbyn, who is currently getting a Master of Business Administration from the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University, has been juggling school and work since the beginning of the school year.
Nine energy startups from across the country were recognized as the most promising in a pitch competition during the Offshore Technology Conference earlier this month. The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship staged its annual pitch competition at the Ion in Midtown.
Aziz Gilani, a Rice Business lecturer and general partner and managing director at the Houston-based Mercury Fund, was one of 32 industry leaders and experts named to the advisory committee by Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo.
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.”