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Celebrating its 25th year, the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship hosted the celebrated Rice Business Plan Competition this month, doling out more than $2 million in investment and cash prizes to the top-performing teams.
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Intero Biosystems — a life science company that has developed the first cell-derived human “mini gut” replicating cell types, spatial structure and function of the human intestine — took home the grand prize at the 2025 Rice Business Plan Competition.
14 Apr
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Five student-founded startups have been named finalists for Rice University's prestigious pitch competition, hosted by Rice University’s Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship later this month. The teams will compete for a share of $100,000 in equity-free funding at the H. Albert Napier Rice Launch Challenge (NRLC).
11 Apr
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“When an event like the Rice Business Plan Competition brings the top collegiate entrepreneurs to Houston, we now have the resources in place to attract these exciting innovative companies to want to grow in our community,” says Craig Rhodes, Vice President of Regional Economic Development at the Partnership.
Rice University’s Office of Innovation has named Rice Business lecturer and alumnus Adrian Trömel as assistant vice president for strategy and investments.
Hosted by Rice Business Executive Education, the Second Annual Renewable Energy Leadership Conference will be held at Rice University to explore the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) signed one year ago.
Rice University greeted the incoming Class of 2027 for the first time during an eventful, emotional and celebratory O-Week move-in day on Aug. 13.
Rice Business professor Al Danto's eyesight was restored after surgery to remove a tumor, but an embolism almost cost him his life.
New research from Rice Business Professor Eleanor Putnam-Farr and colleagues shows that climate friendly reminders work best when placed in the early part of a consumer's decision-making process.
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Rice University is among the schools that say they are tweaking their essay questions or adding new ones in light of the recent Supreme Court ruling.
Poets & Quants ranked the most expensive MBA from leading business schools in the United States and Europe. Although Rice Business is mentioned, we didn't rank in the top 25 in terms of expense.
