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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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In The Media
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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If you've scrolled Instagram in the past week, you've probably seen notices that some of your friends have joined Threads, the social media-verse's buzziest new hangout spot. Chris Ferris, Rice Business alum and vice president of digital strategy at Pierpont Communications, weighs in.
New certificate programs in healthcare management and human resources management will be led by Rice Business professors Edward Kroger and Jeff Frey, respectively.
‘Career portfolioing’ is a trend where people assemble different sources of income, such as side gigs, to give them a measure of independence from employers who provide little job security. Rice Business professor Scott Sonenshein discusses the trend for The Conversation.
This month, the online MBA program at Rice Business celebrates five years since matriculating its first cohort of students. The online MBA has become the fastest growing program at the business school since its launch in 2018.
Business schools around the world are making a concerted effort to put their sustainability studies into practice on their own campuses. Rice Business ranks at number 17 in the U.S. on the Financial Times 2023 Carbon Footprint ranking.
Connie Porter, Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Associate Clinical Professor of Marketing, weighs in on the recent U.S. Supreme Court's ruling to strike down affirmative action in college admissions.
Connie Porter, associate clinical professor of marketing and senior associate dean for for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Rice Business, is available for comment on U.S. Supreme Court decisions involving affirmative action, student loan relief, and more.
The high court on Thursday ruled against Harvard & UNC, effectively ending race-based admissions to colleges and universities in the U.S. Rice Business Dean Peter Rodriguez is quoted: “Having students from a variety of backgrounds enriches the cohort’s learning experience and reflects our community, state and national diversity.”
Cart.com, which was co-founded by Rice Business alumnus Omair Tariq, closed its $60 million series C equity funding round with a $1.2 billion valuation. According to a news announcement from the company, Cart.com will use the funding for international expansion, continued product development, and to meet increased client demand.
How do companies appear to consumers when they express support for social causes? Rice Business Professor Minjae Kim examines the circumstances that lead the public to perceive do-gooders as model citizens or imposters.