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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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School Updates
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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Meet a few students from the Rice Business MBA Class of 2025 through in-depth profiles on the extraordinary students, their stories, and their dreams.
The retailer retreated from its diversity and climate goals after an “anti-woke” protest on social media — and ignited a backlash. Rice Business professor Vikas Mittal provided his expert opinion.
Congratulations to Sunjan “Sunny” Ahmed and Elizabeth Garrett for being named one of the Poets&Quants Best & Brightest Online MBAs for the class of 2024!
Rice Business ranks number one as a top business school with the most first-generation college students, 26% in a three-year average.
Rice Business research shows that when K-12 public schools focus on student and family priorities, they optimize resources and improve academic outcomes.
The Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, which ranks No. 29 nationally, has two programs in the top 15.
Meet Taylor Anne Adams '23, who was recently featured in the Houston Innovators Podcast, talking about the Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Rice University.
James Weston, professor of finance at Rice Business, offers advice on what to do when you're ready to buy or sell shares on the stock exchange.
Rice University awarded DivInc. an $800,000 grant this month to support its work in sports technology. The Texas-based company, which operates numerous accelerators, focuses on BIPOC and female founders working toward social and economic equity through entrepreneurship.
Enrollment in Houston’s MBA programs is rising, with the majority of it being part- time students. Rice University recently created a hybrid MBA program, which it touts as the first of its kind in Texas. Rice also ranks highly on other rankings of online degree programs, including those of Bloomberg and U.S. News & World Report.
