Rice makes it the whole 9 yards as a Best Places to Work in Houston

For the ninth year in a row, Rice University has been named one of Houston’s best places to work by the Houston Business Journal (HBJ). Rice ranked seventh in the category of businesses with more than 501 employees. Pictured at an HBJ luncheon where the honorees were announced Oct. 15 are (from left) Mandy Billings, production manager at the Shepherd School of Music; Carrie Comensky, employee relations specialist; Rebecca Gould, director of employee relations; Terry Savoie, chef de cuisine in college food service; Carrie Toffoletto, department and graduate program administrator in electric and computer engineering; Rebecca Sharp Sanchez, associate director at the Glasscock School of Continuing Studies; and B.J. Smith, institute coordinator at the Boniuk Institute. (Photo by Jeff Fitlow)