Entrepreneurship

Rice U. announces latest cohort of Innovation Fellows

The Innovation Fellows program at Rice University has announced its latest cohort of talented researchers.

Rice graduate programs land among nation’s best in US News rankings

Numerous Rice University graduate programs ranked in the nation’s top 25 in their respective categories in the latest edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools” rankings.

Jeans-sizing software company wins 2023 NRLC championship

Goldie took home the top prize with its fit-finding software for women’s jeans at the April 19 H. Albert Napier Rice Launch Challenge (NRLC) championship. The NRLC is Rice’s new venture competition, where its undergraduate, graduate and MBA students can pitch their businesses to win a share of $100,000 in equity-free funding.

Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator opens Class 3 applications for energy transition ventures

The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship is accepting applications for Class 3 of its Clean Energy Accelerator, the premier energy transition accelerator in Houston, through April 14.

Lilie launches Summer Venture Studio for students

The Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie) has announced the launch of a new startup accelerator program for Rice University students: Summer Venture Studio.

Rice Business No. 1 for entrepreneurship, No. 5 for online MBA

Rice Business received top billing on two prominent lists rating academic excellence that were announced today: Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine’s entrepreneurship ranking (No. 1) and Poets and Quants’ online MBA ranking (No. 5).

Rice partners with Greentown Labs to create student-driven entrepreneurship ecosystem in Houston

Greentown Labs, the largest “climatetech” startup incubator in North America, announced the launch of the Entrepreneurship Exchange for Energy (TEX-E) with Rice University and other leading university entrepreneurship centers.

Ken Kennedy Institute will host AI in Health Conference Nov. 7-9

Rice's Ken Kennedy Institute is organizing and hosting the AI in Health Conference Nov. 7-9 at the BioScience Research Collaborative.

Rice Alliance seeks entrepreneurs for energy transition program

Entrepreneurs who are interested in running a startup that can impact the energy transition can apply to be matched with a novel technology in a new Chevron Studio program through Rice Alliance.

US News grad school rankings give high marks to Rice programs

A total of 19 graduate programs at Rice University rank among the nation's top 25 in their categories in the latest edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”

Access to gig economy may spur small business creation, study finds

Access to the gig economy may help facilitate the creation of new businesses, according to a new study. The gig (or short-term job) market is often more transitory than the traditional freelancing market. The flexibility and low barrier to entry of these jobs gives would-be entrepreneurs fallback opportunities that reduce their financial risk, argues Yael Hochberg, professor in entrepreneurship and finance at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business.

Rice professor, grad student strike $45 million deal for startup

A startup biotech company founded by a Rice professor and a graduate student in 2018 has been acquired in a deal that could be worth as much as $400 million.

Rice Business ranked No. 3 for entrepreneurship by Poets & Quants

The Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice is No. 3 in new ranking.

New fellows program will help grad students, postdocs commercialize research

Rice is launching a new program aimed at giving graduate and postdoctoral students the tools to turn their hard-earned research into tangible solutions to real-world problems.

DesRoches, Nakhleh, others tour startup Syzygy Plasmonics

Rice's provost, dean of engineering and others toured chemical manufacturing startup Syzygy Plasmonics last week.