Rice’s new business building named Asha and Farid Virani Hall
Rice has announced that the new building under construction for Rice Business will be named Asha and Farid Virani Hall in recognition of a gift from community and business leaders Asha Virani and Farid Virani.
Rice Business earned five top 10 rankings in The Princeton Review's 2027 business school rankings, highlighted by its first recognition for Best Campus Environment (No. 9), a return to the top 10 for Best MBA for Consulting (No. 8), Best MBA for Finance (No. 7) and Greatest Resources for Minority Students (No. 6). The school also landed the No. 6 national ranking for MBA@Rice, placing it among the nation's best online MBA programs.
The secret to continuous creativity with gen AI
Published in the journal Information Systems Research and co-authored by Jing Zhou, the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management at Rice Business, the paper explores “augmented learning,” a process in which people and AI actively adjust to each other across creative tasks, gradually improving what they can produce together.
Rice Business launches early career track within MBA@Rice Online Program
Rice Business today announced the launch of a new Early Career Track within its MBA@Rice Online MBA program. The new track gives high-potential professionals with less than three years of work experience a path to earn their MBA earlier in their careers. The program will launch with the October cohort and applications are open now.
Rice faculty recognized among top contributors to team effectiveness research
A comprehensive international review published in the peer-reviewed journal Small Group Research ranked Rice faculty members Eduardo Salas and Daan van Knippenberg first and second, respectively, on its list of the Top 20 Most Influential Authors in Team Effectiveness Between 1992 and 2022.
Rice Business has partnered with Service to School (S2S), a national nonprofit that helps veterans and service members access higher education, adding a new admissions and outreach partner to the school’s growing ecosystem of support for military-affiliated students.
Rice Business’ Rodriguez celebrates 10 years at university and new role
Deans, faculty, staff and board members gathered June 2 to celebrate Rice Business Dean Peter Rodriguez’s 10 years transforming the business school at Rice University and bid farewell as he steps into a new role as the 15th president of Wake Forest University.
Rice Business’ Jue-Rajasingh named to international 40-under-40 list
In Diana Jue-Rajasingh’s classroom at Rice, students debate difficult organizational dilemmas with no easy answers. This approach in the classroom has helped earn Jue-Rajasingh, assistant professor of strategic management at Rice Business, a place on Poets&Quants’ 2026 40-Under-40 Graduate Business Professors list recognizing rising stars in business education.
Rice Business honors MBA graduates, student leaders and faculty at commencement
The latest graduates from Rice’s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business were awarded their Master of Business Administration degrees May 8 at Tudor Fieldhouse in front of a crowd of loved ones, faculty, staff and students.
‘So much love and gratitude in my heart’: Rice celebrates advanced degree graduates
Nearly 900 advanced degree recipients were celebrated May 9 as Owls walked across the stage at Tudor Fieldhouse to roars of applause and cheers, marking the culmination of their academic journeys at Rice University.
Rice students uncover Houston’s hidden histories through Fondren Fellows program
Fondren Fellows pairs Rice undergraduate and graduate students with faculty mentors and library staff to pursue original research projects grounded in Fondren Library’s collections and digital infrastructure.
Senior Spotlight 2026: Cantin uses flexibility to find pathway to management consulting firm
Alex Cantin is graduating this May with a degree in business management, including a minor in entrepreneurship, from the Virani Undergraduate School of Business at Rice and will join McKinsey as a consultant.
Why anti-Asian discrimination is often overlooked at work
A recent survey found that 75% of Asian Americans report experiencing racial discrimination across contexts, yet formal workplace complaints and charges remain comparatively low. That gap is the focus of a paper published in Organization Science and co-authored by Sora Jun, assistant professor of management and organizational behavior at Rice Business.
IntuBlade leads the way at the 2026 Veterans Business Battle
One team rose to the top of this year’s Veterans Business Battle: IntuBlade. Their win capped a competitive two-day event at Rice Business that brought together veteran entrepreneurs from across the country.
Rice brings global AI dialogue to Paris
“Artificial intelligence is transforming the global economy and raising profound questions about how technology intersects with society,” said Caroline Levander, Rice’s vice president for global strategy.
