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Rice University’s Division of Operations, Finance and Support announced that Rice Business alum Ken Jett will join as vice president of facilities and capital planning and president of the Rice Real Estate Company starting April 1. He will also serve on the president’s cabinet.

March 25
In The Media

Rice Business professor of psychology Mikki Hebl and Rice University professor of industrial-organizational psychology Eden King discuss how DEI initiatives can help everyone.

March 20
In The Media

E-cigarettes have become a big concern for public health, especially when it comes to young people using these harmful products. A new study co-authored by Rice Business professor Piyush Anand seeks to cut through the barrier to data for the underage category.

March 20
School Updates

Rice University will host its Diversity Matters series on various dates starting March 21 and running through April 17. The series, which will feature multiple panel speakers in each session, fits into Rice’s overarching commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

March 18
In The Media

Marketing professor Utpal Dholakia weighs in on the measures taken by the White House to reduce credit card fees and their potential response.

March 08
In The Media

Army veteran Ken Jackson went from piloting Black Hawks to private wealth management at Goldman Sachs–the bridge being the Rice Business MBA program. In this edition of Real Humans: Alumni, see how Jackson’s MBA put him in the entrepreneurial mindset, his secret weapon that has allowed him to thrive confidently in the wealth management landscape.

March 08
In The Media

Why do people support politicians who make blatantly false statements? A forthcoming study co-authored by Rice Business professor Minjae Kim dug into this phenomenon and found that people knowingly support falsehoods when it aligns with their personal politics. 

March 04
In The Media

The Conversation interviewed Eleanor Putnam-Farr, assistant professor of marketing at Rice Business and co-author of “Forgot Your Bottle or Bag Again? How Well-Placed Reminder Cues Can Help Consumers Build Sustainable Habits,” about the challenges of changing people’s behavior – even when their intentions are good.

March 02
In The Media

Rice University's team, Prosperity Without Prejudice, clinched the first prize of $20,000, spotlighting the event's impact on promoting racial and economic justice through innovative corporate strategies.

February 29
School Updates

According to a study co-authored by Rice Business professor Vikas Mittal, public schools can revitalize themselves by embracing a customer focus. “Ideally, every school’s customer should be the family—the student and their parents. Instead, leadership has become internally focused trying to appease different power brokers and stakeholders."

February 28