@Jones: News and Information from the Jones School
February 15, 2001

Forbes Magazine survey request
Financial Times Rankings: Jones School is in top ten in four categories;
35th of 51 U.S. schools and 54th of world's best 100 MBA programs.
Digital Technology Panel: February 20
2001 Alumni Weekend: March 2-3
Lecture -- Gordon Bethune, CEO, Continental Airlines: March 5
Lecture -- Bruce Dunlevie, Founder, Benchmark Capital: March 12
Neuhaus Lecture -- C.K. Prahalad, Professor, University of Michigan: March
19
Dean's Lecture -- Rodney Eads, Executive Vice President, El Paso Corp.:
April 11
Black Leadership Conference: April 27
Rice Alliance Continues Expansion of Network, Enhances Services
Seven Rules For Success in the New Economy
Tips On Financial Risk Management by Marc Shapiro, Vice Chairman, J.P.
Morgan & Chase
Jones School Campaign
Visit Construction Site

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Announcement
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Forbes magazine is beginning work on its second survey of business school
graduates and business school deans for a future issue of Forbes. Forbes is
looking at the return on investment that business schools offer. They will
survey the full-time graduating class of 1996.  Your names and addresses
will not be used for any other purpose beyond this one -page questionnaire
and your responses will remain confidential.  We urge you to complete and
return the surveys since rankings are influenced by the percentage of the
class which returns the survey. This is true for all rankings. We greatly
appreciate your taking your time to do this and thank you for supporting the
Jones School.

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News
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In its 2001 rankings of the top full-time MBA programs in the world, the
Financial Times ranked the Jones School among the ten best in four
categories: value for money; employed at three months; finance;
entrepreneurship. Overall, the Jones was ranked 35th of 51 U.S. schools and
54th among the world's best 100 graduate business schools.
http://jonesgsm.rice.edu/content/content.cfm?PageID=104&AnnounID=125.

The Yale Club of Houston and the Jones School hosts a panel discussion on
Digital Technology at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, February 20 at 124 Herring Hall.
RSVP by February 16. Cost is $20 for Jones School alumni and $25 for
non-members/guests.
http://jonesgsm.rice.edu/news/calendar/index.cfm?EventRecord=1744.

The 2001 Alumni Weekend reunion will be held March 2-3, 2001. Register by
Feb. 16. http://jonesgsm.rice.edu/alumni/alumni_weekend2001.html.

Gordon Bethune, CEO of Continental Airlines, will speak at the Jones School
at 9:45 a.m. on Monday, March 5 at 124 Herring Hall. Alumni and students are
invited to attend the lecture.
http://jonesgsm.rice.edu/news/calendar/index.cfm?EventRecord=1734.

Bruce Dunlevie,  Founder and General Partner of Benchmark Capital, will
speak at noon on Monday, March 12 at the Farnsworth Pavilion, RMC/Ley
Student Center. Jones School students and alumni are invited to attend.
http://jonesgsm.rice.edu/news/calendar/index.cfm?EventREcord=1733&DD=80.

C.K. Prahalad, Harvey C. Fruehauf Professor of Business Administration at
the University of Michigan Business School in Ann Arbor, will deliver the
2001 W. Oscar Neuhaus Lecture at 9:45 a.m. on Monday, March 19, 124 Herring
Hall.
http://jonesgsm.rice.edu/news/calendar/index.cfm?EventRecord=1732&DD=80.

Rodney W. Eads, Group Executive Vice President of Merchant Energy and
Production for El Paso Corp., will speak at the Dean's Lecture Series
scheduled for 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday, April 4 at 124 Herring Hall.
http://jonesgsm.rice.edu/news/calendar/index.cfm?EventRecord=1735&DD=80.

This year's Black Leadership Conference, scheduled for April 27, brings
together MBAs, lawyers, accountants, engineers, healthcare professionals,
educators, and entrepreneurs from Houston to discuss key issues facing black
professionals. Last year's keynote speakers include Ambassador Cynthia
Shepherd Perry, Honorary Consul General to Senegal and Ambassador Berhane G.
Christos, Ambassador of Ethiopia.
http://jonesgsm.rice.edu/content/content.cfm?PageID=60

The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship enters its second year
determined to enhance services that have promoted the entrepreneurial spirit
in the Rice community and in Houston. The Alliance brings together students,
faculty, alumni and other Rice-associated parties as collaborators, mentors
and investors in engineering, science, software, or e-commerce innovations.
http://jonesgsm.rice.edu/content/content.cfm?PageID=104&AnnounID=126.

Murray Weidenbaum, Founder and Chairman of the Murray Weidenbaum Center on
the Economy, Government, and Public Policy, joins the Jones
School as the Ken Lay, Vinson & Elkins Visiting Scholar through May 31. A
noted expert on American and global economics and top adviser on economic
issues during the Nixon and Reagan administrations, Weidenbaum is working on
a study of U.S. and international trade policy, developing a high middle
ground in a controversial area.
http://jonesgsm.rice.edu/content/content.cfm?PageID=104&AnnounID=121

Marc J. Shapiro, Vice Chairman, J.P. Morgan & Chase, talked about six tenets
of success in financial risk management at the Jan. 22 Dean's Lecture.
http://jonesgsm.rice.edu/content/content.cfm?PageID=104&AnnounID=124.

A distinguished panel of e-commerce and energy industry leaders addressed
current trends and the future of e-commerce at the Jan. 10 forum "2001: An
Internet Odyssey" jointly hosted by the Rice Alliance for Technology and
Entrepreneurship, the Jones School, Rice University Executive Education, and
TexaseComm.
http://jonesgsm.rice.edu/content/content.cfm?PageID=104&AnnounID=123.

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Online:
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Visit the construction web cam URL for up-to-the-minute live feeds of the
new Jones School building construction.
http://jonesgsm.rice.edu/campaign/Jonescam.

Learn about new and upcoming initiatives and programs at the school, and
view artist renderings of the new $60 million building, currently under
construction. http://jonesgsm.rice.edu/campaign/campaign.html

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