ADVISORY, Aug. 18, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
What:
Rice University Business Plan Competition will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square.
In honor of the occasion, Brad Burke, Managing Director of Rice Alliance will ring the Closing Bell.
Where:
NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio
When:
Friday, August 19th, 2011 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET
Contact:
Mary Lynn Fernau
713-348-5374
mlfernau@rice.edu
NASDAQ MarketSite:
Jen Knapp
(212) 401-8916
Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com
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The entire Closing Bell is available from 3:50 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. on AMC-3/C-3 (dl 3760H). The feed can also be found on Ascent fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Jen Knapp (212) 401-8916.
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Webcast:
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Photos:
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About the Rice University Business Plan Competition:
The Rice University Business Plan Competition (RBPC) is the world's richest and largest business plan competition. During the competition's ten-year history, 38% of teams (133 out of 354 past competitors) have gone on to successfully launch their business. More than $391 million in early-stage funding has been raised by Rice Business Plan Competition participant companies. There are 250+ judges on the judging panel consisting of "who's who" of the investor, venture capital, entrepreneur, & business community.
About Rice University:
Located on a 285-acre forested campus in Houston, Rice University is consistently ranked among the nation's top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has highly respected schools of Architecture, Business, Continuing Studies, Engineering, Humanities, Music, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences and is known for its "unconventional wisdom." With 3,485 undergraduates and 2,275 graduate students, Rice's undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio is less than 6-to-1. Its residential college system builds close-knit communities and lifelong friendships, just one reason why Rice has been ranked No. 1 for best quality of life multiple times by the Princeton Review and No. 4 for "best value" among private universities by Kiplinger's Personal Finance. To read "What they're saying about Rice," go to http://futureowls.rice.edu/images/futureowls/Rice_Brag_Sheet.pdf.
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