Houston innovation hub unveils first academic partnership

Rice University and The Ion, a Midtown development being billed as Houston’s innovation hub, will collaborate to offer coursework to members.

Rice University’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies will offer coursework in leadership development, entrepreneurship, technology and other offerings to Ion constituents, according to a Jan. 7 press release. Select courses are scheduled to begin on Jan. 13, and registration is now open. The partnership is being led by Mary Lynn Fernau, director of executive…