Nanotechnology Now, Oct. 12, 2007 The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship was recognized as the leading university entrepreneurship center in the United States for the creation of successful new enterprises by the National Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers on Oct. 6 in Syracuse, N.Y. More than 30 new ventures have been launched after competing at the Rice Business Plan Competition, including 2003 winner, MicroMRI from Wharton, which began its first human clinical trial at UTMB in 2006 and is now marketing its MRI technology to improve diagnosis of osteoporosis.