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News Briefs
 Tippie's doctoral program in economics ranked high in a recent scholarly assessment by the National Research Council (NRC).
 A $50,000 grant from State Farm Insurance will provide support for Tippie's Management Information Systems program.
 Management Sciences Professor Nick Street is part of a UI team helping to make Wikipedia more accurate.
 Alumnus Tyler Hakes started a hip hop magazine as a Tippie student through a program offered at the UI's Bedell Entrepreneurship Learning Laboratory (BELL).
 Tara From, 2011 MBA candidate writes about a leadership challenge in her Leadership, Professionalism, and Ethics (LEAP) course to raise funds for Tippie Build 4.
 If you missed the College's Homecoming festivities this year, make sure to check out the online photo album from the BBQ prior to the parade. And then mark your calendar for Homecoming 2011 (October 21-22).
Awards
 J&J Solutions, a former participant in the Bedell Entrepreneurship Learning Laboratory (BELL), received honorable mention in this year's business plan competition.
 Heather Fomon, a finance major from Iowa City, won first prize in the College's third-annual Mary Thomas Prappas Business Ethics Essay Competition.
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Tippie in the News
(TheStreet.com, Sept. 24)
 Todd Houge, Tippie lecturer in finance and the Curt and Carol Lane Research Fellow, comments on how the financial world has changed between the movies Wall Street and Wall Street 2.
(Des Moines Register, Sept. 22)
 Institute for Economic Research Director and Senior Associate Dean Charles Whiteman sees improvement in Iowa's economy.
(The Financial, Sept. 11)
 A study by Assistant Professor Ty Leverty finds bad CEO decisions lead to company failures.
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, November 9
9:30-10:30 a.m., C20 Pomerantz Center
3:45-5:00 p.m., W10 PBB
 Bob Arzbaecher (BBA82) is chairman, president, and CEO of Actuant Corp., a $1.2 billion diversified industrial company with operations in more than 30 countries.
Wednesday-Friday, Nov. 10-12
10:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
Booths in PBB, Burge, and Hillcrest
 Save a life! Sign up for the national Bone Marrow Donor Registry at a booth sponsored by the Graduate Marketing Association.
Thursday, Nov. 11
3:00 p.m.
Bijou Theatre, IMU
 Tippie alumna Dundeana Doyle (BBA80, MBA89) is senior vice president of energy delivery with Alliant Energy.
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