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Age of AI: Iowa’s faculty faces new reality as classes start

Sunday, August 20, 2023
“There's a balance that needs to happen as we think about the impact of the large language models,” according to Tippie Professor and Senior Associate Dean Barry Thomas. “It’s not all negative with something like ChatGPT.”
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UI professor says students should embrace AI

Friday, August 18, 2023
Some schools and colleges are trying to ban students from using artificial intelligence in their coursework, but a University of Iowa instructor is encouraging her students to embrace AI in all of her writing classes.
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University of Iowa professor embraces ChatGPT in writing classroom

Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Many in education have raised concerns about the online artificial intelligence tool. Amid the controversy, one University of Iowa professor is actually embracing ChatGPT. “I want to teach how to use this as a writing tool.” said Tippie's Pam Bourjaily.
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ChatGPT makes its way into classrooms

Monday, August 14, 2023
With the start dates just around the corner for many schools, educators are ready to introduce their students to a new learning tool. Although it's been met with controversy, one professor at Tippie says it's helping her students.
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Academic success tip: Working smarter with ChatGPT

Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Pam Bourjaily at the University of Iowa taught students how to get better results from ChatGPT with a classroom assignment.
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The cost of bad press

Tuesday, June 27, 2023
What’s the cost of bad press for a publicly traded company that gets sued by shareholders? A new Tippie study suggests that stock prices drop about 2%, and the more media coverage a firm receives, the quicker the drop in price.
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Company earnings guidance is wrong about 70% of the time

Tuesday, May 23, 2023
The pandemic may have upended businesses, but surprisingly it did little to dent managers’ misplaced confidence in their earnings forecasts, new research shows.
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Dain Donelson wins Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award

Monday, May 8, 2023
Tippie Accounting Professor Dain Donelson, along with his three co-authors, has been awarded the 2023 Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award by the American Accounting Association.
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UI professor suggests tax program that would make things easier for Americans

Monday, April 17, 2023
Since April 15th landed on a Saturday this year, federal income taxes aren’t due until Tuesday, but the time and expense to file tax returns aren’t necessary according to a business professor at the University of Iowa. The program is called ‘Ready Return.’ It’s a system used in many European countries where the government files your taxes for you.
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UI professor proposes that government prepare our taxes for free

Tuesday, April 11, 2023
With the federal tax filing deadline now one week away, a Tippie accounting professor suggests America adopt what’s being done in many European countries, where the government prepares your taxes for you—for free.