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Modern mentorship

Tuesday, November 15, 2022
The new Early Career Professional Accounting Council offers advice for accounting students and the department
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The case for the chief accounting officer

Tuesday, November 15, 2022
According to Tippie's Adrienne Rhodes, firms that elevate their CAO to an executive officer position tend to produce more reliable financial statements.
Joyce Berg

Professor Joyce E. Berg retires

Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Numbers seem like an appropriate way to summarize Professor Joyce Berg’s career. She is, after all, an accounting professor. And the numbers are staggering...
Mark and Bonnie Penno

Professor Mark C. Penno retires

Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Penno's teachings helped form the reputation of Tippie students being able to think through and analyze problems—one of the reasons our graduates are sought after.
Tom Carroll

Professor Thomas J. Carroll retires

Tuesday, November 15, 2022
If you ever took a financial reporting or accounting theory class from Professor of Instruction Tom Carroll, you know he put students through their paces.
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Can more rigorous accounting lead to fewer workplace injuries?

Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Businesses wanting to make their workplaces safer might try adopting a more rigorous accounting system. A new study from Tippie's Danye Wang finds a link between a firm’s workplace injuries and the information quality in its accounting statements.
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How better accounting means fewer workplace injuries

Monday, October 31, 2022
According to Tippie's Danye Wang, businesses that want to make their workplaces safer might try adopting a more rigorous accounting system.
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SPACs have less reliable financial reporting, UI study finds

Friday, October 7, 2022
Acquisitions made with a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) are more likely to have mistakes in their financial statements than a traditional initial public offering (IPO), University of Iowa researcher Ryan Wilson said on The Voice of Corporate Governance podcast.
Dan Collins portrait by Lucas Underwood

A weighty legacy

Tuesday, September 27, 2022
To illustrate Dan Collins (BBA68/PhD73) on the occasion of his retirement, we wanted it to be more than a simple photograph. So, we enlisted the help of artist and Iowa alumnus Lucas Underwood (BA03/MFA15) to create a multi-layered portrait.
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U.S. News ranks Tippie #23 among public business schools, UI tops for writing

Monday, September 12, 2022
Tippie continues to be one of the top undergraduate business schools in the country, ranking #23 among public universities in the 2022-23 U.S. News & World Report rankings, up from #24 last year. Among all universities, the college was ranked #34, up from #36 in 2022.