The Clarence Tow Lectures in Finance

High-profile researchers from finance present at Tippie to an audience of faculty, PhD students, and researchers from around the University of Iowa. Join us for the next lecture in our series.

Upcoming lectures

Clarence Tow Lecture Series in Finance: Tom Meling

Friday, August 28, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Chemistry Building

Tom Meling is an Assistant Professor in Finance at the Ohio State University.

Clarence Tow Lecture Series in Finance: Jun Chen

Friday, September 4, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Jun Chen is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Illinois, Chicago.

Clarence Tow Lecture Series in Finance: Ric Colacito

Friday, October 2, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Chemistry Building

Ric Colacito is a Professor of Finance & Sarah Graham Kenan Scholar at the University of North Carolina.

Clarence Tow Lecture Series in Finance: Seth Pruitt

Friday, October 16, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pomerantz Center

Seth Pruitt is an Associate Professor in Finance at Arizona State University.

Past lectures

Clarence Tow Lecture in Finance: Colin Ward

Friday, March 22, 2024 10:45am
Pappajohn Business Building

Join us to hear from Colin Ward, University of Minnesota. His presentation is titled, "Appropriated Growth". 

Abstract: We assess how labor mobility affects intangible investment through the lens of a structural model that features knowledge spillovers and an agency conflict between investors and key employees. Our calibration to US data targets responses of employee turnover and firms’ intangible investment to variation in workers’ outside option values that are identified by state-level...

Clarence Tow Lecture in Finance: Chuck Fang

Friday, March 1, 2024 10:45am
Pomerantz Center

Join us to hear from Chuck Fang, Drexel University.  His presentation is titled, "Monetary Policy Transmissions through Bond Fund Flows". 

Abstract: I show that bond mutual funds and ETFs (“bond funds”) amplify the bond market transmission of monetary policy. During monetary tightening, bond funds experience large outflows of return-chasing capital and scale down their bond holdings much more than traditional bond investors such as insurance companies. In the cross section of firms, in response...

Clarence Tow Lecture in Finance: Yi Hao

Friday, February 23, 2024 10:45am
Pappajohn Business Building

Join us to hear from Yi Hao, University of Iowa. The Clarence Tow Lectures in Finance Series brings high-profile researchers to Tippie College of Business to present to an audience of faculty, PhD students, and researchers from around the University of Iowa.

Clarence Tow Lecture in Finance: Martin Grace

Friday, February 16, 2024 10:45am
Pappajohn Business Building

Join us to hear from Martin Grace, Temple University. The Clarence Tow Lectures in Finance Series brings high-profile researchers to Tippie College of Business to present to an audience of faculty, PhD students, and researchers from around the University of Iowa.

Spring 2026: External Seminar Series

DATE

SPEAKER

March 27Phil Mulder
UW Madison
April 3Tristan Fitzgerald
TAMU
April 10Daniel Gottlieb
USC
April 17Stefan Negal
Chicago
April 24Mattew Gustafson
Penn State
May 1William Mullins
UCSD
May 8Sebastien Plante
UW Madison
March 27Phil Mulder
UW Madison
April 3Tristan Fitzgerald
TAMU
April 10Daniel Gottlieb
USC
April 17Stefan Negal
Chicago

Spring 2026: Internal Brown Bag Seminar Series

DATE

SPEAKER

February 18Tom Rietz
February 25Stefan Veith (Bremen City University)
March 25Amrita Nain
April 1Yangen Li
April 8Foti Grigoris
April 15Cameron Ellis
April 22Haocheng Xu
April 29Petra Sinagl
May 6Hsianghung Tien