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: Michael Young

Friday, October 23, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pomerantz Center

Michael Young is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business at the University of Missouri

Clarence Tow Lecture Series in Finance: Riley League

Friday, October 30, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pomerantz Center

Riley League is an Assistant Professor in Finance at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Clarence Tow Lecture Series in Finance: Kevin Cotty

Friday, November 20, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pomerantz Center

Kevin Cotty is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University.

Clarence Tow Lecture Series in Finance: Jess Corneggia

Friday, December 4, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pomerantz Center

Jess Corneggia is a Professor of Finance at Penn State University.

Past lectures

Clarence Tow Lecture in Finance: Albert "Pete" Kyle

Friday, October 6, 2023 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Albert "Pete" Kyle is a Distinguished University Professor and Charles E. Smith Chair in Finance at the University of Maryland.

Clarence Tow Brown Bag Seminar in Finance: Foti Grigoris

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Foti Grigoris is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Tippie College of Business.

Clarence Tow Lecture in Finance: Manuel Adelino

Friday, September 29, 2023 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Manuel Adelino is a Professor of Finance at Duke University.

Clarence Tow Brown Bag Seminar in Finance: Richard Peter

Wednesday, September 27, 2023 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Richard Peter is a TriStar Research Fellow and Associate Professor of Finance and Economics at the Tippie College of Business.

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