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: Casey Rothschild

Friday, August 25, 2023 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Casey Rothschild is the Norma Wilentz Hess Professor of Economics at Wellesley University.

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

Past seminars