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 Seminar Series in Finance: Stefan Nagel

Friday, April 17, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pomerantz Center

Stefan Nagel is the Fama Family Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Finance: Matt Gustafson

Friday, April 24, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pomerantz Center

Matt Gustafson is a professor of Finance at Penn State University.

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Finance: William Mullins

Friday, May 1, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Chemistry Building

William Mullins is an associate professor of Finance at the University of California-San Diego's Randy School of Management.

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Finance: Sebastien Plante

Friday, May 8, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Sebastien Plante is an assistant professor in Finance, Investment and Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Past lectures

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Finance: Daniel Gottlieb

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

Daniel Gottlieb is the Peter Arkley Chair in Risk Management and a professor of Finance and Business Economics from the University of Southern California.

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Finance: Tristan Fitzgerald

Friday, April 3, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Tristan Fitzgerald is an assistant professor of Finance at the Texas A&M University.

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Finance: Phil Mulder

Friday, March 27, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Phil Mulder is an assistant professor in Risk Management and Insurance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Clarence TOW Seminar Series in Finance: Christoph Herpfer

Friday, December 5, 2025 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Christoph Herpfer is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Virginia's Darden School 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