Dedicated to creating and sharing knowledge

Tippie College of Business is dedicated to sharing our research with the world. Our multiple research forum series brings together esteemed scholars, faculty, and researchers from across the campus and across the globe to share their work in all of our disciplines.

Join us to discuss some of the most important topics in business research.

Upcoming research forums

Clarence Tow Lecture Series in Economics: Guillaume Frechette
Thursday, September 10, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pomerantz Center

Guillaume Frechette is a Professor of Economics from New York University.

Clarence Tow Lecture Series in Finance: Julia Fonseca
Friday, September 11, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Chemistry Building

Julia Fonseca is an Associate Professor of Finance and Josef and Margot Lakonishok Faculty Fellow at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

CS Colloquium - "Easy, Hard, and Impossible: Phase Transitions in Computation" promotional image
CS Colloquium - "Easy, Hard, and Impossible: Phase Transitions in Computation"
Friday, September 11, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Schaeffer Hall
Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor, Dr. Cristopher Moore, shows how to classify key problems in computing, data science, and statistical inference.
Clarence Tow Lecture Series in Economics: Theo Durandard
Monday, September 14, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Theo Durandard is an Assistant Professor in Economics from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Clarence Tow Lecture Series in Economics: Natalia Lazzati
Monday, September 21, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Natalia Lazzati is an Associate Professor in Economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

CS Colloquium - "Approximation Algorithms: Some ancient, some new - the good, the bad and the ugly" promotional image
CS Colloquium - "Approximation Algorithms: Some ancient, some new - the good, the bad and the ugly"
Friday, September 25, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Schaeffer Hall
Northwestern University's Peter and Adrienne Barris Chair of Computer Science will speak on the use of greedy algorithms for a basic graph problem called connected dominating set, and the development of LP based algorithms for a basic scheduling problem in the context of data center scheduling.

Past research forums

Research Methods Seminar - Fotis Grigoris promotional image
Research Methods Seminar - Fotis Grigoris
Thursday, April 17, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Tow Lecture in Economics: Jian Li promotional image
Tow Lecture in Economics: Jian Li
Monday, April 14, 2025 2:00pm to 3:15pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Jian Li is an Associate Professor of Economics at Iowa State University.
Tow Lecture in Economics: Yair Tauman
Monday, April 14, 2025 2:00pm to 3:15pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Yair Tauman is a Professor of Economics at State University of New York, Stony Brook.

Canceled
Tow Lecture in Finance: Stuart Vincent Craig
Friday, April 11, 2025 10:30am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Stuart Vincent Craig is an Assistant Professor in the Risk & Insurance Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Behavioral Research Seminar Series: Tristan Gagnon-Bartsch promotional image
Behavioral Research Seminar Series: Tristan Gagnon-Bartsch
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Tow Lecture in Economics: Kyoo il Kim
Monday, April 7, 2025 2:00pm to 3:15pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Kyoo il Kim is a Professor of Economics at Michigan State University.

Behavioral Research Roundtable Series

Hosted by the Tippie Research Office, the Behavioral Research Roundtable Series offers a space for faculty, visiting scholars, and graduate students to share and discuss behavioral research in a collaborative, low-pressure setting.

Business Analytics Guest Lecturer Seminar Series

Join us to hear from high-profile business analytics researchers.

Clarence Tow Lectures in Economics

Scholars from both the private and public sectors present to economics faculty and students roughly once a week during the academic year.

Clarence Tow Lectures in Finance

Top finance researchers present at Tippie to faculty, PhD students, and researchers from the University of Iowa.

Research Methods Roundtable Series

Presented by the Tippie Research Office in collaboration with the Departments of Business Analytics, Economics, and Finance, this series highlights research methods.