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

Colloquium - New Challenges for (Contextual) Multi-Armed Bandits: Fairness Objectives, Indirect Feedback, and Beyond promotional image
Colloquium - New Challenges for (Contextual) Multi-Armed Bandits: Fairness Objectives, Indirect Feedback, and Beyond
Friday, December 12, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
How to efficiently learn the best policy when the objective is to ensure fairness among agents.

Past research forums

Clarence Tow Lecture in Finance: Eliezer Fich
Friday, October 20, 2023 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Eliezer Fich is the Trustee Professor of Finance at Drexel University.

Clarence Tow Lecture in Economics: Tristan Gagnon-Bartsch
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 3:30pm to 4:45pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Tristan Gagnon-Bartsch is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Florida State University.

Clarence Tow Brown Bag Seminar in Finance: Tom Rietz
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Tom Rietz is the Soumyo Sarkar Professor in Finance at the Tippie College of Business.

Clarence Tow Lecture in Finance: Kenneth Ahern
Friday, October 13, 2023 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Kenneth Ahern is an Associate Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the University of Southern California.

Clarence Tow Lecture in Economics: Todd Sarver
Monday, October 9, 2023 3:30pm to 4:45pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Todd Sarver is a Professor of Economics at Duke University.

PwC Accounting Workshop with Frank Zhang
Friday, October 6, 2023 1:30pm to 2:45pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Frank Zhang is a professor of Accounting at Yale 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.