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 Seminar Series in Economics: Michele Belot
Monday, March 2, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Michele Belot is the Frances Perkins Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and a Professor of Economics at Cornell University.

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ISE:5000 GRADUATE SEMINAR -- DR.MENGXIAO ZHANG
Thursday, March 5, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Seamans Center

Join us in welcoming Mengxiao Zhang, Professor of Business Analytics at Tippie College of Business, to the ISE graduate seminar. Dr. Zhang will present his seminar titled"New Challenges for (Contextual) Multi-Armed Bandits: Fairness Objectives, Indirect Feedback, and Beyond" on Thursday, March 5th, from 3:30 - 4:20 p.m. in 4030 SC.

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Colloquium - When 'Good' Systems Fail: What Employment Technologies Miss Under Real-World Constraints
Friday, March 6, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Schaeffer Hall
We welcome Tawanna Dillahunt, PhD, from the University of Michigan School of Information, who will speak to the design and deployment of employment technologies, considering real-world constraints rather than idealized conditions.
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Data Centers in Iowa: Perspectives from Community, Government, and Research
Monday, March 9, 2026 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Boyd Law Building
This panel will offer a high-level overview of how community, government, and industry considerations shape data center development in Iowa and the broader Midwest.
Clarence Tow Seminar in Economics: Brantley Callaway
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Brantly Callaway is the P. George Benson Professor and an Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Georgia.

Clarence Tow Seminar in Economics: Ted O'Donoghue
Monday, March 23, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Ted O'Donoghue is the Zubrow Professor of Economics at Cornell University.

Past research forums

Clarence Tow Lecture in Finance: David Schreindorfer
Friday, September 8, 2023 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

David Schreindorfer is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Arizona State University.

Clarence Tow Lecture in Finance: Michael Whittry
Friday, September 1, 2023 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Michael Whittry is an Assistant Professor of Finance at The Ohio State University.

Clarence Tow Lecture in Economics: Richard Peter
Monday, August 28, 2023 3:30pm to 4:45pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Richard Peter is a TriStar Research Fellow and an Associate Professor of Economics at The University of Iowa.

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.

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Clarence Tow Lecture in Economics: Edward Glaeser
Thursday, May 4, 2023 12:30pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

As part of the Clarence Tow Lecture Series, the Economics Department in the Tippie College of Business is hosting “Will Cities Survive?” a public presentation by Edward Glaeser, who is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and Chairman of the Department of Economics at Harvard University.

Professor Glaeser has served as the Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and as Director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston. He is a world-renowned leader in...

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Thought Leaders Seminar, Business Analytics: Nitesh Chawla
Friday, April 28, 2023 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual

Topic: Interdisciplinarity of Data Science and AI: Driving Innovation and Advancing Societal Impact.

The ubiquity of AI and data science is spurred by significant factors, including 1) major methodological and computational advances; 2) the increasing availability of problem statements in sciences, engineering, business and the social sciences; and 3) an increasing demand from academia, research institutions, corporations, and governments for talent. This is presenting unparalleled...

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.