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

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.

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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.

Tow Lecture in Finance: Tong Liu
Friday, April 4, 2025 10:30am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Tong Liu is the Judy C. Lewent (1972) and Mark Shapiro Career Development Assistant Professor of Finance and an Assistant Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

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Tow Lecture in Economics: Kaushik Basu
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Pomerantz Center

Our Economics Clarence Tow Public Lecture Series features Professor Kaushik Basu, who is a Professor of Economics and the C. Marks Professor of International Studies at Cornell University. Professor Basu was Chief Economist at the World Bank from 2012 to 2016 and between 2009 and 2012 he was the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India. He is the recipient of the 2021 Humboldt Research Award.

In addition to Cornell, Professor Basu has taught at the Delhi School of Economics, Harvard...

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.