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

Dr. Basu's lecture will be 5:30–6:30 p.m. A reception follows at 6:30 p.m. Attendance is free and open to all members of the public.

About the Speaker:

Kaushik Basu is a world-renowned economist, author, and professor whose work spans development economics, game theory, and political economy. He is currently a Professor of Economics and the Carl Marks Professor of International Studies at Cornell University. From 2012 to 2016, Dr. Basu served as Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the...

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Behavioral Research Seminar - Derek Smith
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Tow Lecture in Economics: Amanda Friedenberg
Monday, March 31, 2025 2:00pm to 3:15pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Amanda Friedenberg is a Professor of Economics at The University of Michigan.

Tow Lecture in Finance: Jiekun Huang
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 10:30am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Jiekun Huang is a Professor of Finance and PhD Director and Vernon Zimmerman Faculty Fellow.

Tow Lecture in Economics: Ben Brooks
Monday, March 24, 2025 2:00pm to 3:15pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Ben Brooks is a Columnist for the New York Times and Senior Advisor for the University of Chicago's Leadership and Society Initiative.

Canceled
Tow Lecture in Finance: Parinitha Sastry
Friday, March 14, 2025 10:30am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Parinitha Sastry is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Columbia Business School.

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.