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 Finance: Phil Mulder
Friday, March 27, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Phil Mulder is an assistant professor in Risk Management and Insurance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Economics: Yucheng Liang
Monday, March 30, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Yucheng Liang is an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University.

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Economics: Rohit Allena
Monday, April 6, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Rohit Allena is an assistant professor at the University of Houston.

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Finance: Daniel Gottlieb
Friday, April 10, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Daniel Gottlieb is the Peter Arkley Chair in Risk Management and a professor of Finance and Business Economics from the University of Southern California.

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Economics: Rakesh Vohra
Monday, April 13, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Rakesh Vohra is the George A. Weiss and Lydia Bravo Weiss University Professor in Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Finance: Stefan Nagel
Friday, April 17, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pomerantz Center

Stefan Nagel is the Fama Family Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.

Past research forums

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Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar: Tong Wang
Thursday, April 18, 2019 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Seamans Center

Title: Hybrid Predictive Model: When an Interpretable Model Collaborates with a Black-box Model

Presented by: Tong Wang, Assistant Professor

Management Sciences, Tippie College of Business

 

Abstract:

Interpretable machine learning has received increasing interest in recent years, especially in domains where humans are involved in the decision-making process. However, the possible loss of the task performance for gaining interpretability is often inevitable, especially for large datasets or...

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The Ultimate Interview
Thursday, September 13, 2018 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Pomerantz Center

Are you scared to be stumped by an internship or job interview question? Would you like to be able to answer the toughest interview question with confidence?

Josh Frahm is an Adjunct Professor for the Tippie College of Business, a Career Coordinator, and creator of the UI STEP program at Iowa. With almost 15 years of experience working in higher education, he will be bringing the "all you need to know package" so that you have a competitive edge when entering the workforce.

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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.