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: Matt Gustafson
Friday, April 24, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pomerantz Center

Matt Gustafson is a professor of Finance at Penn State University.

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Economics: Xiao Lin
Monday, May 4, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Xiao Lin is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Finance: Sebastien Plante
Friday, May 8, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Sebastien Plante is an assistant professor in Finance, Investment and Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Past research forums

Clarence TOW Seminar Series in Economics: Ben Brooks
Monday, October 20, 2025 11:30am to 12:45pm
Pomerantz Center

Ben Brooks is a Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago.

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Colloquium - Optimization Over Trained Neural Networks: What, Why, and How?
Friday, October 17, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
Learn more about designing optimization algorithms that take into account the structure of neural networks.
Clarence TOW Seminar Series in Finance: Amit Kumar
Friday, October 17, 2025 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Amit Kumar is an Assistant Professor of Finance in the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at the Singapore Management University.

Clarence TOW Seminar Series in Economics: Daniel Barth
Monday, October 6, 2025 11:30am to 12:45pm
Pomerantz Center

Daniel Barth is a Principle Economist with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Clarence TOW Seminar Series in Finance: Pari Sastry
Friday, October 3, 2025 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Pari Sastry is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Tippie Behavioral Research Roundtable - Curious about how one might conduct research in virtual reality (VR)?
Monday, September 29, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Curious about how one might conduct research in virtual reality (VR)?

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.