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 Lecture Series in Economics: Brendan Kline
Monday, November 2, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Brendan Kline is an Associate Professor in Economics from the University of Texas, Austin.

Clarence Tow Lecture Series in Economics: Long Hong
Monday, November 9, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Long Hong is an Assistant Professor from Arizona State University.

Clarence Tow Lecture Series in Economics: Alvaro Sandroni
Monday, November 16, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Alvaro Sandroni is the E.D. Howard Professor of Political Economy and a Professor of Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences from Northwestern University.

Clarence Tow Lecture Series in Economics: Roberto Saitto
Monday, November 30, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Roberto Saitto is an Assistant Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences from Northwestern University.

Clarence Tow Lecture Series in Finance: Jess Corneggia
Friday, December 4, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pomerantz Center

Jess Corneggia is a Professor of Finance at Penn State University.

Clarence Tow Lecture Series in Economics: Bo Zhou
Monday, December 7, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Bo Zhou is an Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech.

Past research forums

Clarence TOW Seminar Series in Economics: Aldo Rustichini
Monday, October 27, 2025 11:30am to 12:00pm
Pomerantz Center

Aldo Rustichini is a Professor of Economics at the University of Minnesota.

Clarence TOW Seminar Series in Finance: Andreas Neuhierl
Friday, October 24, 2025 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Andy Neuhierl is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Mitch Daniels School of Business at Purdue University.

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.

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.