Dedicated to creating and sharing knowledge

Tippie College of Business is dedicated to sharing our research with the world. Our multiple seminar 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 seminars

Tow Lecture in Finance: Matt Billett

Friday, April 18, 2025 10:30am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Matt Billett is a Professor of Finance at Indiana University.

Clarence Tow Lecture in Economics: Econometrics Mini Conference

Friday, April 25, 2025 8:30am to 4:30pm
Pappajohn Business Building
This event will explore the latest research and applications in econometrics. This conference will feature distinguished keynote speakers and engaging discussions. RSVP to Suyong Song (suyong-song@uiowa.edu) or Jeremy McIntosh (jeremy-mcintosh@uiowa.edu) by Friday, April 4.

Tow Lecture in Economics: Yichen Su

Monday, April 28, 2025 2:00pm to 3:15pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Yichen Su is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Southern Methodist University.

Tow Lecture in Finance: Richard Thakor

Friday, May 2, 2025 10:30am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Richard Thakor is an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Minnesota.

Tow Lecture in Economics: Marco Battaglini

Monday, May 5, 2025 2:00pm to 3:15pm
Pomerantz Center
Marco Battaglini is a Professor of Economics at Cornell University.

Tow Lecture in Finance: Benjamin Golez

Friday, May 9, 2025 10:30am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building
Benjamin Golez is an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Notre Dame and a Faculty Fellow at the Notre Dame Institute for Global Investing.

Past seminars

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Thought Leaders Seminar, Business Analytics: Nitesh Chawla

Friday, April 28, 2023 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual
Topic: Interdisciplinarity of Data Science and AI: Driving Innovation and Advancing Societal Impact. The ubiquity of AI and data science is spurred by significant factors, including 1) major methodological and computational advances; 2) the increasing availability of problem statements in sciences, engineering, business and the social sciences; and 3) an increasing demand from academia, research institutions, corporations, and governments for talent. This is presenting unparalleled...
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Thought Leaders Seminar, Business Analytics: Teresa Wu

Friday, April 21, 2023 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual
Topic: Deep Learning to identify MRI signatures along the age continuum using Brain Age. Imaging biomarkers are being increasingly applied for early diagnosis and staging of disease in humans. Developing imaging biomarkers requires advances in both image acquisition and analysis. In recent years, deep learning has rapidly dominated the computer vision field with advances also diffusing into the medical field. The objective of this study is to assess a deep learning approach to characterizing...

Clarence Tow Lecture in Economics: Kristin F. Butcher

Monday, April 17, 2023 2:30pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Kristin F. Butcher, Vice President and Director of Microeconomic Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, will present "The Impact of State Paid Leave Laws on Firms and Establishments: Evidence from the First Three States."
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Thought Leaders, Business Analytics - Robert Nowak

Friday, April 14, 2023 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual
Topic:  Active Machine Learning: Combining Human and Artificial Intelligence for Improved Learning Efficiency and Accuracy Active machine learning combines the power of artificial intelligence with human intelligence to improve the efficiency and accuracy of machine learning algorithms. The fundamental idea behind active learning is to actively engage the human user in the learning process by selecting the most informative data points for labeling, thus reducing the amount of labeled data...
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Thought Leaders Seminar, Business Analytics: Sam Burer

Friday, April 7, 2023 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual
Topic: Two Decades of Low-Rank Optimization Big data matrices are often low rank, and so modern optimization algorithms often require the use of low-rank decision variables. Such variables also arise naturally in certain optimization problems, irrespective of the input data. As a result, over the past two decades, low-rank optimization has grown as a critical area of research in optimization and machine learning. However, enforcing low-rank structure on a variable gives rise to severe...

Facing the Future: Economic and Fiscal Challenges in the U.S.

Tuesday, March 28, 2023 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
The Concord Coalition and the Economics Department at the Tippie College of Business are hosting a panel discussion focused on the growing federal debt crisis, the future of Social Security, how to lower the cost of health care and how to stimulate long-term growth in the economy. Our panelists are Anne Villamil, Professor of Economics at the Tippie College of Business, Ramji Balakrishnan, Professor of Accounting at the Tippie College of Business and Steve Robinson, Chief Economist at the...

Behavioral Research Seminar Series

This series provides a forum for faculty and PhD students who conduct behavioral research to present and discuss their current projects in a low-pressure environment.

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 Seminar Series

This series provides faculty and PhD students in Business Analytics, Economics, and Finance with opportunities to successfully introduce methods, while offering new insights for more experienced researchers.