Each year we ask three people connected to the Department of Finance: What are you reading, who is inspiring you, and what is the best part of your day?

Former Iowa golf standout Mac McClear (BBA23) is valiantly grinding his way towards a spot on the PGA Tour. As for us mere mortal hackers, he has some simple tips to shave some strokes.

In December of 2019, Andrew James (BBA14) touched down at Miami International Airport for a fact-finding mission at Design Miami. Just five and half years later, he’s navigating the upper echelon of the collectible design world as associate director of a posh gallery in New York City.

Since COVID, huge amounts of office space sit empty. Some urban planners and housing advocates have seized on the idea of adaptive reuse, or the converting unused space into housing. Unfortunately, it doesn't work so well in the real world.

Drug prices in the United States are astronomical and climbing. Many analysts blame mergers and acquisitions among pharmaceutical companies. But Associate Professor Amrita Nain says some drug mergers actually help reduce drug costs.

Starting this fall, colleges and universities across the country will begin to see a steep decline in the pool of potential students thanks to the Great Recession 18 years ago.

ChatGPT is novel, fun to play with, and sometimes even helpful—but you aren’t the only one noodling around with this “free” technology. Massive data centers process more than 200 million requests a day, causing it to gobble up electricity like Hawkeye linebackers at a buffet.

In the three years since student-athletes started getting paid under Name, Image, Likeness, the entire landscape of college sports has undergone a sea change. Some players are rumored millionaires, transfer portal rules are bent, and agents consider NIL an all-out money grab.

When someone calls 911 for a medical emergency, they expect an ambulance will be sent as quickly as possible. But an ongoing study by Tippie researchers suggests that if the ambulance service is owned by private equity, they may have to wait.

Tippie’s InvestHer was honored as the University of Iowa’s Outstanding Student Organization of the Year in 2024, taking home the prize over 500 other groups.