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Workplace stars often make considerable contributions to their team’s overall success, but a new study from the University of Iowa finds that success often comes at the expense of co-workers.

The Tippie College of Business announces the maintenance and extension of its accreditation by AACSB International for the college, overall, as well as for accounting, specifically. This designation ensures that Tippie meets standards of excellence, rigor, and commitment to continuous improvement for business schools.    

Among U.S. institutions of higher education, 62 hold the distinguished research university designation from the Association of American Universities (AAU), including the University of Iowa. Why is this important?

“I shall always regard the opportunity I have had to help shape the University’s future as one of the greatest privileges of my life….If I have one wish regarding the future, it is that you will choose to stay involved in the life and future of the college, as I plan to.”—George Daly, 1993

Bret Schafbuch, BBA00, is living any Lego-obsessed kid’s dream. The Iowa native is now a senior manager of user experience and prototypes at the Lego Group headquarters in Billund, Denmark – a place where no one but Lego employees are allowed to enter if they are over the age of 12.

In the Tippie College of Business, a powerful mechanism exists for providing its students with real-world experiences and relationships that lead to careers. Four student-focused institutes forge networks and experiential learning that advance classroom knowledge to the next level. The Hawkinson Institute, Marketing Institute, Tippie Analytics Cooperative, and Vaughan Institute for Risk Management and Insurance all support the professional development of students. Participating students expand their industry-specific knowledge, plus, they emerge with strong skill sets that appeal to employers in several sectors—banking, marketing, business analytics, and insurance.

Lorraine Hart (MBA75) was part of the first wave of women who began bringing diversity to the financial industry. Now she is leveraging her career success to diversify experiential-learning programming for a new generation of Tippie finance students by launching the college’s first student-managed fixed-income investment fund: The Hart Fund.