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Four Questions for Laura Newinski
Sunday, November 22, 2020
As deputy chair and COO of KPMG U.S., Laura Newinski (BBA87) helps lead a firm focused on delivering top-notch audit, tax, and advisory services to clients in dozens of industries around the world. Growing up in Eldridge, Iowa, a small town near the Quad Cities, Newinski says she didn’t understand what a career in business would offer, and she credits her Tippie professors, her job in the...
Welcome to the family: meet our four new accounting faculty members
Sunday, November 22, 2020
Meet the new four new accounting faculty members Dain Donelson, Adrienne Rhodes, Michael Durney, and Claire Quinto.
Virtual reality: A look back at 2020
Sunday, November 22, 2020
2020 has been a year like no other. Undoubtedly, every single member of the Hawkeye family has felt the effects of COVID-19 in one way or another.
CPA exams: How Jake Schafer clinched the Elijah Watt Sells and Capstone Awards
Sunday, November 22, 2020
When it comes to CPA exam performance, Tippie students don’t mess around. We talked with Jake Schafer (BBA19), now an associate at PwC in Los Angeles, about just how he managed to clinch an Elijah Watt Sells Award (requiring a 95.5+ cumulative average) and a Capstone Award (top 4 exam results in Iowa) in 2019.
Nicole Thorne Jenkins begins her tenure as the dean of the University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Nicole Thorne Jenkins begins her tenure as the dean of the University of McIntire School of Commerce
Amy Kristof-Brown named dean of the Tippie College of Business
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Today, Amy Kristof-Brown has been named dean of the Tippie College of Business, pending approval of the Board of Regents, State of Iowa. Kristof-Brown has been serving as the college’s interim dean since March 2020 and will begin her new role on December 1, 2020.
Doctoral student wins Bayer Women in Operations Research Scholarship
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Sara Reed, a graduate teaching assistant in the Department of Business Analytics at the University of Iowa, won first place and an honorable mention award in the Bayer Women in Operations Research Scholarship competition.
When your boss is making nice, they might be faking nice
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Your boss yelled at you in a staff meeting, embarrassing you in front of your co-workers before later apologizing to make nice. But a new study from the University of Iowa suggests your boss’ apology might be more about faking nice than making nice.
$390 billion in offshore income: Welcome to the world of shadow insurance
Thursday, November 12, 2020
We’ve all heard stories of offshore bank accounts. Visions of white sand beaches, wire transfers, and heist films spring to mind. But what are offshore affiliate insurance companies, how much are U.S. life insurance companies using them, and why? One Tippie researcher found out.
Frank Business Communication Center benefactor Harris Frank dies
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
With great sadness the Tippie College of Business learned of the passing of Harris Frank, supporter and benefactor of the Judith R. Frank Business Communication Center, at the age of 95.
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