Employees are often advised to frame conversations with their bosses as offering solutions to workplace problems instead of just pointing out what isn’t working, lest they earn a reputation as a squeaky wheel.

“I’m very fortunate to have gotten my degree from Iowa,” says Myren, who was the first in his family to go to college. “And when you have benefited like I have, it’s great to give back.”

The Tippie College of Business created a composting program for its faculty and staff to fulfill waste-reduction goals.

Soon after graduating and accepting a full-time role in Greater Des Moines, I discovered that growing my professional network was not only important for my job, but that my career development depended on it.

Read the Gazette's coverage of Associate Professor Daniel Newton's research backed by a $900,000 grant from NASA.

Watch KWWL's coverage of Associate Professor Semin Park's research about ways to improve safety for EMTs.

The Tippie connection is global. After participating in the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders at the University of Iowa, Rapula Otukile partnered with Tippie business analytics students to take his company's supply management system digital.