Articles from 2020

UI group wins $1 million to work on medical artificial intelligence
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
AI algorithms could revolutionize medicine. Tippie Analytics is part of a $1 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to explore how.

Tippie announces all off-campus graduate courses will continue online in winter/spring
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
After careful consideration and with concern for the health and welfare of its students, faculty, and staff, the Tippie College of Business has made the decision to move all off-campus graduate courses for the Winter 2020 session and 11-week Spring 2021 classes to a virtual format. This applies to all graduate courses taught at sites in Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, and Davenport.

Seal of approval: study shows earning a trustworthiness badge helps online sales
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Online merchants who have earned a literal seal of approval for their website sell more, while less reliable sellers who lack such an endorsement sell less according to a new University of Iowa Tippie College of Business study.

‘U.S. News’ ranks UI first among public universities for writing; Tippie 21st among public business schools
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
The 2021 rankings from U.S. News & World Report place the Tippie College of Business 21st among business programs at public universities. The college is also a significant part of the university ecosystem that earned first place among public universities in the inaugural “writing in the disciplines” ranking for “making the writing process a priority at all levels of instruction and across the...

Study investigates how we invest meaning in our daily work
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Managers should give their employees room to do their jobs in a way that gives them meaning, as they’ll get more buy in and productivity from workers who feel called to their work.

Brown receives top academic honor
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
In the world of academia, the success of research faculty is heavily based on how many times their work is cited by their peers. Kenneth Brown, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Program at the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business recently received the 2020 Academy of Management Learning & Education (AMLE) Decade Award, one of the top academic honors in his field.

Burer receives top INFORMS computing society honor
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Samuel Burer, professor of business analytics in the Tippie College of Business, along with Renato D.C. Monteiro, received the 2020 INFORMS Computing Society (ICS) prize for their pioneering work on low-rank semi-definite programming.

Entrepreneurs in Africa save the day for Iowa interns
Monday, August 24, 2020
Quick thinking by University of Iowa Tippie College of Business leaders arranged last-minute summer work experiences for students whose internships vanished in the pandemic haze.

Shaping NFL teams’ digital playbook
Monday, August 24, 2020
University of Iowa graduate Michael Wiebler uses his cinema arts and marketing degrees to help NFL teams improve their digital storytelling.

Bored at work: workers who feel overqualified are more likely to look for new jobs
Monday, August 24, 2020
Businesses want talented, ambitious people working for them, but a new study from the University of Iowa finds that if those workers are stuck in a job they feel they’re overqualified for, they’re more apt to start looking for a new job.
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