They’re calling it “The Great Resignation.” Nearly four million Americans quit their jobs in April. That’s the highest total ever and nearly double the number who quit a year ago. The number of people quitting is adding to the labor shortages companies are facing. Tippie Professor Stephen Courtright says people are using the pandemic as a time to reset.

New numbers from the state show Iowa's unemployment rate ticked up slightly in May to 3.9%. That's up from 3.8% in April. Right now, Iowa is seeing some of the lowest unemployment numbers - with the national rate at 5.8%. While some Iowans are unemployed, the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business is hearing from industry leaders who say a lot of people are also job hunting or are looking...

Terri Vaughan, a long-time leader in Iowa’s insurance community, has been named the professional director of the Vaughan Institute of Risk Management and Insurance at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business.

Former Hawkeye basketball player Megan Gustafson (BBA19) has signed with the Washington Mystics.

Mike Mahoney (BBA87), CEO of Boston Scientific, was named #25 on Glassdoor's Top CEOs of 2021.

The University of Iowa Tippie College of Business has announced that Charles Wayne Keene has been hired for the role of Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs effective July 6. Keene will step into the role that has been held by Ken Brown since 2014. Brown, the Ralph L. Sheets Professor of Management, will return to his faculty position in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship.

Proof that true love isn't always love at first sight.

Brent Banwart (BBA 08) has been named Vice President of Human Resources at Ferrellgas Partners, one of the nation's largest propane retailers.

Some of the nation’s savviest investors reside right here in the Corridor. In fact, they’re University of Iowa students, and last month they proved their mettle by being named the nation’s top graduate student-managed investment fund. The Henry Fund, a real-money investment fund managed by students in the UI’s Tippie College of Business’ master’s in finance program, beat out the likes of Rice and...

While COVID-19 mostly hurt enrollment across traditional college and university campuses, it has had the opposite effect on some less traditional higher ed programs — like the University of Iowa’s new online Master of Business Administration degree.