Tippie News

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Plastic-free and planet positive

Monday, May 13, 2024
ALDI VP Heather Moore (BBA94)'s recipe for greener groceries includes eliminating plastic grocery bags, using renewable energy sources, and donating extra food to local pantries.
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Juggling finance and sports

Monday, May 13, 2024
As the largest major on campus, it should come as no surprise that finance students participate in almost every extracurricular out there. Here’s a crib sheet of who to cheer for in Hawkeye sports.
Jim Lewis

Not your father's risk manager

Monday, May 13, 2024
Alumnus and entrepreneur Jim Lewis becomes Vaughan Institute executive director.
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SEC rule holds back startup funding

Monday, May 13, 2024
A 2011 rule change intended to protect angel investors has instead sharply reduced startup funding for new ventures, according to a new study from Assistant Professor Jiajie Xu.
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A little help for Hoover: UI Marketing Institute students help Herbert Hoover Foundation with major rebrand

A team of Tippie marketing students is helping spread the word about the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum’s $20M renovation project.
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The beautiful game: Q&A with Kyle Krause

Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Soccer fans are nothing short of passionate, but Kyle Krause (BBA85) took it to a whole new level when he bought a club! Read how this Tippie alum broke into the world of European soccer.
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Helping Hoover

Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Tippie marketing students are helping the Herbert Hoover Foundation develop a new branding and communications plan for the Hoover Library and Museum in West Branch as it prepares for a major building renovation in 2025.
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Fearless panel on financial empowerment: It’s not just the wage gap keeping women from security

Monday, April 29, 2024
Tippie Associate Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship Michele Williams shared her thoughts on empowering women for financial security at a panel hosted by the Business Record on April 18.
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How Tippie's Henry Fund shaped CIO's career in Korea

Thursday, April 25, 2024
How the Henry Fund helped launch Tippie alum Jang Dong-Hun, who is now Chief Investment Officer at Korea's Public Offials' Benefit Association.
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Economists used the business cycle to predict what’s next. It doesn’t work so well anymore.

Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Tippie Economics Professor Anne Villamil talks to NPR's Marketplace about the predicted recession that never happened.