Here are three global business trends to have on your horizon. The first – regarding the economic implications of coronavirus – is timely with current events, while the other two, on sustainability and immigrants in the workforce, are more long-term ideas.

Career-driven workers focused on promotion may unwittingly hold themselves back with a “creativity tax” they pay through concern for their family’s well-being, a new study from the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business finds.

Associate Professor of Practice Nancy Abram received a 2019 President and Provost Award for Teaching, the University of Iowa’s top teaching honor.

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.