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Why the financial industry is finally taking gender equality seriously

Sunday, May 2, 2021
“I know it’s supposed to be entertaining, but it just brings back memories,” she said. Zaharis is a professor of practice at the Tippie College of Business and worked in mutual funds for 25 years managing $2 billion in assets. While Zaharis’ career trajectory is a success story, when she started, she felt compelled to wear a suit and tightly pull her hair back in an effort to fit in with her co...
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Gloves up: Jose Duran is a fighter by trade

Sunday, May 2, 2021
Jose Duran (BBA20) was a scrawny 16-year-old kid staring up at what seemed like a monster in the ring at the Des Moines Police Boxing Club. It was Duran’s first career fight, and his opponent was 10 years older, several inches taller, and a whole lot faster.
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Proof: Associate Professor Richard Peter has it

Sunday, May 2, 2021
Richard Peter writes his theoretical models by hand. Sheet after sheet of symbols and signs that may leave you scratching your head. For the untrained eye, looking at his step-by-step derivations may raise lots of questions, but for the Department of Finance’s award-winning researcher, they answer questions.
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Wait. Is that Chuck Norris?

Sunday, May 2, 2021
Startup Cameo had its breakthrough moment in 2020 and Tippie alum Garret Dunn (BBA13) was part of its rise.
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Outrunning a tidal wave: What it's like to be a hospital COO during COVID-19

Sunday, May 2, 2021
When he was a middle schooler, Cory Mead (BBA11/ MHA13) got a staph infection that was so bad that it required multiple surgeries and a PICC line, measures that effectively saved his life.
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More than a game: How Nicole Schmidt found a home for herself in baseball

Sunday, May 2, 2021
Dusty and exhausted after hours of play at the ball field, Nicole Schmidt (BBA06) relaxed in the passenger seat as her dad drove, feeling the breeze from the open window and listening to a baseball game on the radio.
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Henry Fund named best student-managed investment fund

Friday, April 9, 2021
The Henry Fund, the University of Iowa’s graduate student-managed investment fund, recently was named the top fund in its class based on its performance in 2020.
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Tippie College of Business embraces partnerships with Iowa universities to accelerate master’s program

Monday, March 29, 2021
Three years after developing a Master of Finance program, the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business is beginning a partnership with a few Iowa based universities to help students earn their masters in three semesters.
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Partnership will fast-track Cornell College students to study finance at UI’s Tippie College of Business

Wednesday, March 10, 2021
The University of Iowa and Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa have formed a new partnership that will streamline the process for Cornell College students to be admitted to the Master of Science in Finance program in the university’s Tippie College of Business.
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New partnership will assist UNI students to a master’s in finance at the Tippie College of Business

Thursday, February 25, 2021
Tippie and UNI have a new partnership easing the process for UNI students to be admitted to the Master of Science in Finance program at the University of Iowa.