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Innovator Award Winner Webinar Series

Leadership in Graduate Business Education Curriculum Innovation Winner

University of Iowa Graduate and Professional Programs Team

April 9, 2026
1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PAC

Join us to learn about the amazing innovations from our 2025 Innovator Award Finalists and Winners. This webinar will feature our winner for Leadership in Graduate Business Education Curriculum Innovation the University of Iowa Graduate and Professional Programs Team. The University of Iowa Graduate and Professional Programs (GPP) team has demonstrated exceptional innovation and agility, continuously evolving to meet market needs and deliver high-quality educational experiences. Their accomplishments include multiple innovations all at once---merging the online and professional MBA, massive scaling of online courses by utilizing a shared course model that maintained small class sizes, transitioning to 8-week course length, all of which highlight the flexibility, quality, and growth of the Iowa MBA. They have also introduced new capstone options that allow students to apply their learning directly to their organizations and the integration of communication skill-building throughout the Iowa MBA, resulting in tangible workplace impacts. Additionally, the team has made significant strides in incorporating artificial intelligence into their curriculum, offering new courses and certificates focused on AI for both professional and full-time programs.