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Advancing research and teaching at Northwestern University to generate new knowledge about pressing global challenges and promising solutions for addressing them.
Each day, a different Northwestern delegate will share their reflections. Day 1 features Miguel Angel Garcia-Bocanegra, a PhD candidate at @sesp-nu.bsky.social: buffett.northwestern.edu/news/2025/re...
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Learn more about the impact of her transformative gift in Northwestern Magazine's fall edition: magazine.northwestern.edu/impact/rober...
November 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Stay tuned for reflections from our delegation to #COP30 in Belem, Brazil. Starting next Monday, a different student delegate will be sharing their experience each day via our website and socials.
October 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Read more about Danielle's experiences at this annual UN climate conference that convenes world leaders, policymakers, and researchers from across the globe in our Q&A with members of Northwestern's COP29 delegation supported by the Buffett Institute: buffett.northwestern.edu/news/2025/bu...
October 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
🧵 ...explore how youth are transforming peace and justice. Join us to learn about strategies & stories driving youth-led movements locally & globally. 📅 Fri. Nov. 7 in Evanston & online. Free to attend.
🎟️ In person: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-peace-...
🎟️ Via Zoom: northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The Peace We Make: A Youth-Led Buffett Symposium
This student-led symposium convenes activists, politicians, negotiators, & NGO leaders to explore young people's role in peacebuilding.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Next Weds., @mikegrunwald.bsky.social joins us to discuss his new book We Are Eating the Earth, which sheds light on how humans are both exacerbating the climate crisis and pursuing promising solutions. 📅 Oct. 29 | 4:15–5:15 PM in the Pancoe Auditorium 🎟️ Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/michael-gr...
Michael Grunwald Seminar
Michael Grunwald, award-winning journalist and best-selling author, to discuss his most recent book, We Are Eating the Earth.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"This problem animates the public & private sector, but there are issues which loom & will force us to think more critically about the long term, like climate change." Look out for Prof. Carruthers' forthcoming research examining historical examples of successful long-term decision-making. (🧵 3/3)
October 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"[Short-termism is embedded] in the public & private sector through things like shareholder value orientations, daily share prices, & quarterly earnings. In general voters & politicians are focused on the next electoral cycle, & it's very hard for them to look beyond that. So..." (🧵 2/3)
October 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Kardas-Nelson tells the global microfinance story through the eyes of those who work in small-scale lending and of women borrowers in Sierra Leone, West Africa.

Friday, October 24 from 12:00–1:00 p.m. in Locy Hall, Room 214. Lunch provided. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/global-hea...
Global Health Studies presents: Mara Kardas-Nelson
What happened to microfinance, the anti-poverty program that was supposed to change the world?
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October 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
📅 Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 5:00 p.m.
📍 720 University Pl.
🍽️ Enjoy cuisines from around the world
🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/roberta-bu...
October 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Nadia Murad is a human rights activist and survivor of the Yazidi genocide. After escaping captivity by ISIS, she dedicated her life to advocating for survivors of sexual violence and seeking justice for persecuted communities. Learn more: www.nadiasinitiative.org/nadia-murad
Nadia Murad — Nadia's Initiative
www.nadiasinitiative.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🎥 Watch our panel discussion Global Expansions in Abortion Access: buffett.northwestern.edu/news/2024/ab...

🎧 Or listen on...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6hsJ...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
October 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM