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Northwestern Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs

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The Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs advances research and teaching about the world beyond the borders of the United States.

We are a beacon for cutting-edge international scholarship and global engagement across Northwestern’s twelve undergraduate, graduate and professional schools.

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Buffett Q&A: Hindi as a Global Language with Professor Daniel Majchrowicz, Buffett Faculty Fellow

For this installment of our Buffett Q&A series profiling faculty and scholars in the Roberta Buffett Institute community, we spoke with Daniel Majchrowicz, Associate Professor of South Asian Litera...
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Buffett Q&A: Our COP30 Student Delegates on Regime Complexity, Nationalist Narratives, and Scientific Representation

For a fifth year, a delegation of more than a dozen Northwestern students and faculty attended the 30th Conference of Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (U...
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Buffett Q&A Documentary: Using Virtual Reality for Cultural Heritage Preservation and Interpretation with Craig Stevens, Buffett Dissertation Fellow

In this 15-minute short documentary produced by the Roberta Buffett Institute, Buffett Dissertation Fellow Craig Stevens shares his research leveraging technologies like virtual reality and photogr...

Upcoming Events

Coffee Hour with Roberta Buffett International Spouse and Family Program

September 22, 2026, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
720 University Place

Spouses and partners of international scholars, students, or faculty at Northwestern University are invited to join u...

First Friday Lunch with Nancy Qian

October 2, 2026, 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
720 University Place

More details are forthcoming.  The Buffett Institute hosts a faculty research lunchtime talk series on the first Frid...

Coffee Hour with Roberta Buffett International Spouse and Family Program

October 20, 2026, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
720 University Place

Spouses and partners of international scholars, students, or faculty at Northwestern University are invited to join u...

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