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Northwestern University’s Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs brings together the brightest minds from across Northwestern University and around the world to address critical global challenges that cannot be solved from a singular disciplinary or geographic perspective. Our mission is to foster meaningful engagement across borders of all kinds. We create opportunities for dialogue across academic disciplines—the humanities, social sciences, business, law, medicine, the arts and more—and catalyze connections between researchers and experts from government, industry, nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations worldwide.
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350 Chicago-area households will receive hand-held, easy-to-use test kits to assess their home water quality thanks to a pilot study expanding upon work that began within Northwestern Buffett's Making Water Insecurity Visible Global Working Group.
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Northwestern Buffett's Defusing Disasters group, the City of Chicago and community-based organizations launched a new collaboration to identify populations most vulnerable to future extreme heat.
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from The Daily Northwestern
Northwestern and the University of Toronto will launch a new alliance focused on promoting research and dialogue about decarbonization. The University of Toronto-Northwestern Decarbonization Alliance will pool resources from the University of Toronto and the Northwestern Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy. Northwestern Buffett is hosting the two-day series of keynote presentations on October 2–3 that marks the launch of the alliance.
September 22, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
1800 Sherman Avenue
The Northwestern Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and the Northwestern School of Communication invite you to...
September 28, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Arthur Rubloff Building, 375 E Chicago Ave
Please join the Northwestern Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and Villa Albertine for a lecture from Françoi...
October 2, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
1800 Sherman Avenue
The Northwestern Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and Northwestern Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainab...
