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Former French President François Hollande discusses global affairs, political extremism at Buffett Institute lecture

from The Daily Northwestern

Former French President François Hollande warned about the dangers of political extremism and shared his view of global affairs at a Buffett Institute for Global Affairs lecture Thursday afternoon.

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Roadmapping the Clean Energy Transition

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...

Roadmapping the Clean Energy Transition

October 3, 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
1800 Sherman Avenue

The Northwestern Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and Northwestern Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainab...

Conference on AI & National Security

October 12, 8:15 AM - 6:00 PM
1800 Sherman Avenue

On October 12, the Northwestern Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and the Northwestern McCormick School of En...