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Upcoming Events for Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs

The Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs is developing solutions to global challenges by building robust, sustainable, transformative relations—among individuals and institutions, globally and locally.

Contact:
Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
(847) 467-2770
buffettinstitute@northwestern.edu | Website

February 2026

Feb

2026

Coffee Hour with Roberta Buffett International Spouse and Family Program

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Evanston, IL 60208

Feb

2026

Elliott Speaker Series | Thea Riofrancos on "Extraction: The Frontiers…

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

Feb

2026

EDGS Talk: The Making of an Extremist with Haula Noor, PhD

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM 720 University Place, Buffett Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208 (Hybrid)

Global/Multicultural

Feb

2026

Buffett Graduate Student Colloquium with Mariana Gutierrez-Lowe

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

Feb

2026

Water Infrastructure as Climate Infrastructure with Keith Pluymers

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM 720 University Place, Evanston, IL 60208

Academic (general)

Feb

2026

Info Session: Buffett Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Online

Global/Multicultural

Feb

2026

Buffett Book Talk: Pan-African Futurism with Reginold Royston

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208 (Hybrid)

Global/Multicultural

Feb

2026

Buffett Book Talk: Pan-African Futurism with Reginold Royston

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Evanston, IL 60208 (Hybrid)

Global/Multicultural

Feb

2026

Graduate Book Talk | "The Global Meme Project: From Ideation to Dissertation…

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Buffett Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

March 2026

Mar

2026

Coffee Chat with Undergraduate Buffett Ambassadors

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

Mar

2026

Ask Him Anything: Undergraduate Event with 2025 Nobel Laureate Professor Joel…

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Harris Hall, Room 107, 1881 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural Social Sciences

Mar

2026

Buffett Book Talk | "America’s Middle East: The Ruination of a Region"…

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM 720 University Place, Buffett Reading Room, Second Floor, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

Mar

2026

EDGS Book Talk: The Profligate Colonial with Lisandro Claudio

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208 (Hybrid)

Global/Multicultural

Mar

2026

Buffett First Friday Lunch | The Global Urban Underground: A Mine of Heat with…

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM 720 University Place, Buffett Reading Room, Second Floor, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural Academic (general) Social Events

Mar

2026

EDGS Talk: Muhammad Hanri

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM 720 University Place, Buffett Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208 (Hybrid)

Global/Multicultural

Mar

2026

Buffett Graduate Student Colloquium with Sofía Sanchez

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

Mar

2026

Coffee Hour with Roberta Buffett International Spouse and Family Program

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural Social Events Global/Multicultural

Mar

2026

Graduate Student Career Talk | Digital Humanities

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

April 2026

Apr

2026

EDGS Book Talk: "Bad Lieutenants" with Andrew Mertha

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

Apr

2026

Buffett First Friday Lunch | Why the Global Health Revolution Should Start…

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM 720 University Place, Buffett Reading Room, Second Floor, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural Academic (general) Social Events