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This show will kick off our symposium Brave New Futures. The full-day program on Fri. April 10 will convene international thinkers to explore how human relationships, information ecosystems, labor, & the planet itself are being reshaped. In person & online. buffett.northwestern.edu/events/brave...
The styles of NYC and LA hip-hop will meet centuries-old storytelling traditions from Damascus at Neo-Hakawati Nights on Thursday, April 9 at 7:30 PM in the Louis Theater. Rapper and poet Omar Offendum will join multi-instrumentalist Zafer Tawil. RSVP required: www.eventbrite.com/e/neo-hakawa...
π Learn more about the Making Water Insecurity Visible Global Working Group's work: buffett.northwestern.edu/research/glo...
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@fox32chicago.bsky.social interviewed our Making Water Insecurity Visible group leads @profserayoung.bsky.social & Julius Lucks about their research piloting at-home water quality sensors as easy to use as at-home COVID tests to check for toxins in drinking water. π₯: www.youtube.com/live/tc2J7cQ...
@thedailynu.bsky.social highlighted Buffett Visiting Scholar Georgia Rose, psychology professor at the University of the West Indies, for her powerful talk at @buffett.northwestern.edu on how Jamaicans coped with the traumatic aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. π: dailynorthwestern.com/2026/01/07/c...
Northwestern students: another simulation is coming this spring, this time tasking undergraduates with envisioning brave new futures. Join our mailing list to get the invite: buffett.northwestern.edu/news/subscri...
We capped our yearlong international diplomacy series with a 4-hour peace conference simulation designed by @polisciatnu.bsky.social's Prof. @danigilbert.bsky.social, challenging undergrads to negotiate a fictional peace deal under real-world pressures. π§΅
Congrats to NU undergrads Shraeya Iyer, Jeffrey Tu, & Isabel Su presenting at NetSciX (Feb 17β20), supported by @buffett.northwestern.edu scholarship!
Talk: A Multiplex Lens on Influencer Performance, Group Synergy, and Network Centralization
Co-Authors: Megan Chan & @noshir.bsky.social
βWe normally perceive development as a technology-based route,β says Sarahβbut real development is rooted in context, culture & history. Thatβs the vision behind @buffett.northwestern.edu's Elliott Scholars Program, blending theory + global internships. More: buffett.northwestern.edu/news/2025/re...
On Feb. 24, Northwesternβs Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program will host a follow-up lunch talk on Venezuela & the Crisis of Democracy in the Americas with historian & Buffett Faculty Fellow Lina Britto & Venezuelan scholar VerΓ³nica Zubillaga. More: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/638783
What does the US military operation in Venezuela mean for USβLatin American relations & international law? Faculty experts shared insights at the Buffett Inst.: buffett.northwestern.edu/news/2026/the-aftermath-of-operation-absolute-resolve-northwestern-faculty-discuss-us-latin-america-relations.html
How can lessons from past peace agreements shape today's? The last panel of our symposium on negotiating peace featured lawyer Barney Afako, former Ukrainian minister Pavlo Klimkin, OSCE's Kate Fearon, & @fbafolke.bsky.social's Pontus Ohrstedt on the successful implementation of peace agreements.
Last year, @buffett.northwestern.edu launched the Elliott Scholars Program to help students to bridge theory & practice in international development. Meet Mira, an inaugural Elliott Scholar who spent summer in Thailand with an Indigenous-led nonprofitβread: buffett.northwestern.edu/news/2025/re...
Some at our symposium on disinformation suggested the idea that fact-checking βdoesnβt workβ may be gaining traction. That alarmed Angie Holan of @factchecknet.bsky.social. She argues for being more precise about whatβs failing & explains who benefits when weβre not: www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
In November, ten Northwestern students attended COP30βthe UN's climate change conferenceβin Brazil via a research seminar opportunity offered through @buffett.northwestern.edu. This week, they presented their research & reactionsβread in @thedailynu.bsky.social: dailynorthwestern.com/2026/02/04/c...
Join NU Global Health Studies for a public lunch lecture to learn how the role of African intellectuals in early 20th century discussions among British colonialists & American progressives about Africans' health can offer lessons for global health today. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/suffering-...
π Attend in person: www.eventbrite.com/e/what-comes...
Join us for a conversation with founder & CEO of the Karam Foundation Lina Sergie Attar on her work to move humanitarian aid for post-war Syria beyond emergency relief toward long-term resilience
ποΈ Mon. Feb. 9 at 12:30
π» Attend online: northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Interested in learning about accountability for social media companies?
Don't miss our CEO @imranahmed.bsky.social speaking at @buffett.northwestern.edu's Global Disinformation in a Post-Moderation World Symposium.
π January 23rd
πChicago, IL
Register today ‡οΈ
https://bit.ly/4qNnOag
π Friday, Jan. 16 at 12:30 PM
π In-person in Evanston (Sold out)
π» Attend via Zoom: northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
This event is organized by @buffett.northwestern.edu and the Weinberg College Center for International & Area Studies and its Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program.
Join us for tomorrow's discussion of Operation Absolute Resolve, the recent US military operation in Venezuela. This panel discussion will examine the origins, legitimacy, and consequences of US actions; the future of USβLatin America relations; and how these actions impact international law.
Looking forward to speaking with Ambassador Julie Smith on Tuesday.
Attention Northwestern University faculty: The deadline to submit a proposal for a grant to hire Buffett Undergraduate Research Fellows is January 15! Learn more: buffett.northwestern.edu/programs/fac...
Vicky Wang & Elizabeth Lowry spent last year working as Buffett Undergraduate Research Fellows under art history Professor Yuthika Sharma. Wang focused on organizing archival materials & developing foundational research skills while Lowry traveled to London & Paris to work in archives.
Interested in learning about accountability for social media companies?
Don't miss our CEO @imranahmed.bsky.social speaking at @buffett.northwestern.edu's Global Disinformation in a Post-Moderation World Symposium.
π January 23rd
πChicago, IL
Register today ‡οΈ
https://bit.ly/4qNnOag
This event is organized by @buffett.northwestern.edu, @nuschoolofcomm.bsky.social's Center for Communication & Public Policy, the Kyiv-Mohyla Foundation of America, and @global-affairs.bsky.social.
π Thursday, Jan. 22 at 5:15 p.m. CT and all day Friday, Jan. 23
π Chicago, Evanston, and online via Zoom
π Learn more and register: buffett.northwestern.edu/events/brave...
βοΈ Friday's program features breakfast, lunch, and a reception.
As social media giants scale back content moderation and governments shutter counter-disinformation programs, some experts warn we are entering a βpost-moderation era.β Join us for Global Disinformation in a Post-Moderation World, a two-day symposium on how these shifts are reshaping the globe.
Submit a new translation of important literary & scholarly works to the 2026β27 Humanities in Translation Prize by Friday,Jan. 16 π The winner will receive a cash prize and a commitment from @NorthwesternU Press to publish the finished work.
π Learn more nupress.northwestern.edu/humanities-i...
Northwestern University faculty: The Buffett Institute awards grants for faculty to hire undergrad research fellow(s) to collaborate with them on a global or international research project. The faculty deadline to submit a project is Fri. Jan. 15. Learn more: buffett.northwestern.edu/programs/fac...
