Buffett Center Year-End Celebration & Open House
Tuesday, May 28, 4pm-6pm | Buffett Center

No Place But Home: Karen Burmese Refugees and the Early Warming Signs of Repatriation
Jack Doppelt, Medill
Friday, May 31 at 12pm | Buffett Center

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GlobeMed Executive Director Maya Cohen one of Crain's Chicago Business "20 in their 20s"

Cohen was selected for her work expanding GlobeMed and securing a major grant from USAID's Global Health Program, which enables students from different socioeconomic backgrounds to participate in GlobeMed.

GlobeMed, which started at Northwestern University, is a network of university students working toward global health equity that now has 50 chapters across the country. The Buffett Center was critical to the GlobeMed launch and continues to support this program.

» GlobeMed at Northwestern | GlobeMed | Maya Cohen Crain's Chicago profile

Beyond 2015: Targeting Institutional Human Rights Violations
Thomas Pogge argues that supranational institutional arrangements--such as protectionism, monopolies on seeds and medicines, and tax havens--must be challenged to solve global poverty.

Child Soldiers: Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front
Myriam Denov examines the militarization and reintegration experiences of former child soldiers.

Islam and the Arab Awakening: A Panel Discussion with Tariq Ramadan
A discussion with Tariq Ramadan and Northwestern’s Jonathan Caverley, Rachel Riedl, Storer Rowley, and Hendrik Spruyt.

Emerging Africa: How 17 Countries Are Leading the Way
Steve Radelet, USAID, examines economic growth, deepening democracy, improved governance, and decreased poverty in Africa.

The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
Francis Fukuyama, Stanford, analyzes the global history of state formation.

Esther Duflo » Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
Duflo shares MIT's Poverty Action Lab findings about what works in international development.