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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Letter to the Editor: Buffett Institute directors support Eikenberry’s appointment

April 10, 2016

Dear Editor: As has been reported in The Daily Northwestern, Karl Eikenberry’s appointment is stirring up controversy among some Northwestern faculty and students. People are criticizing the appointment...

Letter to the Editor: From a student veteran, ASG should vote ‘no’ on the Eikenberry resolution

April 5, 2016

This Wednesday the Associated Student Government will vote on a resolution calling on Northwestern to rescind the appointment of retired Lt. Gen. and former ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry as...

Author Naomi Klein talks about capitalism’s connection to climate change at an event hosted by the Buffett Institute. Klein authored “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate,” a book on climate change how it is connected to other social issues.

Author Naomi Klein discusses climate change, capitalism at Buffett Center event

March 3, 2016

Climate change goes far beyond planetary science, said author Naomi Klein at an event hosted by the Buffett Institute for Global Studies on Wednesday night. “Capitalism vs. The Climate,” co-sponsored...

Roberta Buffett Elliott (Weinberg ’54) smiles at a crowd gathered in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall to honor her more than $100 million donation to the University. More than a year later, Elliott’s donation has allowed the Buffett Institute for Global Studies to fund several new and existing programs and create an executive director position.

Buffett Institute expands programs, launches new initiatives

February 12, 2016

A new executive director position, visiting postdoctoral fellows and expanded programs are among the developments that have come out of Roberta Buffett Elliott’s (Weinberg ’54)  donation of more than...

 The Buffett Institute, which will be under the leadership of former ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry starting September. Faculty are protesting Eikenberry’s appointment, calling on the University to withdraw the offer for his position.

More than 40 Northwestern faculty call for withdrawal of Karl Eikenberry’s appointment as Buffett Institute executive director

February 11, 2016

Forty-six Northwestern faculty members called on University administrators to withdraw their appointment of Karl Eikenberry as executive director of the Buffett Institute due to his incompatibility with...

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