Aug
3
2026
Coast to Coast: How Investors Are Spotting the Next Wave of Innovation — NNCI Industry Panel
1:00 PM Online
**Virtual Panel**
Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries, creating new markets, and attracting unprecedented le...
Events Calendar
Find upcoming events hosted by the units that report to the Office of the Provost. For academic dates and deadlines, visit the Academic Calendar.
Aug
4
2026
"Open Models Driving Real-World Impact", Madeline Hinkamp, META, AI For Good — NNCI Summer Speaker Series
4:00 PM Evanston
Join us for an in-person Summer Speaker Series event featuring Madeline Hinkamp, a technology policy and public sector l...
Aug
11
2026
"Key Advances in Speech Technology in the Last Five Years" Joseph "Yossi" Keshet, Technion — NNCI Summer Speaker Series
12:00 PM Evanston
Join us for an in-person Summer Speaker Series event featuring Joseph "Yossi" Keshet, Associate Professor of Electrical ...
Aug
14
2026
BCM Genetic Counseling Career Interest Workshop
9:00 AM Online
We are excited to announce an upcoming Genetic Counseling Career Interest Workshop hosted by Baylor College of Medicine...
Aug
21
2026
FORGE Commercialization Panel
1:00 PM Online
Great ideas have the potential to transform industries and improve lives, but turning innovation into real-world impact ...
Aug
24
2026
Inspect Your Data Using GenAI — Open Laptop AI Workshop
11:00 AM Evanston
Registration is required by August 17th
Data is everywhere in our work, from survey responses and course enrollments to...
Sep
11
2026
New Chairs Welcome Program
9:00 AM Evanston
The Office of the Provost holds an annual New Chairs Welcome Program for incoming new department chairs.
New chairs are...
Sep
17
2026
Columbia University Doctor of Physical Therapy Info Session
8:00 PM No Location
Columbia University Doctor of Physical Therapy Program (DPT) invites prospective students who are interested in pursuing...
Sep
22
2026
Coffee Hour with Roberta Buffett International Spouse and Family Program
10:00 AM Evanston
Spouses and partners of international scholars, students, or faculty at Northwestern University are invited to join us f...
Sep
23
2026
Oct
2
2026
Advancing Mentoring Excellence: Session #1 Aligning Expectations and Effective Communication
12:00 PM Evanston
Advancing Mentoring Excellence at Northwestern is a series of five core sessions plus elective sessions, offered by the ...
Oct
2
2026
First Friday Lunch with Nancy Qian
12:30 PM Evanston
More details are forthcoming.
The Buffett Institute hosts a faculty research lunchtime talk series on the first Friday ...
Oct
5
2026
Kathy Im Talk with Laurent Richard, Founder of Forbidden Stories
4:00 PM No Location
Note the time and location are tentative. Additional details are forthcoming.
Laurent Richard, Founder of Forbidden Stor...
Oct
6
2026
EDGS Book Talk: "The First Right: Self-Determination and the Transformation of International Order, 1941-2000" with Prof. Brad Simpson
12:30 PM Evanston
Additional details are forthcoming.
Oct
6
2026
Undergraduate Student Open House
4:30 PM Evanston
Learn more about the Roberta Buffett Institute's opportunities for undergraduates seeking to engage globally.
Join us fo...
Oct
9
2026
"We Shall Outlast Them: Putin's Global Campaign to Defeat the West" Buffett Book Talk with Hanna Notte
12:30 PM Evanston
Join us for a talk with Hanna Notte, director of the Eurasia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Non...
Oct
14
2026
Graduate Student Open House
5:00 PM Evanston
Join us for an open house to learn about our opportunities and programming for graduate students.
The Roberta Buffett In...
Oct
15
2026
Faculty Open House
5:00 PM Evanston
Northwestern faculty are invited to an open house reception to hear more about the Roberta Buffett Institute's faculty o...
Oct
17
2026
Oct
20
2026
Coffee Hour with Roberta Buffett International Spouse and Family Program
10:00 AM Evanston
Spouses and partners of international scholars, students, or faculty at Northwestern University are invited to join us f...
Oct
21
2026
EDGS Talk: Salvatore Simarmata on Political Communication in Indonesia
12:00 PM Evanston
Additional details are forthcoming.
Oct
22
2026
Oct
23
2026
Advancing Mentoring Excellence: Session #1 Aligning Expectations and Effective Communication
10:00 AM Chicago
Advancing Mentoring Excellence at Northwestern is a series of five core sessions plus elective sessions, offered by the ...
Oct
23
2026
Oct
27
2026
Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor Lecture with Sheldon Yett
12:30 PM Evanston
Additional details forthcoming.