Presidential Lecture Series focuses on global food security
March 13, 2015
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President Mitch Daniels and Howard Buffett talk during the Presidential Lecture Series on March 12. (Purdue University photo/Mark Simons) |
President Mitch Daniels and Howard Buffett discussed challenges and solutions to achieving global food security as well as Buffett's book "40 Chances" during the Presidential Lecture Series event on Thursday (March 12) in Stewart Center's Fowler Hall. A video of the event is available here.
In addition to managing the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, Buffett oversees farms in central Illinois and Nebraska and oversees three foundation-operated research farms in Arizona, Illinois and South Africa. He has traveled to 130 countries and authored eight books on conservation, wildlife, and the human condition.
Presidential Lecture Series is an ongoing series of diverse lectures on policy, leadership, culture and society. The series will feature prominent experts and practitioners from various fields of interest for both academics and the community at-large. Connected with each public presentation, speakers will be integrated into relevant curricular activities on the West Lafayette campus during their visits.
On April 16, the series will feature Harlan Coben speaking on "The Rules of Writing and When to Break Them" at 6:30 p.m. in Stewart Center's Fowler Hall.
Coben's last six novels, including his most recent book, "Six Years,” have debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller List, and he has more than 50 million books in print in 42 languages. In his talk, Coben will share writing tips, inspiration, how-to's -- and the insecurities that plague all writers. His most recent novel, "Missing You," was released in March 2014.
