News & Events  MBA Students Spend a Day with Warren Buffett  MBA
student Yasmine Rezai and a few of her colleagues in the Tippie
MBA program recently had a lesson in life from the master of
finance and philanthropy. In this first-person piece, written
initially for the University Hygienic Lab's electronic
newsletter, This Week at UHL, Yasmine shares her experience and
a bit of advice from the "Oracle of Omaha." Yasmine is also a
UHL graduate research assistant.  On October 17, students from
six universities across the country met with one of the world's
most successful investors: Warren Buffett. I was one of 27
representing the UI MBA program who met with Mr. Buffett in his
hometown of Omaha.  Why would one of the richest men in the
world want to spend time answering questions from a bunch of MBA
students? Mr. Buffet said that he believes that audiences like
ours are already engaged in his world and capable of changing
the way we live our lives based on interactions with him. We
started our adventure with a t