Microfinance breakthrough: Dean Yang uses fingerprints to boost microlending in Malawi
Yang's study is not only addressing a massive challenge in microfinance and international development, it's also providing rigorous empirical evidence of the importance of personal identification......
Meet Ambassador Christopher R. Hill (Ret.), Dean
Ambassador Christopher Hill is the Dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, a position he has held since September 2010....
Meet Professor Erica Chenoweth, Associate Dean for Research
Erica Chenoweth, Ph.D. is Professor and Associate Dean for Research at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver....
From the Rio Grande to the Mediterranean Sea
Using labor-force supply and demand, UC San Diego researchers predict Mexico migration surge to U.S. is over...
Jesse Driscoll named 2016 CESS Book Awardee
Via a Q&A, we dive into how the assistant professor’s book, ‘Warlords and Coalition Politics in Post-Soviet States,’ came about and what this award means...
Exploring what is most important
Meet Zaira Razu, the new point woman for most all things research-related at USMEX with an eye for analyzing the most pertinent issues facing Mexico and U.S.-Mexico relations today...
Elliott School Dean Brigety Shares Insight on Refugee Crisis
Exacerbated by conflicts in the Middle East, today’s refugee crisis has generated the highest numbers of displaced people on record. There are more than 21.3 million refugees worldwide....
Thinking Differently About Economics and Development
Growing up in India, Indermit Gill always thought of economics in terms of improving people’s lives....
University of Pittsburgh Professor Wins Best Book Award
Dr. Nuno Themudo asks why some countries have a vibrant nonprofit sector while others do not?...
A new beginning
Enthused to join GPS in its time of positive transformation, Assistant Professor Weiyi Shi explains the research that motivates her to wake up in the morning...
Influencing development through improving governance
Focusing on the Philippines, GPS Assistant Professor Nico Ravanilla is committed to examining and improving the quality of elected officials in developing democracies...
Going between science and policy
A climate scientist with equal strengths in physical and social sciences, Kate Ricke brings an interdisciplinary punch to her dual professorship at GPS and Scripps...