Professor Suisheng Zhao is documenting China’s return to global prominence.

As a war crimes tribunal prosecutor for the United Nations in Rwanda, Sturm College of Law visiting professor David Akerson saw firsthand the ravages of war and the price of ignorance. So he went a step further than prosecuting those who committed crimes in the past. Working with a team […]

In the United States, television shows like “The Bachelor” and “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” suggest that to attract a man, women need only be sexy, fashionable and fun. So it might surprise some to learn that in developing nations, the first step toward better marriage prospects is—wait for it—eliminating […]

Comparative labor market governance, wage bargaining systems, welfare states, social pacts — to most these words almost seem a different language. But to Professor Martin Rhodes, it is the language of comparative political economy — a language in which he is fluent. A prolific researcher and writer, Rhodes thrives on […]

Yemen is now the largest hub of al-Qaida fighters, and those members are targeting the U.S., former White House counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke warned some 700 people gathered at a DU Bridges to the Future event Nov. 4. Al-Qaida leadership believes the U.S. is propping up governments in countries such […]

Jack Donnelly, human rights professor in DU’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies, describes his work as “not impractical.” He also calls himself “very theoretical,” says that his work “makes a lot of sense,” and that he’s “having an immense amount of fun.” Not impractical, theoretical, sensible, fun. In a […]

The Deutsche Bank Microfinance Class at DU’s Daniels College of Business has been named to the Forbes.com list of the 10 Most Innovative Business School Classes. The list includes courses from business schools around the country that “appeal to a different kind of student — one who increasingly looks to […]

In a conference room packed to overflowing, scores of University of Denver students repeated a scene that was taking place all over the world Sept. 20, linking up with more than 80 similar audiences for a TEDx presentation that builds on the United Nations’ review of its Millennium Development Goals. […]

Study-abroad students capture their experiences in photos.

Lucas Shamala (PhD religious and theological studies ’06) may have grown up in Kenya, but he didn’t live in the jungle or meet lions while he played. Those are just a couple of myths about Africans and African life that Shamala tries to dispel among his students at Metro State […]

Although she grew up in an Italian-American family, Carolina “Carrie” Gengo Di Domenico (BA mass communications ’85) says she never learned Italian from her immigrant grandparents because they insisted only English be spoken at home. “I was very aware that I came from an Italian family, and I was also […]

In northern Ghanaian villages, women tend bees and make ceramic pots, generating products for the microbusinesses they established with the help of DU’s Ziblim Abukari.

Driving through the Wyoming countryside with my American host on Thanksgiving, I noticed what seemed to be giant balls of dry twigs rolling across the street and getting caught in the fence lines on both sides. My friend explained that these “tumbleweeds” get bunched up and caught up in the […]

Dharamsala, India, is a real-world classroom where learning and a commitment to service intertwine.