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Virtual Casinos Deliver a Tricky Jackpot to the Philippines

Virtual Casinos Deliver a Tricky Jackpot to the Philippines

Graduate Student Alvin Camba was cited in a Wall Street Journal article about online gambling in the Philippines.

The Great Decoupling: The Disconnection Between Criminal Offending and Experience of Arrest Across Two Cohorts

The Great Decoupling: The Disconnection Between Criminal Offending and Experience of Arrest Across Two Cohorts

Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Political Science and Sociology, Velsa Weaver, in RSF.

Graduate Student wins Krishna Bharadwaj and Eric Wolf Prize

Graduate Student wins Krishna Bharadwaj and Eric Wolf Prize

Graduate Student Ricado Jacobs won the “Krishna Bharadwaj and Eric Wolf Prize” for outstanding paper published in Journal of Peasant Studies by a young scholar. The paper, “An urban proletariat […]

Julia Burdick-Will quoted in NPR

Julia Burdick-Will quoted in NPR

Assistant Professor, Julia Burdick-Will, looks at how neighborhood crime in Baltimore affects attendance in this NPR piece.

Christy Thornton appears on Democracy Now

Christy Thornton appears on Democracy Now

Assistant Professor Christy Thornton, appeared on Democracy Now to say El Chapo’s sensational trial is obscuring the truth about the so-called war on drugs.

Christy Thornton published in Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development

Christy Thornton published in Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development

Assistant Professor Christy Thornton was recently published in Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development. In many new histories of global ideas, norms, and institutions—including in recent […]

Professor Hung quoted in The Atlantic

Professor Hung quoted in The Atlantic

Professor Ho-Fung Hung was quoted in an The Atlantic article about how Chinese investment in Hong Kong’s infrastructure comes at a cost.

Ho-Fung Hung Cited in Financial Times

Ho-Fung Hung Cited in Financial Times

Professor Ho-Fung Hung was quoted in a recent FT article “Hong Kong: is ‘one country, two systems’ under threat?” (subscription required).

Rina Agarwala receives Outstanding Faculty Member Award

Rina Agarwala receives Outstanding Faculty Member Award

Rina Agarwala received the Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity’s Outstanding Faculty Member Award for the 2017-2018 academic year. Over 120 applications were received from chapters across the United States and Canada. […]

China’s Offshore Financial Market and Arrest of Swiss Banker

China’s Offshore Financial Market and Arrest of Swiss Banker

Ho-fung Hung cited in Geneva’s Le Temps. The case of UBS banker held in China for several days recalls that the Chinese have no right to extract more than $50, 000 […]