A a church-based intervention in rural Kenya that aims to promote mental health among adolescents and caregivers has been translated for families in the United States, starting with Durham. Duke University's Eve Puffer and Amber Rieder, joined by Wanda Boone of "Together for Resilient Youth (TRY)" presented the project, called "Coping Together," at a recent Wednesdays at the Center event.

Read Duke Today's recap of our event: "Global Value Chains for Least Developed Countries: A Proposal to the WTO," where Duke's Gary Gereffi and his academic colleagues Ari van Assche and Stephanie Barrientos presented their proposal to WTO Deputy Director-General Anabel Gonzáles, Chad ambassador in Geneva H.E. Ahmad Makaila (coordinator of the Least Developed Countries (LCDs) group) and Mustafizur Rahman (distinguished fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue in Bangladesh).

Two lead contributors of the World Bank’s landmark Groundswell report on climate migration spoke at an event of the Duke Center for International and Global Studies.Kanta Kumari and Viviane Clement said the report could help local communities manage the effects of millions of migrants in the next decades.

In an interview, Duke University's Denis Simon professes his belief that engagement with China is strategic for the US, and that it is in the US interest to maintain a research ecosystem open to foreign students.