The Downside of Microfinance

Listen to NPR and other interviews with anthropologist Lamia Karim.

Karim, a native of Bangladesh, has been widely interviewed as a critic of microfinance. Her research has shown that shaming of the impoverished loan recipients is a common method for assuring repayment. Read the Cascade story.

Listen to her interview on Jefferson Exchange, a call-in program on Jeffereson Public Radio

Listen to her interview on National Public Radio (or read the transcript) about the scrutiny of Grameen Bank

Watch her UO Channel interview

Online Extras

Officer Memorial

Thousands gathered at Matt Arena to honor Officer Chris Kilcullen ('95).

Prisoner of the Taliban

Political science alum tells his tale of survival.

Chomsky on Campus

Watch Noam Chomsky's recent UO lecture.

Nixon in China

Watch excerpts from the opera, coming soon to Eugene.

Survival by Digitization

A man turns the pages of an old text

As political instability in Yemen increases, centuries-old manuscripts are at risk.