The Humphrey School of Public Affairs announces five new faculty members who will join the School in the 2025-26 academic ...

The Executive Council is an elected representative group of Humphrey School faculty, students, and staff. It has responsibility for all matters not otherwise under the authority of the Dean or the ...

In a new op-ed published by the Star Tribune, Humphrey School of Public Affairs Dean Nisha Botchwey shares her perspective on ...

His career path Fauci grew up in Brooklyn, and his father was a pharmacist who ran a mom-and-pop drug store. In addition to dispensing prescription drugs, his dad also helped their neighbors by giving ...

Swain, a World War II veteran, was a University of Minnesota alumnus (BSB ’42) and a longtime supporter of the University and the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. He was active in the University ...

“We are placing a renewed focus on this practice, which is more crucial than ever,” Dean Nisha Botchwey told the incoming students. “We embrace the power of conversation and collaboration. We practice ...

Lindsey is retiring this summer after 16 years at the School—as a leader who has helped shape the School’s graduate degree programs, as a faculty member in the urban and regional planning area whose ...

Fiji is a multiethnic country with almost 1 million residents. An island nation in the south Pacific, it has a rich cultural history. Aid is a thriving industry across the Pacific, with myriad ...

“Minnesota is known as a state that is usually at the forefront of social policy issues, so it’s disappointing that there has been so little progress in key areas, like the gender wage gap, in the ...

Barbara Frey, a champion of human rights advocacy in Minnesota, retired in 2022 as director of the University of Minnesota’s Human Rights Program. Her legacy lives on through a fellowship established ...

The data shows progress in some areas since the last report compiled in 2022. But systemic gender and racial inequities continue to trap many women in poverty, compromise their safety, hinder access ...