Commencement 2025 at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs was a celebration of the accomplishments of the graduates who ...

Please plan for extra time to get to the University of Minnesota as you will likely experience heavier traffic along your route due to planned road construction. Learn more at the University’s Parking ...

A new report conducted by the Humphrey School highlights wide disparities in poverty rates in Minnesota based on racial/ethnic background, age, and geography. Photo: USDA The Humphrey School of Public ...

On occasion, the Humphrey School of Public Affairs highlights stories of innovation from government offices around the state of Minnesota and the Native nations that share its geography. Here we ...

Humphrey School researchers Greta Friedemann-Sánchez and Margaret Grieve in Colombia, when they began their research into the country's system of addressing intimate partner violence. Colombia enacted ...

Photos of Geri Joseph from various points in her public life. The Humphrey School of Public Affairs is mourning the loss of Geri Joseph, former ambassador, political activist, and community leader, ...

Professor Greg Lindsey has always taken a practitioner's perspective to research and teaching. That approach has been a win-win for students at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, but also for ...

David Durenberger, left, with then Humphrey School Dean Eric Schwartz at the School's 2016 Public Leadership Awards. Durenberger, a moderate Republican who served in the US Senate for 16 years, was an ...

Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe delivered a virtual presentation on the climate crisis as part of the Swain Climate Policy Series on April 12, 2022. Noted environmental scientist Katharine Hayhoe ...

Former vice president Al Gore was the inaugural speaker in the new Swain Climate Policy Series on October 26, 2021. Shown behind him is an image of the sky, taken from the International Space Station.

Walter Mondale speaks at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs in 2018, as the School dedicated the Joan and Walter Mondale Commons in his honor. Photo: Bruce Silcox Walter Mondale, a son of Minnesota ...

Something as simple as an unpaid parking ticket can lead someone to rack up hundreds of dollars in fines and fees, in what Professor Joe Soss calls the 'financialization' of the criminal justice ...