Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Urban Planning Researchers Study Past Infrastructure Harms to Avoid Repeating Them

Researchers at the recent 2025 CTS Transportation Research Conference presented their findings on equitable transportation ...
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Q/A with Professor Ryan Allen: Understanding the Housing Market

The Morris Park neighborhood in Minneapolis. Photo: User Fibonacci Blue via Creative Commons Americans are facing an affordability crisis. Consumers are grappling with higher costs for groceries, ...
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Human Rights Student's Internship with the UN Illuminates New Ways She Can Make a Difference

Aidan Thomason (MHR '26) interned this past summer at the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. Submitted photo Even in a time of human rights backlash, ...
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STEP x Funds Enterprise Seminar: “Balancing Feelings and Action” - Finance in a Burning World

Join us for a seminar in collaboration with the Carlson Funds Enterprise, led by Director Susanna Gibbons, to explore climate finance and the energy transition in today’s policy landscape. This event ...
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5 Questions on Safe Drinking Water in Minnesota

Minnesota has had more success than other states in removing contaminants from our drinking water. But challenges to the system exist, including aging infrastructure, stress from extreme weather ...
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STEP x Circularity Seminar: Kristin Sako, Allina Health

Join us for a seminar co-hosted by the NSF Circularity Traineeship Program and Center for Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy on sustainability in the healthcare industry, featuring ...
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Saint Augustine: From Africa to Pope Leo

St Augustine forged the sacred foundations of Western Christianity – from original sin to God’s grace. Pope Leo’s spiritual home is in the Augustinian religious order. Augustine was born in Africa and ...
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Humphrey School Announces New One-Year Master's Degree for Returning Peace Corps Volunteers

Christina Licari (MDP '20) teaches English to seventh graders at a school in Benin during her Peace Corps service in 2018. Photo provided The Humphrey School of Public Affairs is proud to introduce an ...
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Humphrey School Alumnus Kalvin Moschkau in Mongolia for Conservation Work, Thanks to a Luce Scholarship

Kalvin Moschkau (second from right) poses with a group of Humphrey School students and faculty at the Genghis Khan monument in Mongolia in 2022. Photos courtesy Kalvin Moschkau Humphrey School alumnus ...
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Jake Sullivan Reflects on U.S. Foreign Policy, Global Risks, and Democracy at Humphrey School Event

Jake Sullivan, left, discussed U.S. foreign policy with Professor Larry Jacobs at the Humphrey School on June 5, 2025. Photos: Bruce Silcox As President Biden’s national security advisor, Jake ...
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Humphrey School Announces 2025 Public Leadership Awards Recipients

The Humphrey School of Public Affairs is proud to announce the recipients of its 2025 Hubert H. Humphrey Public Leadership Awards, who will be recognized at an awards celebration on September 18. This ...