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

Confidence in the conduct and results of American elections has declined and polarized along party lines in recent years. Can a nonpartisan public information campaign enhance trust in elections when ...

In a new op-ed published by the Star Tribune, Humphrey School of Public Affairs Dean Nisha Botchwey shares her perspective on why public service matters, even in the face of tragedy and fear.“When ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Humphrey School of Public Affairs in collaboration with the Minnesota Community Action Partnership (MinnCAP) has released a new report on poverty in Minnesota that highlights persistent income ...

On the deepening climate crisis: The devastating impacts of the climate crisis continue to worsen faster than we have begun to implement the solutions. We have the solutions, but we’ve got to move ...

David Durenberger, former Republican U.S. senator from Minnesota who died this week at age 88, is remembered for his longtime support of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs and for his bipartisan ...

Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney will deliver the next Distinguished Carlson Lecture on October 4, 2023. The Humphrey School of Public Affairs is pleased to welcome former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney as the next ...

Colombia enacted a new law in August of 2021 to better protect women from intimate partner violence, due in large part to the work of two researchers at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs—Associate ...

Nisha Botchwey joined the Humphrey School of Public Affairs as its new dean in January 2022. Previously, she was a faculty member and administrator at Georgia Tech for nearly a decade, and was ...

A book talk and reception for Samuel Freedman, author ofInto The Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey And The Fight For Civil Rights, last month at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs felt a bit ...