Zakcq Lockrem, AICP, is an urban planner and designer who loves working in the big picture, understanding how complex systems influence people’s lives, and how policy, programs, and physical projects ...

When you choose to study public affairs, you choose a path of leadership and service. You choose to be an active participant in decisions that will determine the future of your neighborhood, community ...

Additionally, jobs taken by Black workers are easier to access than jobs taken by white workers, indicating that the more ...

Hear from a panel of UMN delegates who attended the United Nations’ Climate Talks in Baku as they discuss the successes and ...

Turn on any TV news station, read the front page of your local newspaper, or listen to conversations at your local café, and it’s clear the partisan divide remains a pressing issue. Political ...

Jimmy Carter, right, speaks with Walter Mondale at an event in Washington, DC, in 2015 in honor of Mondale's legacy. Photo: Sam Levitan Dean Nisha Botchwey shared this message with the Humphrey School ...

Join us as we celebrate the end of the semester at the Global Get-Together! This special event is a chance to connect with like-minded students, International Fellows, alumni, community members, and ...

As one of the country’s top-ranked professional public policy and planning schools, the Humphrey School of Public Affairs is recognized nationally and internationally for its success in advancing the ...

Brigitte Seim is an associate professor in the Humphrey School's global policy area. She is a political scientist specializing in the political economy of global policy, with a focus on threats to ...

Katherine Fennelly's research and outreach interests include the human rights of immigrants and refugees in the United States, and the preparedness of communities and public institutions to adapt to ...

Eric Ostermeier has been a research fellow at the Humphrey School since 2006. Ostermeier founded and authors the influential nonpartisan political news site Smart Politics and curates the Minnesota ...