Over the past decade, Metro Transit has developed a growing network of fast, frequent, and reliable transitways aimed at improving the transit experience on the region’s busiest bus routes, ...

Agricultural runoff is a persistent challenge to water quality in the Upper Midwest. To better understand how state-led policies address this issue, students Meghan Anderson and Taylor Hohensee in the ...

Join Humphrey School’s Equity and Inclusion Council on Jan 29, 2025 as Audrianna Goodwin discusses “The TRUTH Report” exploring Indigenous history and its present-day impact. This event is being held ...

Hear from a panel of UMN delegates who attended the United Nations’ Climate Talks in Baku as they discuss the successes and failures of the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29). This event is free ...

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 ...

Despite decades of effort to reduce segregation and increase mobility, Black people often live in neighborhoods with less access to jobs or transportation than their white counterparts. This spatial ...

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 ...

Melissa M. Stone is Professor Emerita at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Her teaching and research have focused on organizational collaboration for policy ...

Jack DeWaard is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and is on the faculty of the Minnesota Population Center.

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 ...