Humphrey School of Public Affairs

At the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, global policy is not just about diplomacy in faraway capitals—it’s about how international challenges shape lives here in Minnesota and across the world. 

Elise Kloeppner spent the summer in Geneva, Switzerland as an intern for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Professor Yingling Fan, a native of China, led nine students on a two-week tour of five cities in China to experience alternative ways of urban planning and urban life. 

Rebekah Montgomery, a former transport pilot in the U.S. Air Force, is pursuing her Master of Development Practice degree, offered by the Humphrey School and the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change. 

Dongting Cai, Vishal Jamkar, and Washington Galvão have each held leadership roles in programs and activities that contribute to the University of Minnesota’s mission of fostering global competence and developing global citizens.

For Iryna Drobovych, spending this year as an international fellow at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs is an opportunity to learn new skills and advance her career. But she also has one eye on her home country of Ukraine.

Humphrey School alum "Mavic" Punay has built a career consulting for social enterprise nonprofits supporting at-risk youth in the Philippines, including Consuelo Foundation and Save the Children Philippines.

Hortense Minishi has always dreamed of making the world a better place. Early in life, she set a goal of working at the United Nations to promote peace.

In a recent report, University of Minnesota researchers and colleagues provide an example of how community-based research collaborations can utilize embedded networks to develop adaptive responses to unexpected public health threats.