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Dean Botchwey's State of the School Message: A Focus on Impact and Vigilance in Complex Times

When Dean Nisha Botchwey stepped up to the podium to deliver her State of the School address on February 24, she acknowledged the fear that has run through the community — and the ways the School has ...
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Annual Research Ethics Day Conference 2026 — The Future of Research Ethics: Threats & Opportunities

The University of Minnesota’s 11th Annual Research Ethics Day Conference will consider how to move forward in a changing ...
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Women Lead in Minnesota but Inequities Persist, New Research Says

Women, girls, and gender-expansive people in Minnesota continue to face persistent inequities, according to the 2026 Report on the Status of Women and Girls in Minnesota, released Tuesday by the ...
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IIB Lecture Series: Embodied Ecologies and Planetary Health

In its Precision Sensing Lecture Series, International Institute for Biosensing (IIB) is proud to host Dr. Angelica Walton ...
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Immigration, Refugees, Rule of Law, and Polarized Politics: A Way Forward? A Conversation with Welcome.US CEO Nazanin Ash

A timely conversation with Nazanin Ash, the founding CEO of Welcome.US and a former senior U.S. State Department official, on immigration, refugee policy, and the challenges and possibilities of ...
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2026 State of the School Address

Join Dean Nisha Botchwey to celebrate our progress and chart our course for 2026. Program will also feature alumni insights, staff awards, and student research. Attend in person for the community ...
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Certificate in Election Administration Info Session

Join us for our upcoming online info session for the Certificate in Election Administration (CEA) program! Get a closer look at upcoming courses, learn about the admission process, available ...
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V. Kate Somvongsiri is a senior executive in international development with 25 years of policy and field experience in Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe. She was a career member of the US Agency for ...
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Defending Democracy: A Conversation with Minnesota Women Leaders

Join us for an urgent conversation with leading women in Minnesota law, politics, and advocacy. U.S. democracy is under siege. Attacks on election integrity, efforts to undermine the peaceful ...
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America First, My Version with Thomas Friedman

The Polycene era, which we have just entered, will be the first era in human history in which humanity must govern, innovate, collaborate and coexist at a planetary scale to thrive, because all of our ...
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Policy Fellows Application

Thank you for your interest in the Policy Fellows program! The application deadline for the 2026-2027 cohort is Sunday, May 10, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. CST. Basic personal information Relevant work history ...