News & Events News & Events Catch up with our latest news, upcoming events, and faculty and student accomplishments. On This Page: Recent News Meet the Members of the 2025-2026 Undergraduate Working Group Members of the Undergraduate Working Group ensure that the voices of undergraduate students are included in decisions shaping the program. Hope as a Toolbox: Mila Hellfyre Hernandez’s Model for Change Master of Human Rights student Mila Hellfyre Hernandez advocates for trans communities and human rights. A World of Possibilities: An Internship with the UN Illuminates New Ways to Make a Difference As an intern with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Aidan Thomason (MHR ‘26) collaborated with human rights defenders from across the globe. The U.S. should recommit to human rights leadership Human Rights Program Director Carrie Walling was interviewed for this Minnesota Star Tribune column. 2025 Fraser Fellows Keep the Passion for Human Rights Alive This summer, Libby Nemitz (CLA ‘26) and Dante Rocío (CLA ‘26) gained hands-on human rights experience at The Advocates for Human Rights. Upcoming Events In-Person Event, December 09, 2025 Human Rights Day Symposium 2025 Join us for the student poster session and keynote address. Hybrid Event, April 20, 2026 5th Annual Gudeman Lecture 5th Annual Stephen F. Gudeman Lecture: John (JC) Sayler
Meet the Members of the 2025-2026 Undergraduate Working Group Members of the Undergraduate Working Group ensure that the voices of undergraduate students are included in decisions shaping the program.
Hope as a Toolbox: Mila Hellfyre Hernandez’s Model for Change Master of Human Rights student Mila Hellfyre Hernandez advocates for trans communities and human rights.
A World of Possibilities: An Internship with the UN Illuminates New Ways to Make a Difference As an intern with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Aidan Thomason (MHR ‘26) collaborated with human rights defenders from across the globe.
The U.S. should recommit to human rights leadership Human Rights Program Director Carrie Walling was interviewed for this Minnesota Star Tribune column.
2025 Fraser Fellows Keep the Passion for Human Rights Alive This summer, Libby Nemitz (CLA ‘26) and Dante Rocío (CLA ‘26) gained hands-on human rights experience at The Advocates for Human Rights.
In-Person Event, December 09, 2025 Human Rights Day Symposium 2025 Join us for the student poster session and keynote address.
Hybrid Event, April 20, 2026 5th Annual Gudeman Lecture 5th Annual Stephen F. Gudeman Lecture: John (JC) Sayler
