Department of Art MFA graduate Caroline Kent is featured by T: The New York Times Style Magazine and talks on how her art represents language and the process behind creating it.

President of the Association of Black Psychology Students Mina Warsame highlights the importance of the ABPS by discussing their mission, past events, and future goals.

Through the Civic Readiness Initiative, we aim to help students be better prepared to leverage the values and skills of a liberal arts education for civic engagement and public discourse. It is certainly not something they are seeing modeled in social media or in much of our politics. The job is ours to do in the liberal arts and we believe Minnesota is the right place to do it.

Mohamed Amin Ahmed has helped to spread democratic ideals to a global audience and is recognized as a citizen diplomat who has helped counter anti-democracy narratives and intolerance.

History Department and Department of American Indian Studies alumna Vanessa GoodThunder is featured by MPR News in honor of Native American Heritage Month.

Political Scientists Michael Minta and Kathryn Pearson share insights and answer your questions on this year’s historic high-stakes election. Moderated by Almanac Political Reporter Mary Lahammer.

Meet Altarista Monica Vega

Although Professor John Sullivan retired in 2016, his impact, detailed by former students in a recently-published book, lingers in the department. Professor Christopher Federico explains, “John helped create the institutions here that provided me with a terrific home as an interdisciplinary scholar interested in political psychology.”

Questions over transparency in the bail system re-emerge from a different side of the political spectrum. Associate Professor Josh Page was interviewed for a Star Tribune article on the former MPD officer who was able to be released on $1,000,000 bail.