First-generation international student Ruthvin Gardiner talks about his passion for collaborative problem-solving, the real-world impact of public policy, and his Minnesota…
The Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education is awarded to exceptional candidates who have been nominated by colleges for excellence in…
From the death of democracy to the destruction of Ukraine, associate dean of social sciences Howard Lavine opines that 2022 was a year in which most of our worst fears weren't…
Third-year UHP and UMN Sociology student Mathew Krelitz is an undergraduate research fellow for the College of Liberal Arts | University of Minnesota Public Life Project. In…
Even though the liberal arts go back to the past – thousands of years – we provide the answers of the future. Learn about today’s transformative student experience.
CLA's Public Life Project engages students in productive discussion and dialogue across differences, no matter how they might identify themselves on the social-political…
Civic Synergy is an undergrad-led student organization that aims to foster productive cross-partisan conversations resulting in a policy-oriented solution that will be…
The College of Liberal Arts is working to build and extend institutional capacity by sponsoring 10 people (faculty and staff) to become racial equity practitioners through the…
The Public Life Project engages and embraces the challenges of division, polarization, and extremism in our midst and models how to build an engaged, informed, and empathetic…
One manner in which the PLP is trying to tackle issues of polarization is to reach students earlier in their college careers. PLP-affiliated freshman seminars operate to help…
Professor Doug Hartmann talks with Dialogue Minnesota about the Public Life Project which aims to help students become better able to understand opposing viewpoints and engage…
The Public Life Project (PLP) is another example of how CLA is using the values and skills of a liberal arts education to create concrete social impact. And as the past 18…
To help encourage connection and discussion across social and political lines, the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) at the University of Minnesota has launched the Public Life…
Deb Hopp and Kit Dahl led efforts that resulted in CLA’s new Civic Readiness Initiative (CRI), an aspirational plan to provide coursework options and a larger four-year…
Third-year UHP and UMN Sociology student Mathew Krelitz is an undergraduate research fellow for the College of Liberal Arts | University of Minnesota Public Life Project. In…
Civic Synergy is an undergrad-led student organization that aims to foster productive cross-partisan conversations resulting in a policy-oriented solution that will be…
The College of Liberal Arts is working to build and extend institutional capacity by sponsoring 10 people (faculty and staff) to become racial equity practitioners through the…
One manner in which the PLP is trying to tackle issues of polarization is to reach students earlier in their college careers. PLP-affiliated freshman seminars operate to help…
