Urban Expedition Virtual – Serbia

Explore the globe with the 2021 season of Landmark Center’s popular Urban Expedition - offered virtually! Designed for everyone to enjoy, Urban Expedition offers the opportunity to learn more about the world. With a focus on a different destination, each...

Urban Expedition Virtual – Ghana

Explore the globe with the 2021 season of Landmark Center’s popular Urban Expedition - offered virtually! Designed for everyone to enjoy, Urban Expedition offers the opportunity to learn more about the world. With a focus on a different destination, each...

Urban Expedition Virtual: Spain

Explore the globe with the 2021 season of Landmark Center’s popular Urban Expedition - offered virtually! This event begins online on March 7 and is available through March 21. Designed for everyone to enjoy, Urban Expedition offers the opportunity to...

Urban Expedition Virtual: Iran

Explore the globe with the 2021 season of Landmark Center’s popular Urban Expedition - offered virtually! This event begins online on March 21 and is available through April 11. Designed for everyone to enjoy, Urban Expedition offers the opportunity to...

My Global Minnesota Journey & the Mestenhauser Award

By Ariadna Botero I joined Global Minnesota as a volunteer four years ago. It was my first year at the University of Minnesota, and I was starting my Ph.D. in Plant and Microbial Biology. I can’t remember clearly how I...

Putin’s War In Russia & Ukraine

Authored By Todd Lefko Global Minnesota Member, Great Decisions Speaker When I first went to Russia almost thirty-four years ago, I found a country with the human and natural resources to be a world leader. You could discuss theoretical science...

SDG Roundtable: Strategies for a Climate-Resilient World

This free event is being held in-person and virtually and is open to everyone. Climate-driven changes are impacting people, businesses, and landscapes--on a global scale. While attention has been placed on reducing the severity of climate change—impacts due to these...

2018 CHINA Town Hall

Relive the 2018 CHINA Town Hall, organized by the National Committee on United States-China Relations and locally hosted in partnership with the University of Minnesota China Center. This national day of programming provided Americans across the U.S. and beyond the...

Trivia for Canada Day

Celebrate Canada Day and the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis with a friendly game of trivia! Over a Zoom happy hour, join others online and try your hand at Canada-themed trivia covering...

2023 High School Academic WorldQuest Competition

This event is being held in-person and virtually and is open to Minnesota high school students only. Test your students’ global IQ at our annual international knowledge competition for high school students – Academic WorldQuest. This FREE event challenges high school...

Around the World in a Day

It is September 27, 2019, and I am on my way to meet Global Minnesota’s international volunteers for a daytrip down to Austin, Minnesota. The plan is to visit Sumner and Neveln Elementary schools in Austin and to spend the day connecting with students in second, third, and fourth grades.

Great Decisions: Global Economic Warfare

This free event is being held in-person and is open to everyone. An optional dinner will start at 7:15 following the presentation. The dinner is $25 for Woman's Club members and $30 for non-members (plus service fee and taxes). How...

The Art of Korea: Mia Gallery Tour

Members-only event Not a Member of Global Minnesota? Join Today! Among the top five collections in the U.S., the Korean art exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art features thousands of pieces ranging from ancient to contemporary. The art is...

Hangeul Festival: A New Way of Exploring Korea

Online registration is now closed. Walks-ins are welcome. Fun event for all ages! Both a living art and the Korean alphabet, Hangeul is a delicate dance between lines and spaces transformed to build designs that convey the profound range of human...

On Time and Water: A Call to a New Scientific Revolution

Online registration is closed. During the next 100 years, a fundamental change to the elements of water on our planet is expected. Many glaciers will melt, sea levels will rise at a faster rate than seen before, acidification will bring...

SDG Roundtable: Smart Grid Innovations from Germany

This free event is being held in-person and is open to everyone. Electrical grids around the world have seen a shift toward a complicated mix of traditional plus an increasing share of renewable energy sources. Smart grid and energy storage...

Podcast Episode: Global Business Outlook

Global Minnesota is launching the inaugural event in a new annual event series designed to provide a snapshot of international business megatrends and insights for Minnesota companies in search of strategies in response. The Global Business Outlook promises to be...

Podcast Episode: Global Business Outlook

Global Minnesota is launching the inaugural event in a new annual event series designed to provide a snapshot of international business megatrends and insights for Minnesota companies in search of strategies in response. The Global Business Outlook promises to be...

2022 Academic WorldQuest Competition

This event is for Minnesota high school students only! Test your students’ global IQ at our annual international knowledge competition for high school students – Academic WorldQuest. This FREE event challenges high school students across the state of Minnesota in a...

Document: Securing Access to a Just Energy Transition

Prepared for Global Minnesota by Dr. John Pournoor The energy landscape has undergone remarkable transformations in the past decade, thanks to a confluence of technological advancements, environmental imperatives, public policy reforms, and shifts in societal preferences. Despite these accomplishments, the...