ar Not long after 2020 began, COVID-19 began taking over headlines around the world. Cases of and deaths from COVID-19 were rising in the United States. Eric Grommon was following those headlines—but he also was watching something else. Grommon, an associate criminal justice professor at O’Neill IUPUI and the interim director of the Center… Read more »
By Tamra Wright, Lecturer and Intergroup Dialogue Facilitator, O’Neill IUPUI The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “people fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.” To combat fear—an… Read more »
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the global arts sector in unprecedented ways. Museums had to close their doors. Concerts were cancelled. Artists who perform on urban streets were forced indoors due to stay-at-home orders. O’Neill IUPUI Professor Doug Noonan and colleagues from the Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation (AEI) Lab are working to understand how… Read more »
By Amanda Rutherford and Cullen C. Merritt As the nation continues to rely heavily on local governments to respond to a range of issues—from cybersecurity threats to the spread of infectious disease—knowing what local officials do and whether they manage their resources effectively is vital for understanding how policy influences the daily lives of citizens…. Read more »
Written by Tom Guevara, Director, IU Public Policy Institute Amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, our attention has been rightfully focused on keeping our families and communities safe from a global pandemic threatening our health, relationships, and economic well-being. Focusing on economic recovery while responding to attack from an unseen enemy is especially difficult. COVID-19 is… Read more »
