From inside the Latinas Welding Guild, O’Neill Sustainability major Wendy Catalán Ruano helped recreate an icon of the 2024 Paris Olympic Summer Games. Like Catalán Ruano, the students with whom she works are welders. At the guild, she helps them with course admission, scholarships, and gets them started as they enhance their skills through hands-on… Read more »
On April 8, 2024, a massive influx of visitors will descend on Indiana, joining Hoosiers as witnesses to history: a solar eclipse with 60 Indiana counties in its path of totality. “We’re going to be the adoptive parents of hundreds of thousands of new Hoosiers during this event,” says Jess Kindig (BSPA’04, MSCJPS’12), the Indiana… Read more »
Juan Delgado’s final semester with the O’Neill School included a career-shaping internship experience—one that provided him with the chance to learn from doing hands-on government work at the national level, all without leaving Indianapolis. “Since high school, I’ve had an interest in civics, government, and politics,” he says. “When I enrolled at IU Indianapolis, I… Read more »
Evan Wood was on a walk with his brother and one-year-old daughter when he got the news. “I was really shocked and excited that I was actually going to get this opportunity,” he recalls. “It was a great moment to share with them.” On that walk, Wood received an email that he was selected as… Read more »
As O’Neill Criminal Justice major Nichole Reatherford walks into the crime lab, she starts checking bags filled with electronics—things like phones, computers, smart watches, and more. The devices are evidence—and she’s looking for someone’s digital fingerprints. “Everyone’s physical fingerprints are important, but our digital fingerprints are just as important,” she explains. She reads the case… Read more »
