In three separate corners of Indianapolis, Ciana Rose Sorrentino, Madison Byarley, and Amanda Studor Bond all intently read through documents on their laptops. Even though it was summer, and they were miles apart, these O’Neill IUPUI MPA students were working together on a project that would ultimately have a national and international impact. The women… Read more »
Internships
O’Neill students play crucial role in COVID-19 response
As Mohammad Khan sat at his computer this summer, he worked on a white paper for the Boston-based urban planning group The Collaborative. Khan was an O’Neill Policy Studies major at the time, interning for the group and tasked with examining alternate care facilities that could be set up within 48 hours of an outbreak…. Read more »
Don’t have a data partner? You need to get one … now.
It’s a data-driven world and finding a partner to help in the process is critical to a nonprofit’s future, its funders, and—most importantly—to those whom the organization serves. Most nonprofits want and need to be able to show promising results to justify their existing efforts and their plans for future expansion. At the same time,… Read more »
O’Neill degree helps Russo move from officer to executive
O’Neill alumnus Mike Russo (BSPA’84) sits in a conference room at Eli Lilly and Company’s global headquarters in downtown Indianapolis. The suit and tie he wears now is quite different than the uniform he wore during his time with the Marion County, Indiana Sheriff’s Department. At Lilly, Russo is responsible for the physical security of… Read more »
O’Neill’s My Community, My Vision Fellows help youth groups improve their communities
As two teenage girls stood before the Batesville, Indiana, city council, they waited to make their case for funding. They were part of the Batesville Mayor’s Youth Council and that meeting would determine whether they had to go back to the drawing board on their public art project. In the crowd that evening was Stacy… Read more »