“We’re peas and carrots,” Ingrid Ortega says, laughing. She’s talking about her fellow O’Neill Public Safety Management major Linhsey Trinh. Most who know the pair would certainly describe them as close friends—joined at the hip, even—and they don’t deny it. They try to schedule classes together and look for shifts to work together as… Read more »
Student highlights
O’Neill students play critical role in national COVID-19 research project
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 »
O’Neill student focuses on future in immigration policy while recovering from bone marrow transplant
By IU Health Senior Journalist T.J. Banes, tfender1@iuhealth.org She has her sights set on a career with a focus on social justice and equality. And the sooner she recovers, the sooner she can get back on track as a student at O’Neill IUPUI. It was 2018 when Mayra Rodriguez found a mass under her right armpit…. Read more »
Paving the way for future generations
Ingrid Ortega wasn’t sure what her first semester at IUPUI would hold. While many freshmen share similar feelings of stress, this Public Safety Management major had an extra layer of anxiety. Ortega is the first in her family to attend college. “College isn’t easy for anyone, but I wish people understood how scary it can… Read more »
O’Neill student uses grant to support early voters
Polls in Indiana are open on November 3, 2020, Election Day, from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. To find Election Day polling sites in your area, visit indianavoters.org. As soon as early voting opened in Marion County, a line began to snake around the City-County Building in downtown Indianapolis. Despite having more than 650,000… Read more »
