Two members of the O’Neill School community are scheduled to speak Saturday, April 17, at TEDxBloomington — a local, independently organized TED event “committed to the goal of spreading big ideas in Bloomington and beyond.” The theme of this year’s annual event is “The BIG Questions.” Speakers will take an out-of-the-box approach to challenges across… Read more »
USDA awards IU researchers $500,000 grant to study farm ownership among marginalized groups
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded researchers from Indiana University a $500,000 grant to study ways that the government can encourage new farm ownership among young and beginning farmers, farmers of color, and women. The project, “Incentivizing Land Access For Small, Beginning And Socially Disadvantaged Farmers And Ranchers: Research, Extension And Community Of Practice,”… Read more »
50 years in the making
Fifty years ago, on March 5, 1971, the University Faculty Council received a letter proposing that Indiana University establish a new academic unit “concerned generally with the problems of human society that transcend particular disciplines and especially those of man-environment relationships.” The accompanying report makes the case for the School of Public and Environmental Affairs:… Read more »
O’Neill students win beginner prize at health-themed hackathon
Two O’Neill master’s students, Natali Jouzi and Mackenzie Nworah, recently teamed up to compete in a health-themed hackathon through Stonybrook University. After a fun but grueling 24 hours of coding workshops and competition, they earned the title of “Best Beginner Hack” for their website application aimed at healthcare workers who focus on nutrition. Jouzi and… Read more »
Salamova awarded USDA grant to study toxic chemicals in food packaging
The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture recently awarded a grant worth $479,712 to a team of researchers including Amina Salamova, associate research scientist at the O’Neill School, to study toxic chemicals in food packaging. The project, “Mapping Potential Human Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)… Read more »
What economics can tell us about the opioid crisis
Opioid misuse claimed 128 American lives a day in 2018 and was estimated to cost more than $500 billion annually. Those numbers have continued to rise. To work toward solving a public health crisis of this magnitude, scholars need to use tools from multiple disciplines – including economics. In a new NBER working paper, “Review… Read more »
O’Neill School Faculty at APPAM 2020
Many faculty members and students from the O’Neill School will participate in the 42nd annual fall research conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM). The meeting, which will convene virtually November 11-13, is organized around the theme “Research Across the Policy Lifecycle: Formulation, Implementation, Evaluation and Back Again.” O’Neill School attendees… Read more »
O’Neill School Faculty at ARNOVA 2020
Faculty and students from the O’Neill School will participate in the 49th annual conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), convened virtually November 11-13. The conference will bring nonprofit management scholars from around the world together to share their research and to discuss the theme “From Climate Change to… Read more »
Sustainable management of agricultural soils to store carbon and curb climate change
New research by scholars including Siân Mooney, dean and professor at the O’Neill School, shows that to keep climate change in check, CO2 emissions into the atmosphere must be curbed. Yet, the soil of terrestrial ecosystems has the capacity to store large quantities of carbon in the long term. An international team of scientists coordinated… Read more »
Carley awarded APPAM World Citizen Prize in Environmental Performance
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Sanya Carley, professor and director of the Master of Public Affairs program at the Indiana University O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, will be awarded the World Citizen Prize in Environmental Performance by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM). The award, granted by David and Joy K. Peyton,… Read more »