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Senior Academic Advisor and O’Neill Transfer Coordinator Brett Reardon and his advising colleagues in O’Neill’s Undergraduate Programs Office have spent the past several years creating policies and educational opportunities to help transfer students make a seamless transition into the O’Neill community. For their efforts, they were recently honored with an Outstanding Advising Program Certificate of… Read more »

“It all happened really fast,” said Rachel Moneta, BSHMP’22. After a year of taking classes at a commuter campus close to home in northwest Indiana, Moneta woke up one morning and decided to transfer to IU Bloomington. “Watching all of my friends branch out on different campuses, I realized I was missing key parts of… Read more »

Since 2004, professor Donna McLean has been introducing undergraduate students to the inner workings of the D.C. policy scene through the Washington Leadership Program (WLP). This May, after 18 years leading the program, McLean will retire from Indiana University. Since WLP’s inception, more than 700 students from IU Bloomington and IUPUI have spent a semester… Read more »

Five O’Neill undergraduate students have been recognized by the university with the Kate Hevner Mueller Outstanding Senior Award. The award honors students who have offered leadership on campus both inside and outside of the classroom and who have improved the IU community by their presence. O’Neill’s 2022 Mueller Award honorees Policy analysis major Madeline Dederichs… Read more »

Faculty and students from the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University will participate in the 43rd annual research conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM). The multi-disciplinary research conference, which was rescheduled from the fall of 2021, will convene in Austin, Texas, March 27-29, 2022,… Read more »

Launch your career with a healthcare management degree. Apply by May 1. In early 2020, Cat Sartino was a graduate student in Indiana University’s Master of Science in Healthcare Management (MSHM) program and in the middle of her student practicum experience with IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, she quickly… Read more »

The O’Neill Ph.D. Association (OPSA) held their 22nd Annual Student Conference last week showcasing research from current master’s and Ph.D. students. Nearly thirty students presented papers on topics of either governance and management or policy analysis and public finance. Each of the eight paper sessions was chaired by a different O’Neill faculty member, which offered… Read more »

When South Bend native Olivia Portolese was just a kid at summer camp, she dreamed of one day becoming a doctor. Like all good campers, she knew what she’d have to do first: be prepared. Before arriving on IU’s campus as a pre-med student, Portolese carefully mapped out her college plan. “I already had my… Read more »

Make the most of summer 2022 by studying abroad. We have programs – and scholarships – for both graduate and undergraduate students. Here, Prof. Allison Schnable and Prof Kirsten Grønbjerg share the benefits of studying abroad with a spotlight on Denmark. Interested? Applications are due January 21. What makes the Denmark program special? SCHNABLE: The… Read more »

Stories are important to O’Neill student Anna Dubois. First, there are the stories she tells others – Childhood stories about backpacking with her family through the Hoosier National Forest and how her love of nature drew her to study environmental management. Stories about learning to garden and spin alpaca wool while interning on a sustainable… Read more »