Make the most of your 2022 spring break by studying abroad. We have programs – and scholarships – for both graduate and undergraduate students. Here, Prof. Frank Nierzwicki shares the benefits of studying abroad with a spotlight on Poland. Interested? Submit your application by October 1. What makes the Poland program special? NIERZWICKI: Many reasons!… Read more »
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Spring Break Abroad: Cayman Islands
Make the most of your 2022 spring break by studying abroad. We have programs – and scholarships – for both graduate and undergraduate students. Here, Prof. Stephen Glaholt shares the benefits of studying abroad with a spotlight on the Cayman Islands. Interested? Submit your application by October 1. What makes the Cayman Islands program special? GLAHOLT: It takes place at a research station, which… Read more »
Spring Break Abroad: Berlin
Make the most of your 2022 spring break by studying abroad. We have programs – and scholarships – for both graduate and undergraduate students. Here, Prof. David Audretsch shares the benefits of studying abroad with a spotlight on Berlin. Interested? Submit your application by October 1. What makes studying abroad in Berlin so special? AUDRETSCH:… Read more »
HRA-IU Student Group Receives Superior Merit Award
BLOOMINGTON, IND. — The Human Resource Association at Indiana University (HRA-IU) was recently awarded a 2020-2021 superior merit designation by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) for providing superior growth and development opportunities to its members. HRA-IU is a student group that promotes professional skill-building and networking for students interested in human resource management…. Read more »
Ami Tully Lotka, BSPA’82: “Finance is about more than just money: it’s about making a difference.”
In this interview, 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award honoree Ami Tully Lotka, BSPA’82, shares advice for O’Neill students and alumni considering careers in the financial services industry — and encourages them to view finance as a helping profession. A lot of people dream about starting their own company. What would you say are keys to starting… Read more »
O’Neill students play key role in release of local climate action plans
Two O’Neill graduate students recently helped communities in Indiana take an important step toward promoting environmental sustainability: creating a climate action plan (CAP). Carolyn Townsend, MPA-MSES’21, and Madeline Miller, MPA-MSES’20, were part of the Resilience Cohort through IU’s Environmental Resilience Institute. Through this program, Townsend and Miller were matched with different Indiana cities to help… Read more »
Meet Rachell: “I want to be a stakeholder”
Finding her people “As a first-generation student, the prospect of going to college was nerve-wracking – especially a big school. I worried I would never find my people,” said senior Rachell Pena. “But once I entered the O’Neill School, I found a close-knit group I could relate to.” Before her freshman year, Pena came to… Read more »
Meet Patrick: “That shared vibe — leading for the greater good — is something I was looking for”
On choosing the O’Neill School Originally from the suburbs of Chicago, junior Patrick McPartlin first learned about the O’Neill School from his older brother Matt, who graduated in 2018. Like any good alumnus, his brother offered advice about how to make the most of his time at IU. But once he arrived on campus, McPartlin… 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 »