Indiana University and its O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs will play host to an in-person meeting as part of the National Academy of Public Administration’s Fall meeting. NAPA is presenting five full days of programming in early November. While all events are being offered virtually, in-person attendance will be available at five host… Read more »
O’Neill faculty at NASPAA2021
Several members of the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs will be participating in panel events at the 2021 NASPAA Annual Conference, which is being held virtually from Oct. 25 through Oct. 29. This year’s conference theme is “Reimagining the Civic Square.” Scheduled to participate are: Oct. 25, 2:30pm: IUPUI’s Doug Noonan will participate… Read more »
IU joins new USGS-funded Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
Indiana University is collaborating on a new Climate Adaptation Science Center (CASC) funded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and dedicated to advancing science in response to the climate crisis in the Midwest. A consortium of eight universities and natural resource organizations, the Midwest CASC will be hosted at the University of Minnesota and, in… Read more »
Simon elected to Health Care Cost Institute executive board
Indiana University O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs Professor Kosali Simon has been elected to the executive board of the Health Care Cost Institute, a major independent, non-profit research institute that uses high-quality data to address the most pressing issues in the health care space. Simon, a Herman B Wells Endowed Professor, also serves… Read more »
Fifteen O’Neill students participating in sustainability boot camp this summer
A virtual sustainability boot camp is getting 28 Indiana University students–including 15 from the O’Neill School–ready to assist Indiana businesses, nonprofits and municipalities during the summer. The weeklong program started May 17 to train the Indiana Climate Fellows in greenhouse gas emissions inventory and climate action planning. Sustain IU pairs students with partner organizations through… Read more »
After 14 years and a storied career, Cheryl Sullivan earns her PhD
For Cheryl Sullivan, waiting a year to officially celebrate her doctoral degree from the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs was the easy part. The COVID-19 pandemic may have kept her—and every other 2020 graduate—from the traditional Commencement ceremonies at Indiana University, but she’ll return this weekend for the doctoral hooding. After 14 years… Read more »
O’Neill faculty member will serve on National Academy committee to advise the EPA
Indiana University O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs Associate Professor Shahzeen Attari will serve on an ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine that will identify emerging scientific and technological advances from a broad range of disciplines. Those advances will be provided to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office… Read more »
Shahzeen Attari to moderate panel with Nobel Laureate, acclaimed screenwriter, and world-renowned Sci-Fi author
The worlds of Wakanda, Mars, and Green Fluorescent Proteins will converge on Wednesday, March 31, and the O’Neill School’s Shahzeen Attari will be there front-and-center. Attari will moderate “The Power of Stories: Writing the Future of Our Planet,” a prelude to the inaugural Nobel Prize Summit in April. The event will bring together three distinguished… Read more »
What has happened since the start of the COVID-19 crisis to opioid use disorder medication and to medications in general?
Americans filled roughly the same number of prescriptions for opioid use disorder (OUD) medication before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and after, according to the first research using national prescription data representing all payer sources, co-conducted by Indiana University and IUPUI faculty members who are part of IU’s Addictions Grand Challenge. But while prescriptions… Read more »
COVID-19 turned parents into proxy educators. New research examines the stress it caused.
When the emerging COVID-19 pandemic caused most U.S. schools to close and transition to distance learning last spring, many parents were forced into new roles as proxy educators for their children. A new study co-authored by O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs Assistant Professor Alberto Ortega, published today in Educational Researcher, a peer-reviewed journal… Read more »