Written by: James Boyd, O’Neill Bloomington, Director of Marketing and Communications Growing up in Greenwood, Indiana, Ciana Sorrentino didn’t know what she wanted to do when she grew up, but she knew she wanted to help her community, not sit in a cubicle for eight hours a day. The third-generation Hoosier spent this past summer… Read more »
Entries by Leslie Wells
Diplomacy Lab helps O’Neill graduate students make a difference in Kosovo
As O’Neill students return for the fall 2021 semester, those in O’Neill Senior Lecturer Bill Foley’s J-531 National and Homeland Security in America course will get the chance to contribute to the U.S. Department of State’s policymaking process. For the seventh time in as many years, Foley will lead his students through a Diplomacy Lab… Read more »
Report examines drivers of probation revocations and how to reduce them
Written by: Miriam Northcutt Bohmert & Leslie Wells The Center for Health and Justice Research at the IU Public Policy recently released its latest project, focusing on probation revocations in Monroe County, Indiana. O’Neill Associate Professor Eric Grommon and IU Associate Professor Miriam Northcutt Bohmert worked with George Mason University’s Evan Lowder to examine… Read more »
Understanding homelessness in Indianapolis
Read the 2021 PIT Count policy brief at this link For more than a decade, the IU Public Policy Institute and the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention have worked with local organizations to conduct Marion County’s annual Point-In-Time (PIT) Count. The PIT Count provides a critical glimpse into Indianapolis’ homeless community and serves as… Read more »
For nonprofits, moving forward requires looking back
New research on COVID-19’s impact on the nonprofit sector finds that if organizations want to find a way forward, they must first look back at how they have weathered the pandemic thus far. While the past 15 months have been a challenge for every sector, O’Neill IUPUI assistant professor Marlene Walk is optimistic about the… Read more »