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Earlier this month, Ohio State News published an article covering CURA's 25th Anniversary event. The article includes mention of the commendations CURA received from the Ohio House of…
This week, an article was published in the Ohio State News about CURA's Ghost Neighborhoods of Columbus project. The article titled "Elders’ stories are bringing digital models of lost…
Last week, an upcoming CURA event was featured in a Columbus Underground article. Columbus Underground's Brent Warren interviewed hosts of the War on Cars podcast, Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon…
This week, CURA Director, Harvey Miller did an interview with David Staley for the College of Arts and Sciences' Voices of Excellence podcast. During the interview, Dr. Miller discussed CURA's…
On Saturday, July 12, CURA was proud to sponsor the 2025 All Aboard Ohio Annual Meeting on the future of passenger rail in Ohio. CURA Director Harvey Miller and Outreach Coordinator Jordan Swaim…
Harvey Miller, Jordan Swaim-Fox, and Gavin Levine were on hand at two Juneteenth celebrations: Jubilee Day at the Ohio History Connection on June 19 and Juneteenth on the Ave on June 21. They…
At a public event at the Union Grove Baptist Church on the Near East Side neighborhood of Columbus, CURA teamed up with the Sharpe Field Library to demonstrate virtual reality experiences of the…
CURA and Artfluential co-hosted a community visioning workshop at the African American and African Studies Community Extension Center on Wednesday, July 24th. The event brought together two…
On Saturday, June 15, CURA attended Juneteenth on the Ave, a city-wide, family-friendly celebration and commemoration of Freedom on Mt. Vernon Ave. The event was hosted by Maroon Arts Group, Ohio…
On May 21, CURA participated in Columbus Landmarks Foundation's annual #PreserveCBUS Conference at the CCAD Design Studios on Broad. Conference presenters included Shelbi Toone of the Poindexter…
In July, CURA's Outreach Coordinator, Gerika Logan, participated in a panel Hosted by Franklin County Treasurer Cheryl Brooks Sullivan & Franklin County Municipal Court Judge Eileen Paley. This…
CURA has attended the annual MORPC State of the Region for the past few years. This year, the theme was Powering Our Region Forward. This event gathered 1,000 of the top community and…
Congratulations to the 2023 GreenSpotLight award winners! Council President Pro Tem Dorans recognized three businesses on their successes over the past year.
Winners:
White Castle …
Last week, The Ohio State Office of Outreach and Engagement featured CURA director, Harvey Miller, as an Engaged Scholar. CURA Faculty Affiliates and collaborators have been featured in the past…
This week, CURA met with board members of the James Preston Poindexter Foundation, Poindexter Village Museum project manager, Shelbi Toone, and the Center of Folklore Studies gentrification course…
In January, CURA director, Harvey Miller, and outreach coordinator, Gerika Logan, were interviewed for an article in The Larnern. This article highlighted the upcoming Undesign the Redline Exhibit…
This week, CURA director, Harvey Miller, was featured in Columbus Underground. This article highlighted the E-Bike Rebate Program approved by Columbus City Council.
“E-bikes are the true…
This past week, Greater Ohio Policy Center (GOPC) and Lincoln Insititute of Land Policy released a white paper, Building Equity: Equitable Real Estate Development Strategies for Weak Markets. …
Last month, CURA attended the 2022 MORPC (Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission) Summit on Sustainability. This year’s event theme, Transforming Our Future, featured various sessions in…
This week, the Columbus Dispatch featured our Ghost Neighborhoods of Columbus project. This article also featured residents from the area, who could recall the highway system going in. …
This week, CURA attended the YWCA Activists and Agitators 2022 ‘Confronting Our Past, Constructing Our Future’, Un-Design the Redline Ribbon Cutting event. Un-design the Redline is an interactive…
This past Thursday, CURA has the opportunity to meet Monique Williams McCoy with Veggie Van. Veggie Van is a mobile grocer and food education program on wheels. This organization partners with…
This week, CURA faculty affiliate, Ayaz Hyder, was awarded a 2022 Outreach and Engagement Impact Grant. This year, $204,710 was awarded at a maximum amount of $20,000 to support development of…
Last week, CURA held its first Impacts of Intel summer panel. During this discussion, our panelists let us know their thoughts on the current housing crisis in Central Ohio. Our panelist included:…
This week, Ohio State News wrote an article over our Choosing Our Climate Legacy: Priorities for a More Equitable and Resilient Ohio Panel Discussion on April 29. This article highlighted talking…
This week, CURA and the Mid Ohio Regional Commission (MORPC) were accepted into the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP). This joint partnership was created to boost community…
This week, CURA staff attended the MORPC State of the Region 2022. The theme of this year was, From Possibility to Reality. The event highlighted the digital infrastructure divide and was…
On January 26, 2022, CURA's director Harvey Miller was invited by LinkUS to give a presentation on bus rapid transit (BRT) and transportation. This event was conveniently placed on the same street…
On January 21, 2022, CURA hosted Dr. Jesse M. Keenan, Associate Professor and social scientist within the faculty of the School of Architecture at Tulane University. During this talk, Jesse walked…
In December, CURA's Director Harvey Miller organized a joint meeting of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Mapping Science Committee and Geographical Sciences Committee…
On November 15, 2021, CURA and MORPC welcomed Robert Dietz, chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders for a webinar. Robert was the first CURA graduate associate while…
April 6th, 2021 is CURA's 20th anniversary. CURA became official on April 6th, 2001. You can take a brief look at our history and past newsletter for more details on past projects and much more!…
On March 12th, 2021, CURA welcomed Charles Marohn, the founder of Strong Towns and the author of Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity. He argues that the…
Earlier this month, CURA hosted acclaimed author (and genuinely nice person) Alan Mallach. Mr. Mallach is a senior fellow at the Center for Community Progress in Washington DC. A city planner,…
Last month, CURA kicked off our Strengthening Legacy Cities series with a panel discussion from experts living and working around Ohio. Our panelists included:
Ian Beniston AICP, HDFP …
CURA and The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) are launching an interactive, online dashboard that provides current and accurate information on Central Ohio’s sustainability…
GIS Day is an annual event for students, staff, faculty, and the broader community to learn more about Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and to celebrate the power of geospatial analysis and…
ArcGIS Online Challenge June 1 - June 30
Have you come across an interactive map on the web and wondered “how did they make that?” Have you heard about GIS (geographic information systems) and…
The “Using ArcGIS StoryMaps in Your Research and Teaching” workshop has been transformed to be offered as an asynchronous online exercise that you can complete at your own pace. All of…
CURA's Director, Harvey Miller, moderated the featured discussion on Mobility and Inclusive Communities at the Think Beyond Summit Urban Universities + Thriving Communities event last month. This…
Last week, CURA hosted a panel discussion on Food Security & Healthy Communities. This was the first in a series of events centered around the theme of Food Security & Healthy Communities. Our…
Are you curious about CURA's Outreach efforts from 2019? Take a journey with us with this interactive story map. Click the image below.
Last week, Dr. Noreen McDonald of UNC at Chapel Hill gave a presentation on how technology and shared mobility are changing options and behaviors.
Dr. McDonald is interested in how…
Earlier this month, we celebrated GIS Day in collaboration with the Geography Department, University Libraries, and Enterprise GIS. GIS Day at Ohio State is an annual event for students, staff,…
Last month, CURA had the opportunity to participate in the Women in Data Science Camp hosted by the Translational Data Analytics Institute. This is the second annual camp that introduced young…