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This October, CURA’s Outreach Coordinator, Kennedy Cole, attended the Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee. This year’s theme was “Changing Lives and Improving…
In a newly published paper in the Journal of Map & Geography Libraries, titled “Using Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Urban Historical Research and Reconstructions: A Review and Case Study,” CURA…
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…
Last week, CURA's Ghost Neighborhoods project was featured in a story on NBC4. CURA Director Harvey Miller sat down with NBC4's Cierra Johnson to discuss the project's historical context, research…
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…
We are proud to announce that CURA's Ghost Neighborhoods of Columbus project has been selected by the Office of Outreach & Engagement as one of Ohio State’s 2026 Programs of Excellence in…
In a new paper in the International Journal of Digital Humanities, CURA Director Harvey Miller and Associate Director Ningchuan Xiao, along with CURA staff and Graduate Research Assistants, use…
Due to weather and campus closure, CURA's live discussion event with Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon will not take place on January 27 as planned. The live discussion event has been postponed to…
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…
Recently, CURA's Ghost Neighborhoods project was featured in a Columbus Dispatch article. The story covered the upcoming groundbreaking of the Poindexter Village African American Museum. The…
This week, CURA's Ghost Neighborhoods project was featured in a story on Spectrum News. CURA Director Harvey Miller, CURA GRA Summer Ha, and CURA Outreach Coordinator Jordan Swaim-Fox are quoted…
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…
In a recent blog post, New America highlighted their work with CURA and the JusticeTech program at the Moritz College of Law within the Eviction Data Response Network. Through this partnership,…
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…
In a new paper in the journal, Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, former CURA visiting scholar Kristina Wolf et al. offer a case study of the Smart City Operating System (SCOS) awarded to Columbus,…
Director Harvey Miller is the recipient of the James R. Anderson Medal of Honor in Applied Geography from the American Association of Geographers! This award is the highest honor bestowed by the…
CURA is thrilled to welcome two new members to our advisory board: Kimberly Sharp and Jessica Kuenzli. Kimberly is the Senior Director of Development at the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA)…
CURA's Associate Director, Ningchuan Xiao, was recently highlighted for his work heading the Department of Geography's new graduate degree, a master's in geographic information sciences and…
If you attended our webinar with Charles Marohn in November, you know we received over 70 questions from the audience; in the hour and a half session, there simply wasn't enough time to get to all…
CURA Faculty Affiliate, Gia Barboza-Salerno, recently had her work featured by the National Criminal Justice Association. Along with co-authors Sharefa Duhaney and Hexin Yang, Barboza-Salerno…
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…
In a new paper in the journal, Computers Environment and Urban Systems, former CURA GRA Amrita Kar, CURA Associate Director Ningchuan Xiao, CURA Director Harvey Miller, and CURA Faculty Affiliate…
On October 1st, CURA and the Ohio State City and Regional Planning Student Association hosted several speakers to talk about the LinkUS initiative. Kim Sharp of COTA, Charles Newman of the City of…
This week, an article was published in the Ohio State News about a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine consensus study report co-chaired by CURA Director, Harvey Miller. The…
In a new paper in the journal Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, former CURA GRA Luyu Liu and CURA Director Harvey Miller measure the contribution of individual transit…
On Saturday, August 3rd, CURA attended events hosted by two community partners: Ohio History Connection and Gertrude Wood Community Foundation. First, CURA stopped by OHC and the James Preston…
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…
In a new paper in the journal Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems, former CURA GRAs Luyu Liu and Jinhyung Lee and CURA Director Harvey Miller analyze the accessibility benefits of using…
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 June 6, the Department of Geography welcomed 100 elementary, middle, and high school teachers from Columbus City Schools. This event was part of a collaborative initiative involving Columbus…
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…
Former CURA GRA, Luyu Liu, former consulting manager and senior researcher, Adam Porr, and CURA director, Harvey Miller have received the 2023 JGS Best Paper Award for their article in the
CURA's research in the Journal of Transport and Land Use was recently featured in multiple publications!
Take a look at the features using the following links:
Axios Columbus WOSU News…
In a paper published in the Journal of Transport and Land Use, former postdoctoral researcher at Ohio State, Jonathan Stiles, and CURA Director, Harvey Miller, identify factors that influence the…
In November, an article was published in the journal, Obesity Surgery, co-authored by CURA faculty affiliate, Keeley Pratt; CURA Director, Harvey Miller; Andrew Hanks; Brian Focht; Sabrena Noria;…
In a paper, just published in the Journal of Transport Geography, researchers calculate two space-time prism-based measures to gauge the resilience of public transit systems. The article was…
In August, former CURA GRA, Luyu Liu, former consulting manager and senior researcher, Adam Porr, and CURA director, Harvey Miller co-authored a paper in the Journal of Geographical Systems.
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In August, an article was published in the journal Social Science & Medicine co-authored by former CURA GRA, Yuchen Li, CURA Director, Harvey Miller, CURA Faculty Affiliate, Ayaz Hyder, and Peng…
In August, an article was published in the journal Annals of the American Association of Geographers co-authored by former CURA GRA, Armita Kar, CURA Faculty Affiliate, Huyen Le, and CURA Director…
This month, CURA Faculty Affiliate Rongjun Qin, received a National Science Foundation (NSF) funding for an open-source toolkit for underwater 3D ecosystem modeling and analysis. Learn more at the…
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…
This month, CURA graduate researcher, Armita Kar, successfully defended her dissertation “Inclusive Accessibility: Integrating person-based hard and soft constraints into transportation planning.”…
This week, CURA was featured in multiple articles about our recent PLOS ONE paper published this week.
See all of the articles written at the following links:
OSU News
In a paper, just published in PLOS ONE, CURA researchers develop machine learning techniques that can turn historical fire insurance maps of US cities into digital 3D urban models, at scale. This…
Elena G. Irwin, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, Sustainability Institute’s Faculty Director and CURA Affiliate, was one of three individuals honored with the title of…
This week, our Ghost Neighborhoods of Columbus project was awarded the Frederick J. Holdridge Outstanding Group Award from Columbus Landmarks.
Learn more about the confrence and award…
This week, an article was published in the Ohio State News about a recent study published in the Journal of Transport Geography. This article was authored by CURA graduate researchers, Luyu Lui,…
This week, an article was published in the Journal of Transport Geography. This article was authored by CURA graduate researchers, Luyu Lui, Armita Kar, and Ahmad Ilderim Tokey; CURA faculty…
This week, the CURA Ghost Neighborhoods of Columbus project and Gerika Logan were given a shout-out in the Preserving the history of Poindexter Village episode of the WOSU All Sides with…
This week, a paper co-authored by CURA director, Harvey Miller, and led by Keeley Pratt was featured in the Ohio State News.
Read the full article at the link below!
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 …
This week, CURA Faculty Affiliate, Bridget Freisthler, lead a team that launched the State of Ohio Integrated Behavioral Health Dashboard. These statewide dashboards were adopted and expanded from…
This week, CURA Faculty Affiliate, Darryl B. Hood, received a new grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support research analyzing the impact of climate change…
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, the National Leauge of Cities published How Local Leaders Can Leverage National, State and Local Environmental Justice Data Tools on their website. This article discussed how…
This week, the Utilizing Advanced Environmental Health and Geospatial Data and Technologies to Inform Community Investment was announced by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and…
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 month, an article was published in the journal Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. Keeley Pratt served as the lead author, and CURA director, Harvey Miller, participated as a co-author…
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…
Last week, the Urban Institute released the paper, Filling Public Data GapsOpportunities and Challenges in Using Private-Sector Data for Racial Equity. In this report, they explore the…
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. …
This week, CURA was featured in an article by Pew Trust. This article discussed the study Lower Volumes, Higher Speeds: Changes to Crash Type, Timing, and Severity on Urban Roads from COVID-19…
CURA participated in this year's National Neighborhood Indicator Partnership meeting in Washington, DC. Consulting manager/ senior researcher, Nicole Hall, presented on the Ghost Neighborhoods of…
In September, the Sustainability Institute launched the Sustainability Education Web Tool. CURA had the opportunity to design and build the Sustainability in Action Map. This tool
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, CURA's Ghost Neighborhood of Columbus project was featured in Planetizen. The article summarized an existing Columbus Dispatch article that was recently published.
The Ghost…
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, Columbus Business First featured our Ghost Neighborhoods of Columbus project. CURA director, Harvey Miller, and outreach coordinator, Gerika Logan, were interviewed to discuss…
This week, the Greater Ohio Policy Center released a white paper on the need for state investment in public transportation.
Building on Momentum: An Argument for State…
This week, CURA director, Harvey Miller, was interviewed by Spectrum News 1 OH to promote our Ghost Neighborhoods of Columbus project. Harvey discussed the negative impacts of highway construction…
This week, CURA's Ghost Neighbohoods of Columbus project was featured in Axios Columbus.
See the full article below!
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 week, CURA director, Harvey Miller, was featured in 10tv regarding transportation concerns for the new Intel Facility being constructed in New Albany. This article also featured Kimberly…
This week, CURA was featured in the Ohio State News, regarding our Ghost Neighborhoods project. CURA has launched the Ghost Neighborhood of Columbus project to help people understand what…
This month, an article was published in the journal Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, co-authored by previous CURA Graduate Researcher, Luyu Liu, and Director, Harvey Miller. This study…
CURA Faculty Affiliate, Dr. Darryl Hood, was recently appointed to a 3-year term to serve on the National Advisory Health Sciences Council (NAEHSC). The NAEHSC is a Congressionally mandated body…
This month, an article was published in the journal Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment co-authored by CURA director, co-authored by CURA Director Harvey Miller. This study…
This week, CURA director, Harvey Miller, has been appointed as an Affiliated Faculty at the Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus. The Center…
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, Ohio State News featured our recent Impacts of Intel Transportation Discussion.
To accommodate the anticipated growth projected to result from Intel’s planned construction of…
A new report by the Ohio Environmental Council estimates that the climate crisis will cost Ohio cities $6 billion dollars annually by 2050. Keeping cool, repairing roads, and recovering from…
This month, CURA director, Harvey Miller, was quoted in a Columbus Dispatch Article discussing high gas prices. This year, gas prices reached record high numbers across the country. The Columbus…
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…
Jonathan Stiles (Florida Atlantic University) and Harvey Miller presented their research on “How does street space influence crash frequency? An analysis using segmented street view imagery,” to…
During its June Commission meeting, the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) unanimously passed a resolution to accept Licking County as its newest member, joining 78 other communities…
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, CURA director, Harvey Miller, was interviewed by the Columbus Dispatch regarding his analysis of street crash data in Central Ohio. The data showed that serious crashes are more likely…
Columbus was recently named top 6 best cities for commuters by Clever Real Estate. This analysis was based on the cost and time people spent for their daily commute to work. NBC 4 interviewed CURA…
This week, a new ordinance went before the Cleveland City Council to look at the streetscape. This new legislation would update the current Green Streets Ordinance. They want to make the ordinance…
A new paper co-authored by CURA director, Harvey Miller, has been published in the Journal of Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science.
Abstract: Road…
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 last week, CURA director, Harvey Miller, was featured in the Columbus Dispatch regarding a study he co-published in the Journal of Transport Geography. This study fills substantial gaps in…
This week, CURA Director, Harvey Miller was featured in The Guardian. This article reviewed the newly anticipated Hummer Electric Vehicle. In 2010, the Hummer was discontinued by General Motors …
This week, CURA director, Harvey Miller, wrote an opinion piece in the Columbus Dispatch. This article discussed the current tension points between business owners and the City of Columbus…
A new article co-authored by CURA director, Harvey Miller, has been published in the journal Health & Place. This study looked at how the opioid health crisis in Franklin County is spatially…
This weekend, CURA director, Harvey Miller, was interviewed for an article in Columbus Underground. This article highlighted the efforts of past and present Columbus City Mayor to promote downtown…
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…
A new article co-authored by CURA director, Harvey Miller, has been published in the Journal of Transport Geography. This study fills substantial gaps in the literature about the impact of BRT on…
Ohio State's University Outreach and Engagement Awards honor faculty, staff, students, and community partners for outstanding achievement in producing engaged scholarship and community impact…
This week, CURA director, Harvey Miller, was featured in ABC News 5 Cleveland. The Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) released a plan for transportation safety, titled SAVE. This…
Last week, CURA director, Harvey Miller was featured in an article published by Columbus Monthly. In this article, issues with our current roadway design were discussed. This article quoted a…
In February, CURA director, Harvey Miller was quoted in an article published by The Columbus Dispatch. The city of New Albany is conducting a study with the Ohio Department of Transportation to…
This week, CURA director, Harvey Miller was quoted in a Columbus Underground article titled, Some Say City’s Actions Don’t Match Rhetoric on Pedestrian Safety. In this article, mobility…
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…
CURA director, Harvey Miller is a part of the new 2021 class of AAAS Fellows. The 2021 class of AAAS Fellows includes 564 scientists, engineers, and innovators from around the world spanning…
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…
Dr. Harvey J. Miller, Bob and Mary Reusche Chair in Geographic Information Science, Professor of Geography, and Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Analysis at The Ohio State University,…
CURA Director, Harvey Miller has been appointed to the Mid-Ohio Regional Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) Regional Data Advisory Committee. MORPC is Central Ohio’s regional planning council…
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…
A new podcast episode with Prognosis Ohio was released this week featuring CURA Director, Harvey Miller. This episode went into sustainable transportation topics including, walking, accessibility,…
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…
A new article co-authored by CURA's Director Harvey Miller and former CURA Graduate Research Associate Jinhyung Lee has been published in the journal Transportation Research Record.…
This week, an article was published in the journal Annals of the American Association of Geographers co-authored by CURA Director Harvey Miller. This study focused on the…
In September, CURA welcomed Gerika Logan as the new Outreach Coordinator.
As the CURA Outreach Coordinator, Gerika connects researchers, students,…
CURA's Outreach Coordinator, Katie Phillips, recently accepted a new position and will serve her last day at CURA on Friday April 30th. She is still in the OSU family and will be…
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's Director Harvey Miller was interviewed by 10TV news anchor Angela Ann about the recent study of 311 call data related to overdose hotspots in Franklin County, Ohio. To…
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 …
Harvey Miller appointed to second term as Chair of the National Academies Mapping Science Committee. The Mapping Science Committee organizes and oversees National Research Council studies that…
By: Luyu Liu, Harvey J. Miller
Background
COVID-19 became a global pandemic due to its contagiousness, fatality rates, and lack of effective…
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…
By: Yuchen Li, Ayaz Hyder, Lauren T. Southerland, Gretchen Hammond, Adam Porr & Harvey J. Miller
Background
Opioid use disorder and overdose deaths…
By: Luyu Liu, Harvey J. Miller
Background
A common belief about real-time information (RTI) is the reduction of waiting time by allowing passengers…
November 18, 9:00am – 4:00pm
GIS Day is an annual event for students, staff, faculty, and the broader community to learn more about Geographic Information Systems (GIS)…
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…
Robust accessibility: Measuring accessibility based on travelers' heterogeneous strategies for managing travel time uncertainty
Authors: Jinhyung Lee and Harvey…
Measuring risk of missing transfers in public transit systems using high-resolution schedule and real-time bus location data
Authors: Luyu Liu and Harvey Miller
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…
Jinhyung Lee, Nicholas Irwin, Elena Irwin, and Harvey J.
Miller
Center for Urban and Regional Analysis
The Ohio State University
15 May 2020
Jinhyung Lee, Adam Porr and Harvey J. Miller
Center for Urban and Regional Analysis
The Ohio State…
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…
As students return to classes and adjust to the transition to virtual learning, many may have questions about how to access software necessary to complete assignments or continue their research…
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,…
Earlier this month, Dr. Michelle Bell of Yale University gave a presentation on the past, present, and future state of air quality in highly urbanized areas.
Dr. Bell's research…
On September 6th, 2019 CURA hosted a panel discussion focused around the topic of Urban Air Quality. Our panelists included Dr. Kerry Ard of the School of Environmental and Natural Resources (OSU)…
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…
On July 15-16, CURA along with the STEAM Factory, the Sustainability Institute (SI) and Portland State University (PSU) hosted a National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored workshop on New…
Last month, CURA and the Data & Mapping team at the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) attended the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) semi-annual meeting in Milwaukee,…
Earlier this month CURA had to opportunity to participate in Westfest 2019, held on the West Campus of the Ohio State University.
Westfest is an annual, free public event showcasing…
CURA was well-represented at the 2019 American Association of Geographers annual meeting, which took place in Washington DC in early April.
Transfer RiskGraduate research associate Luyu…
CURA has a long tradition of bringing novel ideas and thoughtful discussion about urban and regional issues to Central Ohio through our semi-annual speaker series. Recently, we have focused on…
Last month our Outreach Coordinator, Katie Phillips and Geospatial Information Librarian, Josh Sadvari co-presented a workshop on the basics of web mapping using ArcGIS Online (AGOL). This…
From Ptolemy to Tobler, cartographers and data scientists help people see the world in new ways. You can too! Join CURA, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, and the University Libraries…
CURA has a long tradition of bringing novel ideas and thoughtful discussion about urban and regional issues to Central Ohio through our semi-annual speaker series. Recently, we have focused on…
Dearly beloved, I write today of the passing of our own Nia Matsumoto. She was with only with us since 2017, but she has now departed for a better place. Well, it is debatable whether the private…
The paint may still be drying at recently-renovated Pomerene Hall, but that didn’t deter 28 intrepid high-school age women from participating in the Women in Data Science Summer Camp hosted by the…
We hope you enjoyed our Spring 2018 speaker series as much as we did! If you weren’t able to join us for the live presentations, you missed some delicious food, but you can still devour the…
For the Researcher Spotlight this month, we feature undergraduate student researcher Seth Tribby.
Around the CURA office, Seth is known as “Dark Brown”, owing to his (untenable) position in…
CURA was well-represented at the 2018 American Association of Geographers annual meeting, which took place in New Orleans in April.
Bus DelaysPost-doctoral researcher Yongha Park presented…
Did you know that CURA maintains a free geocoding service for use by OSU students, faculty, and staff? Read this post to learn how you can use the CURA geocoder for your next project.
In…
This fall, we have chosen to feature six intriguing papers that discuss diverse transportation options and analyze intra-urban traffic networks.
Towards a general theory of mixed zones: The…
With dozens of exhibitors and many more attendees, GIS Day 2014 was a success! In partnership with OSU Libraries, the GIS Enterprise Initiative, the GIS Club, and the Urban and Regional…
Woolpert is pleased to announce that they have established the Cliff Lovin Scholarship for geography or engineering students attending school in the State of Ohio. The intent of the scholarship is…
The 2014 Ohio GIS confernce will be held in downtown Columbus on September 22-24.
For more information see the conference site at
2014 Ohio GIS Confencence
Pelotonia, a nationwide fund raising campaign to fight cancer, attracts thousands of bikers every year. CURA played an active role in making route maps for the 2014 Pelotonia.
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Are food choices influenced by the food environment? In other words, does the availability of grocery stores play a positive role in shaping daily diets? Do fast food restaurants discourage…
CURA's Dr. Peter Chen partnered with Professor Philip Brown in the Department of History to digitize a 19th century Japanese map. This map will be used for Professor Brown's research project…
Ohio State's Food Mapping Team led by Assistant Professor of Social Work Michelle Kaiser is featured in onCampus.
CURA is part of this research funded by the Food Innovation Center. Our…
Four CURA affiliates presented their work last week at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Tampa, Florida. These PhD students are working on some of the key issues in…
The New York Public Library has made 20,000 high resolution maps available for free on the NYPL Map Warper website. This is a tool for rectifying historical maps from the library's collections to…
MIT has launched a new tool for those of us interested in data visualization. Exhibit is a publishing framework for data-rich interactive web pages. You can read more about the tool and try…