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Polis Geoinformatics team speaks at 2021 IGIC annual conference
Polis Center staff presented at the Indiana Geographic Information Council (IGIC) annual conference May 24-26. Jim Sparks, Polis Director of Geoinformatics, presented the student-led “Low Head Dam...
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Polis Center contributes to film, “A Climate for Change Episode 3 “Ketchup...
Green Island Films, a documentary film company based in Hawaii, made a film about the impact of climate change on Hawaii’s food supply and distribution system which is potentially devastating. COVID-19...
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Polis Center helps determine risk of flooding in Indiana by creating Building...
The Polis Geoinformatics department is creating Building Footprints for the state from LiDAR. Marianne Cardwell created a building outline layer for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)...
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Jim Sparks Retires as Director of Geoinformatics; Marianne Cardwell appointed
Jim Sparks retired June 30 as Polis Center Director of Geoinformatics. Marianne Cardwell assumes the position July 1. Polis Center Executive Director David Bodenhamer says, “Jim has been masterful in...
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Marianne Cardwell co-presents Indiana Data Harvest project to counties
Marianne Cardwell and Megan Compton, Indiana Geographic Information Officer (IGIO)), will present a two-part series of webinars about the Data Harvest project to introduce counties to the new data...
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Polis Center continues work related to FEMA Risk MAP program
The Polis Center Geoinformatics team continues work as Cooperating Technical Partner (CTP) on a variety of projects related to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Risk MAP program. Polis has...
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Project on Religion and Urban Culture 2.0 exploring current congregational...
The Lilly Endowment-funded Project on Religion and Urban Culture 2.0 continues research on how Indianapolis congregations are responding to the many changes of the since 2002 when the first Religion...
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SAVI Talks: Worlds Apart 2.0: Gaps in Life Expectancy in Central Indiana
We are working on the August 26 SAVI Talks: Worlds Apart 2.0: Gaps in Life Expectancy in Central Indiana event. In collaboration with the IU Fairbanks School of Public Heath (FSPH), we are updating our...
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Mickey’s URISA President’s Corner
Kevin Mickey has developed a series of articles that appear in each bi-monthly issue of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association’s (URISA) The GIS Professional publication under the...
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New features added to SAVI Community Profiles
We’ve released an update to Community Profiles with new features. We now suggest prominent data in the community you’ve selected. You can also search and sort your saved profiles to easily find your...
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PASSING THE (VIRTUAL) PLATE: Congregational finance in the era of COVID and...
RUC 2.0 released the July issue of Responsive Congregations. This article looks at how the major shift of congregations to online giving during the pandemic increased donations from people not directly...
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The President’s Corner
Kevin Mickey has developed a series of articles that appear in each bi-monthly issue of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association’s (URISA) The GIS Professional publication under the...
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Congregations and their neighborhoods
Communities change and congregations move. A host of variables—immigration, tax policy, perceptions of school quality, and many others—create community change. Congregations seek to serve their members...
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SAVI Talks: Worlds Further Apart
On August 26, in collaboration with the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Heath (FSPH), we shared findings from our updated analysis that revealed a 14+ year gap in life expectancy between the...
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Making Deep Maps: Foundations, Approaches, and Methods
David’s latest book, Making Deep Maps: Foundations, Approaches, and Methods, with John Corrigan and Trevor M. Harris, has been published by Routledge in the Routledge Series on Spatial Humanities, for...
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Karen Comer, Director of Collaborative Research and Community Health Informatics, and Sharon Kandris, Polis Associate Director and Director of Community Informatics, presented at the April 28-30 Social...
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Polis Center through SAVI and WFYI Public Media Help Tackle Equity and Social...
The Polis Center at IUPUI through its SAVI program and WFYI Public Media Help Tackle Equity and Social Justice in Central Indiana Communities The Polis Center at IUPUI, WFYI, and SAVI are...
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Polis-Faith in Indiana collaboration awarded Urban Institute Catalyst Grant
A collaboration between Faith in Indiana and The Polis Center is one of nine local projects selected to participate in the newly launched Catalyst Grant Program (through the Urban Institute and...
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Black lives matter. Symbolic picture showing that we are stronger together. Two people holding hand and raising in unity. Symbol of unity and anti racism. The Religion and Urban Culture (RUC 2.0) team...
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One year into the pandemic
A paper Shaik Abdullah Al Rifat wrote while at Florida Atlantic University has been published in the September 23rd issue of International Journal of Environmental Health Research. “One year into the...
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