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Polis receives 2021 Geospatial Excellence Catalyst Award
The National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) awarded the Indiana Data Harvest team the 2021 Geospatial Excellence Catalyst Award. The Catalyst Award recognizes “extraordinary effort...
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SAVI Talks Equity and Criminal Justice
The SAVI Talks Equity and Criminal Justice event is scheduled for November 18. An individual’s interaction with the criminal justice system is not necessarily a random event: research shows that...
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The Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) awarded Karen Comer and Dr. Drew Robertson, Physicians’ Initiative for Demographic Analysis (PIDA), a Trailblazer Planning Grant to...
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David Bodenhamer to retire as Polis Center Executive Director; Sharon Kandris...
The Polis Center at IUPUI—a nationally-recognized and dynamic urban-centered learning environment which excels in partnerships, real-world application, and winning solutions for communities—announces...
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U.S. Census Bureau Presents Health & COVID-19 Open Data for Good Grand...
The Polis Center and its SAVI community information system received a U.S. Census Bureau Open Data for Good Grand Challenge award. The award acknowledges the center’s SAVI COVID-19 Impact Index, which...
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Living in the Community with Dementia
On Feb. 10, Polis will conduct the webinar, “Living in the Community with Dementia ,” as part of the SoAR project. Speakers include Steve Counsell, MD, AGSF, FACP, Professor of Medicine, IU School of...
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Polis partners with Indianapolis City County Council
The Polis Center is partnering with the Indianapolis City-County Council to build its capacity to use community-level data in its work. Polis will provide training and technical assistance to council...
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Predicting future urban growth scenarios and potential urban flood exposure
Shaik Abdullah Al Rifat (Rifat)’s paper, “Predicting future urban growth scenarios and potential urban flood exposure using Artificial Neural Network-Markov Chain model in Miami Metropolitan Area ,”...
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Religion and Urban Culture 2.0 January Newsletters
People praying in European church. Brezje, Slovenia The Religion and Urban Culture (RUC 2.0) team released two January issues of its publications. Research Notes, “Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on...
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Using Geospatial Technologies to Describe and Measure Risks and...
Kevin Mickey conducted a custom-built workshop, “Using Geospatial Technologies to Describe and Measure Risks and Vulnerabilities from Florida Hurricanes” in Tallahassee, FL the week of Jan. 24. The...
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How can geospatial data and technologies help you
Marianne Cardwell and Sharon Kandris, along with Jinha Jung, Associate Professor at Purdue’s Lyle School of Engineering, presented “How can geospatial data and technologies help you” at the 2022...
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Several students have joined our team working on multiple projects: Seven students have joined our Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Cooperating Technical Partner (CTP) team for the 2020-2022...
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The Polis Center nominated for TechPoint Mira Awards honoring ‘The Best of...
The Polis Center at IUPUI is a nominee in the TechPoint Mira Community Impact category, which recognizes individuals and organizations that have gone above and beyond to support the advancement of...
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Horizon House fighting disparities in homelessness
“Despite only making up 28% of the Indianapolis population, 54% of homeless people in Indianapolis are African American. Though there are few direct studies examining why homelessness...
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Racial Disparities in Incidence and Outcome of Multiple Myeloma
Karen Comer, Polis Interim Associate Director and Director, Collaborative Research and Community Health Informatics, presented the recently completed study, Racial Disparities in Incidence and Outcome...
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Far Eastside Indy transportation access gap addressed with micro-transit program
“In a community SAVI considers one of the city’s most car-dependent, Pathway Resource Center has launched a mini bus service with the help of IndyGo and the United Way of Central Indiana, offering...
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‘I’m not moving.’ Riverside residents worry as gentrification looms alongside...
“The Riverside neighborhood on the west side used to feel like family to Alisha Madden, who moved there several years ago after a harrowing struggle with homelessness. But as housing prices rose, a...
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Polis Center Best of Tech Nominee 2022
The TechPoint Mira Awards Gala is April 23, at which winners will be announced. The Polis Center is nominated for the Community Impact Award for its work on the Central Indiana Senior Fund, a fund of...
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Analyzing City Police Budgets
The Urban Institute awarded Polis an $80,000 grant as part of an 18-month cross-site study funded by the Tableau Foundation to analyze city police budgets. We will pair the police budget data with...
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Data & Drafts: Home Loans and Redlining
On April 14, in collaboration with WFYI Public Media and the Indianapolis Public Library, we will present Data & Drafts: Home Loans and Redlining. Matt Nowlin, Polis Center Interim Community...
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