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A Deep Dive into Affordable Rental Housing
New data shows the number of subsidized rental homes in Marion County is stagnant, while the need for units affordable to extremely low-income households is large. Check out this new Polis analysis, A...
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We need teamwork to help older adults meet their housing needs
As part of our collaboration with the Central Indiana Senior Fund, a fund of the Central Indiana Community Foundation, State of Aging in Central Indiana project, we will be posting a series of...
View ArticleRacial Disparities in Incidence and Outcome of Multiple Myeloma
Karen Comer presented the recently completed study, Racial Disparities in Incidence and Outcome of Multiple Myeloma, to the Multiple Myeloma Research Group of the IU Precision Health Initiative on Feb....
View ArticleRedlining and modern home loan approval practices
Matt Nowlin, Polis Interim Community Analysis Manager, and Erik Steiner, Creative Director of the Spatial History Project at Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA) at Stanford University, developed...
View ArticleIndy East Promise Neighborhood initiative
The Polis Center kicks off its involvement in the $30 million Indy East Promise Neighborhood initiative this month. The US Department of Education awarded a grant to the John Boner Center to ensure...
View ArticleWisconsin Emergency Management Agency
The Polis Center, in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center, completed a project for the Wisconsin Emergency Management Agency at the end of April. The...
View ArticleData & Drafts: Fewer High School Graduates Attend College
On July 20, in collaboration with WFYI Public Media and the Indianapolis Public Library-Central, Matt Nowlin will present Data & Drafts: Fewer High School Graduates Attend College. Fewer Hoosiers...
View ArticleNew SAVI Office Hours!
We will start holding monthly virtual SAVI Office Hours on July 28. If you need one-on-one help using SAVI, working with your own data, or have other questions, please log on.
View ArticleModeling Class course under development
Kevin Mickey, Polis Center Director, Professional Development and Geospatial Technology Education is developing a new course for the IU School of Informatics & Computing at IUPUI, INFO P-502...
View ArticleData & Drafts: Fewer High School Graduates Attend College
On July 20, in collaboration with WFYI Public Media and the Indianapolis Public Library-Central, Matt Nowlin, Polis Center interim community analysis manager, will present Data & Drafts: Fewer High...
View ArticleUpdated State of Aging in Central Indiana Report
The Polis Center is updating chapters of the State of Aging in Central Indiana Report. Four chapters are complete and include Health Outcomes, Health Care, Caregiving, and Demographics and are...
View ArticleIntegrating social determinants of health data
Jay Colbert, Polis Center Data Manager, and Karen Comer, Interim Associate Director, Polis Center, and Director, Collaborative Research, with Dr. Bryan Schneider, medical oncologist and Professor of...
View ArticleIndy East Promise Neighborhood Initiative
Polis officially kicked off its effort with John Boner Community Center and several community partners to support the Indy East Promise Neighborhood Initiative. A $1.2 million project will allow Polis...
View ArticleMarion County Cultural Equity Plan
Polis was part of a team responding to a request for qualifications to create a new Cultural Equity Plan for Marion County. The team lead by GANG GANG also included Central Indiana Community...
View ArticleReligion & Urban Culture 2.0
Polis launched a beta version of a new SAVI module for the Religion and Urban Culture 2.0 project that allows users to map their own address data. This feature will be useful to congregations as well...
View ArticleMaking Sense out of Social Indices
Kevin Mickey, Polis Center Director, Professional Development and Geospatial Technology Education, will co-instruct a virtual Urban & Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)-sponsored...
View ArticleA Decade of Decline: College-Going Rates in Central Indiana
On July 20, Polis published a new article to SAVI authored by Polis Research Analyst Aaron Olson. “A Decade of Decline: College-Going Rates in Central Indiana” explores trends in college-going rates...
View ArticleData & Drafts: Developing a Real-Time Eviction Tracker
On August 11, in collaboration with WFYI Public Media, the Indianapolis Public Library-Central, and Sun King Brewing, Polis Interim Community Analysis Manager Matt Nowlin will present new research at...
View ArticleMickey appointed to GeoTech Center
Kevin Mickey has been appointed to the National Visiting Committee of the National Geospatial Technology Center of Excellence (GeoTech Center) for a three-year term. The GeoTech Center provides...
View ArticleEncyclopedia of Indianapolis Updates
The Polis Center updated the Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis with new content from the editorial team and continued work on new modules. The latest development includes a prototype Gallery Exhibit...
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