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Who’s Who: Kevin Mickey
In the movie Father of the Bride, Steve Martin’s character says, “Who presents this woman? This woman? But she’s not a woman. She’s just a kid. And she’s leaving us. I realized at that moment that I...
View ArticleSummer 2017 SAVI Online Magazine
The Summer 2017 issue of SAVI Online Magazine covers the influence of location on health. We will share with you highlights from four projects that incorporate statistics from the SAVI community...
View ArticleUnequal Access: Tobacco Retail in the Indianapolis Metro Area
The SAVI Community Information System seeks to provide vital context for the social and economic realities in Central Indiana communities. This is why members of our SAVI team also work with our data...
View ArticleSAVI Talks! Public Transit in Marion County
Join us Thursday, September 14! Our fall SAVI Talks event will cover public transit in Marion County and feature data findings from our most recent community trends report authored by Polis Center...
View ArticleWHO RIDES THE BUS: Examining Transit Ridership in Marion County
Our September 14 SAVI Talks! program, WHO RIDES THE BUS: Examining Transit Ridership in Marion County, addressed a timely and interesting topic regarding public transit in Indianapolis. The event...
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Reports
This report was produced by Kelly Davila, MS; Matt Nowlin, MURP; Debra Hollon, MS, Unai Miguel Andres, MS; and The Polis Center at IUPUI for the SAVI Community Information System. This report was...
View ArticleIndyVitals Named URISA 2017 Enterprise System Category Winner!
The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) has announced recipients of its 2017 Exemplary Systems in Government (ESIG) Awards. The award competition recognizes extraordinary...
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Polis Center, City of Indianapolis, GIPC to Receive National Award for...
The Polis Center at IUPUI, in partnership with the City of Indianapolis, and the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee, are pleased to announce IndyVitals, a geospatial tool that measures the health...
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Transit Ridership Characteristics in Indianapolis
WHO RIDES THE BUS: Examining Transit Ridership in Marion County We were curious to know more about ridership characteristics in Indianapolis, particularly on the heels of the successful vote by the...
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London Company Shares How IndyVitals.org Helps Community Planning Efforts
The London-based company, Apolitical, has turned the spotlight on The Polis Center tool, IndyVitals, in a case study published January 2018 on its website. The article explores how IndyVitals provides...
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Bold Ideas for Philanthropists to Drive Social Change
After all the hard work of conceiving a meaningful global project, researching and confirming partnerships, drafting a proposal, and waiting months for a decision from funding organizations, it can be...
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GovLab and NNIP feature IndyVitals as great example of how data helps...
IndyVitals makes the news! The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP)–a collaborative effort by the Urban Institute and local partners to further the development and use of neighborhood...
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The Polis Center at IUPUI Plays Huge Role in New Natural Hazard Mitigation...
On January 10, 2018, more than a decade after releasing its original report on mitigation, the National Institute of Building Sciences issued Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2017 Interim Report. The...
View ArticleGendered Innovations: Lunch with Londa Shieninger, MA, PhD
The IU School of Medicine Office of Diversity Affairs is hosting a luncheon featuring credited and esteemed Londa Scheinbinger, Ma, Phd. Dr. Londa Schiebinger will be presenting her work on gender,...
View Article“Ethos and Creativity” Three Decades Later: Art and Race in Indianapolis
LaShawnda Crowne Storm, Spirit & Place Community Engagement Director and visual artist, activist, and community builder is participating in a panel March 8 for an IUPUI Africana Studies event, Mari...
View ArticlePolis Director of GeoInformatics Jim Sparks to Speak at 2018 State of...
The Polis Center’s Director of Geoinformatics, Jim Sparks will be a keynote speaker at this year’s (2018) GIS conference in the State of Pennsylvania. The conference takes place May 14-16. Sparks will...
View ArticleKaren Comer, Director of Collaborative Research and Health Geoinformatics...
Karen Comer, Polis Center Director of Collaborative Research and Health Geoinformatics, is lead author on the paper, “Electronic Health Record (EHR)-Based Community Health Measures: An Exploratory...
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Sharon Kandris of the Polis Center Selected as Network Steward of the Year
May 2018 The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) has named Sharon Kandris, associate director at The Polis Center (IUPUI), as the 2018 Network Steward of the Year Award. Created in...
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Polis Center Continues Partnership with The Bowen Center for Health Workforce...
In June 2017, The Bowen Center launched the Bowen Health Workforce Information Portal—which the Polis Center helped develop along with the IU School of Medicine Department of Biostatistics. The Portal...
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In the news: Kevin Mickey, Director of Professional Development and...
Kevin Mickey, of The Polis Center (IUPUI) has been asked to join the Center for Aerial Unmanned Systems imaging, which is a part of the IUPUI School of Liberal arts. Their focus is on non-military...
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