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May 16, 2025
Connecting Communities with Open Civic Data: Roles for Libraries and Civic Data Partners with Nora Mattern
Event Start Time: 12:00 pm
Event Location: Online Webinar (Zoom): Register using the registration link at the bottom of the page
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June 20, 2025
Sustaining Future Historians: The Case for Preserving Ephemeral Geospatial Data with Karen Majewicz
Event Start Time: 12:00 pm
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July 18, 2025
The Urgency of Spatial Data in 2025: Building Community-Centered Infrastructures for Data Discovery and Recovery with Marynia Kolak
Event Start Time: 12:00 pm
Event Location: Online Webinar (Zoom): Register using the registration link at the bottom of the page
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Recent News
Research: Building enduring smart city data platforms to provide urban management support: lessons learnt from UK Urban Observatories and the US Smart Columbus Operating System
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,…
Harver Miller Receives James R. Anderson Medal of Honor
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…
CURA Welcomes New Advisory Board Members
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 Associate Director Highlighted in OSU News
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…
