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In the News: Spectrum News Highlights Ghost Neighborhoods VR
This week, CURA's Ghost Neighborhoods project was featured in a story on Spectrum News. CURA Director Harvey Miller, CURA GRA Summer Ha, and CURA Outreach Coordinator Jordan Swaim-Fox are quoted…

CURA at the All Aboard Ohio Annual Meeting
On Saturday, July 12, CURA was proud to sponsor the 2025 All Aboard Ohio Annual Meeting on the future of passenger rail in Ohio. CURA Director Harvey Miller and Outreach Coordinator Jordan Swaim-…

In the News: Innovative Pathways to a Comprehensive Eviction Dataset
In a recent blog post, New America highlighted their work with CURA and the JusticeTech program at the Moritz College of Law within the Eviction Data Response Network. Through this partnership,…

CURA at 2025 Juneteenth Events
Harvey Miller, Jordan Swaim-Fox, and Gavin Levine were on hand at two Juneteenth celebrations: Jubilee Day at the Ohio History Connection on June 19 and Juneteenth on the Ave on June 21. They…

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…

Charles Marohn Answers Questions from CURA's Audience
If you attended our webinar with Charles Marohn in November, you know we received over 70 questions from the audience; in the hour and a half session, there simply wasn't enough time to get to all…