News

Undesign the Redline Panel
In July, CURA's Outreach Coordinator, Gerika Logan, participated in a panel Hosted by Franklin County Treasurer Cheryl Brooks Sullivan & Franklin County Municipal Court Judge Eileen Paley…

Armita Kar Successfully Defends Dissertation
This month, CURA graduate researcher, Armita Kar, successfully defended her dissertation “Inclusive Accessibility: Integrating person-based hard and soft constraints into transportation…

In the News: PLOS ONE Paper featured in Multiple Publications
This week, CURA was featured in multiple articles about our recent PLOS ONE paper published this week.
See all of the articles written at the following links:
OSU News:…
Research: Creating building-level, three-dimensional digital models of historic urban neighborhoods from Sanborn Fire Insurance maps using machine learning
In a paper, just published in PLOS ONE, CURA researchers develop machine learning techniques that can turn historical fire insurance maps of US cities into digital 3D urban models, at scale.…

Elena G. Irwin selected as 2023 Distinguished University Professor
Elena G. Irwin, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, Sustainability Institute’s Faculty Director and CURA Affiliate, was one of three individuals honored with the title of…

Ghost Neighborhoods of Columbus Project Receives Columbus Landmarks Award
This week, our Ghost Neighborhoods of Columbus project was awarded the Frederick J. Holdridge Outstanding Group Award from Columbus Landmarks.
Learn more about the confrence and…

In the News: Why buses can’t get wheelchair users to most areas of cities
This week, an article was published in the Ohio State News about a recent study published in the Journal of Transport Geography. This article was authored by CURA graduate researchers, …

Research: Disparities in public transit accessibility and usage by people with mobility disabilities: An evaluation using high-resolution transit data
This week, an article was published in the Journal of Transport Geography. This article was authored by CURA graduate researchers, Luyu Lui, Armita Kar, and Ahmad Ilderim Tokey; CURA…

Ghost Neighborhoods of Columbus Project Featured in All Sides with Ann Fisher
This week, the CURA Ghost Neighborhoods of Columbus project and Gerika Logan were given a shout-out in the Preserving the history of Poindexter Village episode of the WOSU All Sides…