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In the News: Columbus Underground Features Upcoming CURA Event
Last week, an upcoming CURA event was featured in a Columbus Underground article. Columbus Underground's Brent Warren interviewed hosts of the War on Cars podcast, Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon…
CURA Director Interviewed for Voices of Excellence Podcast
This week, CURA Director, Harvey Miller did an interview with David Staley for the College of Arts and Sciences' Voices of Excellence podcast. During the interview, Dr. Miller discussed CURA's Ghost…
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) and…
Journal of Geographical Systems Best Paper Award
Former CURA GRA, Luyu Liu, former consulting manager and senior researcher, Adam Porr, and CURA director, Harvey Miller have received the 2023 JGS Best Paper Award for their article in the Journal of…
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 planning…
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…
CURA Faculty Affiliate, Bridget Freisthler Launches New Data Dashboards to Report Overdose
This week, CURA Faculty Affiliate, Bridget Freisthler, lead a team that launched the State of Ohio Integrated Behavioral Health Dashboard. These statewide dashboards were adopted and…
Darryl Hood Receives New EPA Grant to Support CPH Research
This week, CURA Faculty Affiliate, Darryl B. Hood, received a new grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support research analyzing the impact of…
Harvey Miller co-chairing a consensus study for the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
This week, the Utilizing Advanced Environmental Health and Geospatial Data and Technologies to Inform Community Investment was announced by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and…