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In the News: NBC4 Highlights Ghost Neighborhoods Project
Last week, CURA's Ghost Neighborhoods project was featured in a story on NBC4. CURA Director Harvey Miller sat down with NBC4's Cierra Johnson to discuss the project's historical context, research…
In the News: The Columbus Dispatch Features Ghost Neighborhoods Project
Recently, CURA's Ghost Neighborhoods project was featured in a Columbus Dispatch article. The story covered the upcoming groundbreaking of the Poindexter Village African American Museum. The…
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…
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: 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. This…
Outreach Recap: Ohio History Connection visit with The James Preston Poindexer Foundation
This week, CURA met with board members of the James Preston Poindexter Foundation, Poindexter Village Museum project manager, Shelbi Toone, and the Center of Folklore Studies gentrification course…
In the News: Hale Hall to host exhibit on Columbus' redlining history
In January, CURA director, Harvey Miller, and outreach coordinator, Gerika Logan, were interviewed for an article in The Larnern. This article highlighted the upcoming Undesign the Redline Exhibit…
SI Launches Sustainability Research Tools
In September, the Sustainability Institute launched the Sustainability Education Web Tool. CURA had the opportunity to design and build the Sustainability in Action Map. This tool