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Outreach Recap: Supply-Side Headwinds for Home Building with Robert Dietz
On November 15, 2021, CURA and MORPC welcomed Robert Dietz, chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders for a webinar. Robert was the first CURA graduate associate while…

Lower Volumes, Higher Speeds: Changes to Crash Type, Timing, and Severity on Urban Roads from COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Policies
A new article co-authored by CURA's Director Harvey Miller and former CURA Graduate Research Associate Jinhyung Lee has been published in the journal Transportation Research Record…

What Is Essential Travel? Socioeconomic Differences in Travel Demand in Columbus, Ohio, during the COVID-19 Lockdown
This week, an article was published in the journal Annals of the American Association of Geographers co-authored by CURA Director Harvey Miller. This study focused on the socioeconomic differences…

New Staff
In September, CURA welcomed Gerika Logan as the new Outreach Coordinator.
As the CURA Outreach Coordinator, Gerika connects researchers, students, instructors, planners, policy…

Transitions
CURA's Outreach Coordinator, Katie Phillips, recently accepted a new position and will serve her last day at CURA on Friday April 30th. She is still in the OSU family and will be the new Data…

CURA Celebrates 20 Years
April 6th, 2021 is CURA's 20th anniversary. CURA became official on April 6th, 2001. You can take a brief look at our history and past newsletter for more details on past…

Outreach Recap: Strengthening Legacy Cities with Strong Towns Founder Charles Marohn
On March 12th, 2021, CURA welcomed Charles Marohn, the founder of Strong Towns and the author of Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity. He argues that…

In the News: Ohio State study: 311 statistics can predict opiate, overdose hotspots
Earlier this month, CURA's Director Harvey Miller was interviewed by 10TV news anchor Angela Ann about the recent study of 311 call data related to overdose hotspots in Franklin County, Ohio…

Outreach Recap: Strengthening Legacy Cities with Alan Mallach
Earlier this month, CURA hosted acclaimed author (and genuinely nice person) Alan Mallach. Mr. Mallach is a senior fellow at the Center for Community Progress in Washington DC. A…