By Robin G. Jackson, Guest Contributor “What sense does it make to try to reform urban schools while the communities around them stagnate or collapse?” (Warren, 2005, p. 133). Schools and their immediate community are inextricably linked in many ways. In addition to there being youth and families represented within the school, and property taxes… Read more »
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“Cyndi Lauper had it right…your true colors are why I love you”
By Brandon Randall, Guest Contributor Listen up White people, this one is for you. I’m sure that whether it was in a classroom, a PTA meeting, or during professional development, we have all heard another White person say “oh, I don’t see color” or “I don’t care if you’re black, white, blue, or purple,” or… Read more »
Community Schools and its Role in Public Health
Linda Langford, Guest Contributor As a mother of three, I am always in search of ways to multi-task or as my 85 year-old mother says, “Kill two birds with one stone.” Resources are always limited so whenever we can accomplish two goals while using the same resource, it is a definite checkmark in the “Win” column. … Read more »
For the Public Good: University-Community Partnerships
By Idalia Wilmoth, Guest Contributor “Partnerships do not simply deal with our responsibilities to the community or with new challenges of making knowledge relevant. They make us confront questions about the nature of expertise, about disciplinary allegiances, about reward systems, about local applications versus national prominence, and about the uneasy relationship that urban universities maintain… Read more »
IUPUI Hosting Second Latinx Community-University Research Coalition Conference
The Latinx Community-University Research Coalition will host its second conference on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm at the Indianapolis Urban League, 777 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis. The conference will provide opportunities for discussing, networking, collaborating and advancing future research, programming and advocacy on the well-being of Latino populations across Indiana. Latinos… Read more »
IUPUI researchers and Citizens predict water demand using big data analytics and machine learning
From determining the value of your favorite baseball player to refining the holiday online shopping you’re doing in the other tab right now, the practice of big data analytics is everywhere. The field crunches thousands, millions or even billions of data points to better understand a problem in any field. The Data-Driven Knowledge Discovery Laboratory in the… Read more »
IUPUI receives NSF grant to enhance geosciences education, expand community engagement
A three-year, $428,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will enable IUPUI researchers to enhance geosciences education and inspire future solutions to community problems. INDIANAPOLIS — A three-year, $428,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will enable IUPUI researchers to enhance geosciences education and inspire future solutions to community problems. The endeavor is designed to… Read more »
Hatcher receives IARSLCE Distinguished Career Recognition Award
The International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) recently awarded Dr. Julie A. Hatcher with the Distinguished Career Recognition Award. Dr. Hatcher is Associate Professor, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, and serves as the Executive Director of the IUPUI Center for Service and Learning (CSL). This award recognizes one scholar annually whose… Read more »