Students selected projects related to “Smart City Technologies and User Experience”, focusing on issues with housing, mobility, and transportation in Omaha. Working on teams of 3, students will develop a series of design alternatives for a novel interface addressing the chosen problem, build a prototype of the design, and conduct an evaluation of the prototype’s […]
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Housing for a Vibrant Dubuque
Students studied factors that affect a household’s locational choice and developed seven recommendations for the City of Dubuque to fulfill its vision of creating a choice of livable neighborhoods and opportunities would attract and retain households, especially young professionals and families. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Iowa Initiative for […]
Indicator and Indicator Measurement for 11 Sustainability Principles
Students studied over 40 indicator systems and 1200 potential indicators, and narrowed it down to 60 indicators specifically for the City of Dubuque and its 11 principles through discussion with city staff, public engagement, and analysis of comparable cities. The students developed a score card for each indicator to be used by officials. Read the […]
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Promotion: Featuring Orange County’s Stories
Students practicing public relations writing will craft features of the formerly untold stories of Orange County, showcasing the community’s unique history and character. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustaining Hoosier Communities Contact Info Jane Rogan Sustaining Hoosier Communities Director jrogan@indiana.edu (812) 855-0568 University Faculty Contact Chuck Carney Public Relations […]
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Enhancing Urban Pollinator and Beneficial Insect Habitat
Students researched bee diversity in Iowa City, compared it to bee diversity in prairie and agricultural settings, and related it to floral diversity in each setting. They used pan trapping and sweep netting methods to collect bees during their research. They offered recommendations to the City of Iowa City to help the area maintain and […]
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Portrait of Poverty in Dubuque
Students researched who is in poverty and where they lived in Dubuque, IA; identified barriers to getting out of poverty; and developed recommendations for best practices in anti-poverty initiatives. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities Contact Info University Faculty Contact Charles Connerly Urban and Regional […]
UNO Project 5
Students selected projects related to “Smart City Technologies and User Experience”, focusing on issues with housing, mobility, and transportation in Omaha. Working on teams of 3, students will develop a series of design alternatives for a novel interface addressing the chosen problem, build a prototype of the design, and conduct an evaluation of the prototype’s […]
Integrating Transit and Technology
Students in Tim Clark’s Product Design Studio (BFA 486) were asked develop a multimodal urban transit app to serve users of TriMet’s public transit services. The purpose of a TriMet transit app is to provide users with real time information needed to guide everyday mobility choices, with the goal of minimizing travel time and costs […]
Enhancing the City Budget Website
Students in two masters emerging media courses will work together to help improve the content and design of the City of Quincy’s budget website. Students will collect input from residents about what information they look for on the page, and use this feedback to design and build a new webpage that more clearly demonstrates how […]
Cooperatives
Students in UW-Madison’s Agriculture and Applied Economics 323 studied different cooperative models across the country to spur ideas in Dane County about how this particular business model could address the concerns of access to affordable housing, child care, and food. The report is broken up into three sections: (1) affordable housing cooperatives, (2) child care […]