Loyola University Chicago
Here you will find all of CURL's research projects and publications.
This project focused on identify formation of students in a Chicago public high school that has a formal partnership with a community organization through the Full Service Community Schools Initiative.
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The AIDS Foundation of Chicago has two projects: Samaritan Program and Medicaid Housing in which they have been collecting data and conducting client surveys every six months to measure the impact of the harm reduction approach.
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This endeavor encompasses both consulting and training. Christine George, CURL Research Associate Professor and Stephanie Riger, UIC Professor of Psychology will advise and assist through consultation and training members of the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women's Network in the development and implementation of a common tracking and feedback system of former program participants.
Read MoreThis project delivered a process and outcome evaluation of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) Medicaid Supportive Housing Pilot Project in collaboration with AFC and Health Disability Advocates (HDA). CURL and HDA partnered in this research, with CURL focusing on the process evaluation and analysis of outcome data, and HDA focusing on the policy context and recommendations.
Read MoreThis project focused on expanding Loyola University’s capacity as a leading educational institution with a commitment to building a holistic approach in creating healthy homes and healthy communities free of environmental and social toxins.
Read MoreLoyola University’s Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL) partnered with photographer Richard Wasserman to create Community Uprooted: Eminent Domain in the U.S., an anthology of photographs and interviews that grapples with the impact of eminent domain – past and present -- on the lives of Americans across the country -- in cities, suburbs, and in rural and farming communities. The project combines a collection of stirring and evocative photographs with the words and experiences of the people most impacted by cases of eminent domain.
Read MoreThe Center for Urban Research and Learning at Loyola University Chicago partnered with Bethel New Life in developing research to benefit the surrounding community. This emerging project focused on key issues around community and economic development. Research goals included utilizing GIS technology to create databases of information pertinent to the surrounding and Bethel New Life community.
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The City of Evanston Human Relations Commission and CURL collected information on a broad range of organizations in Evanston that contribute to the quality of life and connections among all Evanston residents. Expected outcomes will be an up-to-date listing of organizations and services ranging from youth and senior citizen services to religious congregations and food security.
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Professor Crumrine explains Spectrometers to students from Erie Neighborhood House.
In 2012, a new interdisciplinary initiative at Loyola – The Healthy Homes Initiative - sought ways in which universities and communities could come together to discover new toxins, understand their effect and work with communities to reduce and eliminate negative impacts.
Read MoreCURL worked in partnership with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) and the Developing Communities Project (DCP), a faith-based organization serving Greater Roseland, to conduct a livability study of the impacts of a proposed Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Red Line Extension. The proposed extension would allow the CTA Redline to go beyond its current South branch terminal at 95th street to a new terminal near 130th street, with intermittent stops near 103rd, 111th, and 115th streets. This project builds on the partnerships that have been developed by DCP and its Red Line Oversight Committee (ROC) over the past 8 years to advocate for and support the Red Line Extension project.
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