Loyola University Chicago
Here you will find all of CURL's research projects and publications.
Chicago Foundation for Women (CFW), Voices for Illinois Children, and Loyola University Chicago's Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL) have released a new report on the impact of Illinois' two-year budget impasse and, more specifically, its impact on women and children. The report, entitled Damage Done: The Impact of the Illinois Budget Stalemate on Women and Children, was a joint project of the three groups.
Courtesy of Catholic Charities Chicago
CURL is working with its long-time partner, Catholic Charities of Chicago as they begin their agency-wide strategic planning process. The goal is to gather the staff, directors, and other stakeholders to collect their vision for the future of the organization.
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The Englewood Women’s Initiative (EWI) is a program through a coalition of 8 organizations in the Englewood neighborhood in Chicago connecting women in the neighborhood with pathways to incomes over $40k/year through job training, business development, and financial and job readiness skills. CURL is evaluating the pilot and collaborating in creating a database tracking system and benchmarks.
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The Rockford Metropolitan Agency for Planning (RMAP), along with the Center for Criminal Justice Research, Practice and Policy and the Center for Urban Research and Learning at Loyola University Chicago collaborated on a project focused on crime and policing in Rockford, IL. The purpose of the project was to analyze the crime that occurs in Rockford and assess community perceptions of crime and the police to make recommendations about how to improve community-police relations and reduce violent crime in Rockford.
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CURL worked with the Jane Addams Senior Caucus (JASC) to develop the Jane Addams Senior Housing Bill of Rights. The project spanned 12 months and engaged over 250 seniors in a participatory process to identify key concerns and solutions in senior housing in Chicago.
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CURL is performing research and evaluation for HEART Women & Girls’ 2017 initiative. The initiative is composed of a series of trainings for Muslim college students and student leaders on up to five college campuses. The students will come together to understand sexual violence, learn how to support victims, and develop victim-centric approaches, polices, and best practices that address and prevent sexual violence in student organizations.
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The Smart Grid, Courtesy of Illinois Green Economy Network (IGEN)
Loyola University Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL), along with the Heartland Alliance Social IMPACT Research Center, conducted a two phase research project to help the Illinois Science & Energy Innovation Foundation (ISEIF) understand the network effect of its grantees’ public education efforts on knowledge and understanding about the Smart Grid.
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Lawrence Ave. Viaduct, Courtesy of DNAinfo Chicago
The Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL) at Loyola University Chicago, by invitation of the Center for Housing and Health, conducted interviews with clients who participated in the City’s Chronic Homeless Pilot Project.
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The Greater Roseland West Pullman Food Network (GRWP) developed a sustainable model to address food insecurity in the Roseland and West Pullman communities, with the Greater Roseland Sustainability Initiative (GRSI). The GRSI is a collaboration between community, university, and business partners utilizing urban agriculture and social enterprise to increase access to fresh produce, improve STEM skills, and prepare youth for a “green collar” economy.
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Chicago's Fifth House Ensemble (5HE) partners with local non-profits to offer music education residencies to vulnerable populations throughout the city. Recent residencies include Teen Living Programs, a homeless youth services provider; Deborah's Place, homeless women services provider; and Nancy B. Jefferson Alternative High School, an alternative school located within the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center. The Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL) and Brian L. Kelly of Loyola University Chicago, School of Social Work, are working together to evaluate the benefits of these residencies, by measuring their effects on participants' mental health, professional skills, engagement with the community, and other dimensions of social and personal life.
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