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Upcoming SAVI Events
Module 4B: Make Decisions with Data
This workshop will help you apply the skills learned in other workshops to your own real-world, data...
April 29 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pmThe Value of Place: How to Enhance Your Teaching and Research with Free Mapping and Spatial Analysis Tools
This webinar introduces powerful desktop and online mapping and spatial analysis tools, data,...
May 6 at 1:00 pm - 2:30 pmModule 1A: Frame the Problem
Before you can begin using data to inform decisions, identify what you are trying to accomplish and ...
May 13 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pmWomen and Aging
The May 16 State of Aging Report forum will explore Central Indiana trends in the socioeconom...
May 16 at 9:00 am - 11:00 amModule 2A: Find Existing Data
Answering the questions necessary to achieve goals requires locating and using the right data and to...
May 28 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Latest News from SAVI
Far Eastside Indy transportation access gap addressed with micro-transit program
“In a community SAVI considers one of the city’s most car-dependent, Pathway Resource Center has launched a mini bus service with the ...
Horizon House fighting disparities in homelessness
“Despite only making up 28% of the Indianapolis population, 54% of homeless people in Indianapolis are African American. Though there ...
How can geospatial data and technologies help you
Marianne Cardwell and Sharon Kandris, along with Jinha Jung, Associate Professor at Purdue’s Lyle School of Engineering, presented ...
Living in the Community with Dementia
On Feb. 10, Polis will conduct the webinar, “Living in the Community with Dementia ,” as part of the SoAR project. Speakers include ...
Polis partners with Indianapolis City County Council
The Polis Center is partnering with the Indianapolis City-County Council to build its capacity to use community-level data in its ...
U.S. Census Bureau Presents Health & COVID-19 Open Data for Good Grand Challenge Award to The Polis Center/SAVI
The Polis Center and its SAVI community information system received a U.S. Census Bureau Open Data for Good Grand ...
David Bodenhamer to retire as Polis Center Executive Director; Sharon Kandris to serve as interim
The Polis Center at IUPUI—a nationally-recognized and dynamic urban-centered learning environment which excels in partnerships, ...
Equity and Criminal Justice
The SAVI Talks Equity and Criminal Justice event on November 18 was a great success. 153 participants from a broad range of sectors ...
The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis highlights our city’s past and present
The public launch of the Encyclopedia of Indianapolis was held November 18 at a celebration at the Central Library to recognize and ...
SAVI Talks Equity and Criminal Justice
The SAVI Talks Equity and Criminal Justice event is scheduled for November 18. An individual’s interaction with the criminal justice ...