Fall/Winter 2012 (Volume 42, No. 3)

• Hmong Families and Education: Partnership as Essential Link to Discovery by Heidi Barajas, Kari Smalkoski, Margaret Kaplan, and Yia Yang
• Exploring the Potential for a More Local Food System in the Western Lake Superior Region by David Syring
• Migration in Minnesota by John Fraser Hart and Mark B. Lindberg
• Recent Project Awards
• Supporting Diversity in Community Development through the Krusell Fellowship
• School Readiness and Overall Development: Two Sides of One Issue for Preschoolers in High-Poverty Neighborhoods? by Scott R. McConnell, Mary O. Hearst, and Lauren Martin
• Project Assistance Available from CURA
• Hennepin County Aging Initiative Findings Available
• Program and Staff Updates
• Impacts of CURA Projects [2009–2010]

summer 2012 (volume 42, no. 2)

• Urban Competitiveness and the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area by Victor Gauto
• Something Old and Something New: Forest Bioenergy Production in Minnesota by Dennis R. Becker and Laura M. Eaton
• CURA and IonE Launch Resilient Communities Project 
• CURA Program and Staff Updates
• 2012–2013 Faculty Research Awards 
• Smaller Minnesota Cities Are Holding Up Well Economically by William J. Craig and Bruce Schwartau
• Hydrogen Generation Using Magnetite to Store Energy from Alternative Sources by J. Woods Halley, Andy Schofield, and Bjorn Berntson
• Who Seeks Home Foreclosure-Prevention Counseling? by Alexandra Luong
• Project Assistance Available from CURA 
• Twin Cities Neighborhood Maps
• 28th Annual Conference on Policy Analysis, October 10
• CURA Annual Report, 2011–2012

SPRING 2012 (VOLUME 42, NO. 1)

• Recycling Asphalt Roofing Shingles in Asphalt Pavements, by Mihai Marasteanu, Jasmine Austin, and Ki Hoon Moon 
• NPCR Renamed the Kris Nelson Neighborhood Research Program 
• Assembly and Uses of a Housing Data-Sharing Network in Minneapolis, by Jacob Wascalus and Michael Grover 
• Project Update: Mutual Adaptation between Karen Refugees and a Rural Minnesota Community, by Barbara Stone 
• Digital Inclusion and the Twin Cities Homeless Community, by Rebecca Orrick 
• CURA Program and Staff Updates 
• Commentary: Small Towns in Minnesota Are Still Growing, by John Fraser Hart and Mark B. Lindberg 
• Trucks and SUVs in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area: How Dangerous Are They?, by Pinar Karaca-Mandic and Jinhyung Lee 
• Chunying Xie Awarded CURA Dissertation Research Grant 
• Hennepin–University Partnership Forum on Community Engagement 
• CURA Housing Forum Program Summaries 
• Spring 2012 Project Awards 
• Project Assistance Available from CURA 
• HousingLink’s Rental Revue Provides Rental Housing Data.

FALL/WINTER 2011 (VOLUME 41, NOS. 3–4)

• Natural Sources of Arsenic in Minnesota Groundwater, by Brandy M. Toner, Sarah L. Nicholas, Lindsey J. Briscoe, Alan R. Knaeble, James A. Berg, and Melinda L. Erickson 
• 2012–2013 Faculty Interactive Research Program Competition 
• Extraboard-Driver Workforce Planning for Bus Transit Operations, by Diwakar Gupta, Fei Li, and Nigel Wilson 
• Trade-Center Hierarchy in Greater Minnesota, by William J. Craig and Bruce W. Schwartau 
• 2010 State and Twin Cities Metro Population Maps Available 
• Remediating Compacted Urban Soils with Tillage and Compost, by Nicholas Olson and John Gulliver 
• CURA Program and Staff Updates 
• Workplace Victimization among Healthcare Workers in Minnesota, by Jonathan E. Booth and Theresa M. Glomb 
• Project Assistance Available from CURA 
• Help the Environment and Our Budget: Read the CURA Reporter Online

Summer 2011 (Volume 41, No. 2)

• Integrating Stakeholder Values in Collaborative Land-Use Planning for Metropolitan-Area Edge Communities, by Carissa Schively Slotterback, David G. Pitt, and Julie Quinn
• 2011–2012 Faculty Research Awards
• Analysis of Admissions and Tuition Policies for Undocumented Students at Big Ten Schools, by Marina Aleixo, Jacob Chin, Allison Shurilla, and Katherine Fennelly
• 27th Annual Conference on Policy Analysis, October 12
• Subscribe to the CURA Reporter and the CURA Policy Brief
• Putting Creativity to Work, by Kris Nelson and DeAnna Cummings 
• Project Updates
• Minorities in the Twin Cities: What the 2010 U.S. Census Tells Us, by William J. Craig
• Project Assistance Available from CURA
• 2010 State and Twin Cities Population Distribution Maps Available
• In Memoriam: Kris Nelson

Spring 2011 (Volume 41, Number 1)

• The Unraveling of the American Dream, by Ryan Allen
• University Metropolitan Consortium—Twin Cities Public Television Documentaries Available
• Climate Variability and the Productivity of Barley and Oats in Minnesota, by Katherine Klink, Christopher J. Crawford, Jochum J. Wiersma, and Deon D. Stuthman
• Connecting Where It Counts: The 2011 Hennepin-University Partnership Symposium
  
• Counting on Everyone: Increasing Participation in the 2010 U.S. Census in Minneapolis, by Margaret Kaplan
• Project Updates
• David Forrest Awarded CURA Dissertation Research Grant
  
• Children in “Newly Poor” Families in the Twin Cities: Coping with the Current Economic Crisis, by Esther Wattenberg and Ann Beuch
• Project Assistance Available from CURA
  
• From Risks to Assets: Toward a Strengths-Based Approach to Juvenile Justice Reentry into the Community, by Joshua Page and Shelly Schaefer
• Will Craig Named UCGIS Fellow
  
• Recent Project Awards
  

Fall/Winter 2010 (Volume 40, Numbers 3-4)

• Housing Careers of Very Low Income Persons, by Edward G. Goetz, Kimberly Skobba, and Cynthia Yuen
• The Prostitution Project: Community-Based Research on Sex Trading in North Minneapolis, by Lauren Martin
• 2010–2011 Faculty Research Awards
• CURA Grant Writing Workshop Draws a Crowd
• Measuring Sustainability in the Twin Cities Region, by Carissa Schively Slotterback
• Community Engagement and Evaluation for the Twin Cities Sustainable Communities Program
• Local Policy Responses to Immigration in the United States, by Kyle Walker
• The Neighborhood Partnership Initiative Program: Providing Focus and Funding for Collaborative Projects That Make a Difference, by Kris Nelson and Sara Bielawski
• Project Funding Available from CURA
• Increasing Participation in the 2010 U.S. Census in Minneapolis
• CURA Reporter Reader Survey

Spring/Summer 2010 (Volume 40, Numbers 1-2)

• Improving the Education of Minnesota’s Students from Pre-K through College: Measuring Student Progress and Using Data to Drive Decision Making, by Michael C. Rodriguez, Kathleen Matuska, Julio Cabrera, and Stacy Karl
• Learning to Bridge Different Ways of Knowing: The Dream of Wild Health American Indian Seed-Garden Project as Mentor, by Craig A. Hassel
• Attorneys’ Perspectives on the Violation of the Civil Rights of Immigrants Detained in Minnesota, by Jacob Chin, Katherine Fennelly, Kathleen Moccio, Charles Miles, and José D. Pacas
• Advancing Neighborhood Goals: The Role of Geographic-Based Community Development Corporations, by Noel Nix
• The 2010 U.S. Census: Ensuring Everyone Counts in Minneapolis
• Designing a Social-Welfare Safety Net that Supports Low-Income Workers, by Jodi R. Sandfort
• Will Craig Earns Spot in GIS Hall of Fame
• Project Funding Available from CURA
• Estrogen Mimics in Industrial Wastewater: Sources and Treatment, by Mark S. Lundgren and Paige J. Novak
• Achieving Success in Business: A Comparison of Somali and American-Born Entrepreneurs in Minneapolis, by Shannon Golden, Elizabeth Heger Boyle, and Yasīn Jama
• Kris Nelson Earns Outstanding Community Service Award

Fall/Winter 2009 (Volume 39, Numbers 3-4)

• Coping with Climate Change: Conservation Planning in Minnesota, by Susan Galatowitsch, Lee Frelich, and Laura Phillips-Mao
• Redefining Academic Rigor: Documentary Film Making in the New English/Language Arts Classroom, by Jessica Dockter and Cynthia Lewis
• A Tale of Two Cities: The 2008 National Party Conventions Study and the Politics of Protest, by Dara Z. Strolovitch, Joanne Miller, Michael T. Heaney, and Seth Masket
• Template for a Toolkit: Community Growth Options for Peripheral Communities, by Brenda Kayzar, Steven Manson, Heather Sander, and Nancy Young
• Project Funding Available from CURA
• CURA Director Tom Scott Retires, by Peggy Rader
• Sustainable Development Research Opportunity Program Launched at UMD
• Are We Progressing Toward Equal Representation for Women in the Minnesota Legislature? New Evidence Offers Mixed Results, by Sally J. Kenney, Kathryn Pearson, Debra Fitzpatrick, and Elizabeth Sharrow

Spring/Summer 2009 (Volume 39, Numbers 1-2)

• From the CURA Director
• Assessing the Role of Microorganisms in the Accelerated Corrosion of Port Transportation Infrastructure in the Duluth-Superior Harbor, by Randall E. Hicks
• Detecting Racial Profiling in Minneapolis Traffic Stops: A New Approach, By Joseph A. Ritter and David Bael
• New CURA Reporter Publication Schedule
• 2009–2010 Faculty Research Awards
• Neighborhood Responses to the Foreclosure Crisis, By Kris Nelson
• Word Up: Using Spoken Word and Hip Hop Subject Matter in Pre-College Writing Instruction, by Geoffrey Sirc and Terri Sutton
• Update on CURA’s Neighborhood Partnership Initiative
• Speeding Road Construction: Efficient Contract Design Can Lead to Faster Repairs, Fewer Delays, and Lower Commuter Costs, by Patrick Bajari and Greg Lewis
• Project Funding Available from CURA
• Local Food and Diversity in Public Space: A Study of the Perceptions and Practices of Minneapolis Farmers’ Market Customers, by Rachel Slocum, Elisabeth Ellsworth, Sandrine Zerbib, and Arun Saldanha
• Local Policy Partnership Spotlights New Research Areas, by Peggy Rader
• In Memoriam: Barbara Lukermann

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