Author: rloftus
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Neural Sensing and Urban Environments: HEROP Speaker Series
Linking human brain with urban environments using emerging GIS approaches. Join us for lunch, learning, and conversation at the next installment of the HEROP Speaker Series on Friday, February 27th, at 12 PM CST. Lunch will be served from 12-12:30pm, so please join us in person a bit early to eat & mingle! Jiaxin Feng,…
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Summer 2026 SDOH Design Fellowship Now Open
The SDOH & Place Design Fellowship is a remote, project-based program sponsored by the Healthy Regions & Policies Lab (HeRoP). We are seeking a detail-oriented Product/UX Designer to support the SDOH & Place initiative, a project dedicated to making complex Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) data accessible for public health planning and community advocacy.
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Exploring Historic Maps for Structural Racism Research
Mapping the Past: Historic Maps in Analyses of Structural Racism and Population Health. Join us for lunch, learning, and conversation at the next installment of the HEROP Speaker Series on Friday, January 30th, at 12 PM CST. Lunch will be served from 12-12:30pm, so please join us in person a bit early to eat &…
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SDOH & Place Fellowship—Call for Applications 2026
SDOH & Place Fellowship 2026 Applications Open! January 9, 2026 Herop Lab The SDOH & Place Fellowship is a part-time virtual program of the SDOH & Place Project, sponsored by the Healthy Regions & Policies Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with funding in part from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Throughout this…
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November Speaker Series: Making Smell Count
Making Smell Count: Invoking olfactory experience in urban wellbeing and spatial analysis. Join us for lunch, learning, and conversation at the next installment of the HEROP Speaker Series on Friday, November 21st, at 12 PM CST. Lunch will be served from 12-12:30pm, so please join us in person a bit early to eat & mingle!…
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October Speaker Series: Grad School FAQ
Grad School FAQ: A Panel Discussion Demystifying the Grad School Application Process & How to Prepare Your Applications Join us for lunch, learning, and conversation at the next installment of the HEROP Speaker Series on Friday, October 31st, at 12 PM CDT. Lunch will be served from 12-12:30pm, so please join us in person a…
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The Future of Design: HeRoP at Config 2025
The Future of Design: HeRoP at Config 2025 Representing the HeRoP Lab and the University of Illinois, our Senior Product Designer, Shubham Kumar, was at the annual Figma conference held in San Francisco, California. The 3-day conference highlighted the directions in which the design industry is heading and what it means for organizations to push…
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April Speaker Series: Spatial Epidemiology in Action
Spatial Epidemiology in Action: Insights from Disease Surveillance Programs. Join us for lunch, learning, and conversation at the next installment of the HEROP Speaker Series on Friday, April 25th, at 12 PM CDT. Lunch will be served from 12-12:30pm, so please join us in person a bit early to eat & mingle! Csaba Varga, DVM,…
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