Category: Community

January 12, 2026

SDOH & Place Fellowship—Call for Applications 2026

The SDOH & Place Fellowship 2026, hosted by the University of Illinois, seeks applicants in health equity for a part-time virtual program. Participants will create place-based visualizations using social determinants of health data. With applications due February 28, 2026, the program includes workshops, stipends, and a conference.
December 19, 2025

Highlights from the SDOH & Place Symposium 2025

From June 14th to 15th in Chicago, the SDOH & Place Project Symposium showcased the incredible dedication and innovative approaches of our community in addressing social determinants of health and place-based inequities. Fifteen SDOH & Place Fellows showcased their web mapping applications centered in equity, while community and health leaders joined to share progress in…
June 11, 2025

The 2nd SDOH & Place Symposium—Call for Applications

How do you use SDOH data to understand, support, and advance Healthy Neighborhoods? Have you generated any web applications that map out SDOH in communities? Join us in Chicago this June for the first ever SDOH & Place Symposium!
June 2, 2025

Global Heat Action Day

Exposure to heat remains a global challenge as the leading cause of weather-related deaths. On Global Heat Action Day, take a moment to learn about heat stress and what you can do to minimize its effect. If you’re a resident of the City of Chicago, it’s also a great day to share your feedback in…
January 31, 2025

GIS Day 2024 – Community Georeferencing of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

This past GIS Day, November 20th, 2024, we at the Healthy Regions & Policies Lab hosted a “georeference-a-thon,” and created historical map mosaics of Champaign-Urbana in 1915.
July 24, 2024

The Inaugural SDOH & Place Project Symposium

From June 14th to 15th in Chicago, the SDOH & Place Project Symposium showcased the incredible dedication and innovative approaches of our community in addressing social determinants of health and place-based inequities. Fifteen SDOH & Place Fellows showcased their web mapping applications centered in equity, while community and health leaders joined to share progress in…
May 2, 2024

The SDOH & Place Symposium—Call for Applications

How do you use SDOH data to understand, support, and advance Healthy Neighborhoods? Have you generated any web applications that map out SDOH in communities? Join us in Chicago this June for the first ever SDOH & Place Symposium!
March 14, 2024

Seeking SDOH Data Super Users

Do you use social determinants of health (SDOH) data on neighborhoods or communities in your research, advocacy work, and/or classroom? We are developing an “SDOH Super User Group” to learn more about current practices and existing challenges of accessing SDOH data across a wide range of applications.
March 14, 2024

Be a Part of Environmental & Climate Justice in Chicago

Be a part of Climate & Environmental Justice in Chicago! Join the team to design & expand ChiVes, a NASA-funded project connecting data on the environment with neighborhoods. Add your and your community’s own stories, photos, events, news and more to the project.Add your own imprint. Co-designers receive $25+ per workshop and can also earn…
October 5, 2023

Communities of Resilience: Urbana Farmers Market Interviews

How has Covid-19 affected your community? Even within communities, the question generates a variety of answers. The US Covid Atlas team, in partnership with Truth and Documentary, asked patrons of the Urbana Farmers’ Market various questions about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was a community event expanding the Atlas Stories, which connects Covid…