Although it lies in the poorest metro area in the United States, “Brownsville proves a culture of health can be built when resources are scarce but partnerships are strong.”
Best Friends Animal Society, PetSmart, and the local Animal Care & Control Center have teamed up to “save the community’s cats.”
Bayes Impact deploys private-sector practitioner "data science teams" to work with civic and nonprofit organizations on what they call “high impact, high feasibility projects.”
A collaborative working group in Virginia leads to greater awareness, increased confidence, and dramatic rise in brownfields redevelopment within the state.
RainWatch is an emergency-management and climatology tool whose purpose is to enable the city to respond to major weather events as they occur.
By mounting special sensors to Google’s well-known “street cars” EDF has been able to map and report thousands of natural gas leaks.
The lab's goal is to provide a space for city employees to innovate and problem solve alongside community partners and other non-city stakeholders.
The AVID system targets youth with potential and a desire to succeed, but with typically little to no knowledge about the college admissions process or support to make their dreams a reality.
The six-story, $11 million Temple Place Apartments will house 40 one- and two-bedroom apartments for low- and moderate-income residents when it’s completed in 2015.
The CUNY Dance Initiative Program can inspire others to think and act “across sectors, systems, and stakeholders.”