Urban Innovation
Highlights
The DuSable Museum of African American History (opens in new tab) is a Chicago community institution and the first non-profit Museum dedicated to the collection, documentation, preservation, study and the dissemination of the history and culture of Africans and African…
EcoPod @EarthDay Weekend Chicago
Experience the Microsoft Urban Innovations EcoPod @EarthDay Weekend Chicago April 23 and April 24, 2022.
2022 Summer Internship
We are thus particularly interested in candidates with experience in remote sensing or cross-training satellite-based models with ground-level measurement.
How Fireworks Impact Air Quality
Fireworks displays celebrating Independence Day are a mainstay in American culture. Yet, research shows fireworks lead to high levels of air pollution.
Our Mission
The Urban Innovation was launched to do social, health, and environmental science and technology development in support of the coming wave of urbanization.
Post Covid-19 Cities
The COVID-19 pandemic has stress-tested cities in ways nearly unimaginable, from shuttering retail to depleting crucial tax revenues that will cripple public service provision for years to come, to fundamentally disrupting the concept of commuting for millions of people.
Science of Air Quality
Currently humans on the planet have very little information about the quality of the air that they breathe as they move through their daily lives.
Summer Internship 2021
Seeking Research Interns in computer science, engineering, design, social, health, ML, and environmental science to join us this Summer. Lines of research focus on climate change and mitigating the environmental impact of our increasingly urban world.
Our group is developing technological solutions for cities because cities are where the majority of humans live and work. Cities are where most people will experience the effects of a changing climate, and where there is the most potential to…