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UMSL research jump starting movement to improve home repair system in St. Louis

Professor Todd Swanstrom and colleagues from the Community Innovation and Action Center discussed their recent study and potential policy reforms with local officials on Thursday. ...

St. Louis Coro Fellows share experiences, lessons from the past year during graduation event

Danijela Bule, Elizabeth Collinger, Emily Desmond, Lorenzo Giamartino, Ebee Grellier, Hannah Motley, Manusha Jayasinghe, Ronald Jones, Raya Kazdan and Jesse Strod completed the program....

Community Innovation and Action Center partnering with Children’s Funding Project to map money spent to support youth

Co-Director Kiley Bednar is helping facilitate the yearlong project to analyze money being spent to support children from cradle to career in a cohort of states....

Alumna Emily Blackburn deploying vast geospatial intelligence expertise in new role at UMSL

Blackburn began working as a geospatial data analyst at UMSL's Geospatial Collaborative after more than a decade at the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department....

Ronald Jones works to nurture St. Louis into a city of gardens

Ronald Jones is dedicated to helping rebuild St. Louis neighborhoods and joined the 2021 cohort of the Coro Fellows....

Community Innovation and Action Center looks to deepen its impact under new co-directors Kiley Bednar, Paul Sorenson

The center serves as a facilitator of collaboration between community partners looking to address large-scale challenges in the St. Louis region....

New class of Coro Fellows eager to learn, make an impact in the St. Louis community

The 10 new fellows recently began their training and will be spending time at dozens of organizations across the St. Louis area. ...

UMSL and Turn the Page STL collaborate on strategic literacy plan

The plan identifies five strategic priorities to make change and aims to increase reading proficiency by 10 percent in Promise Zone schools by 2023....

Samantha Babb hired to serve as program director of Coro Fellows program relaunching at UMSL

In her new role, Babb will help usher in the new cohort of Fellows who will begin leadership development training in the program in August....

CIAC, partners awarded grant to study home repair needs of older adults in St. Louis

The $178,000 RRF Foundation for Aging grant will be used to survey homeowners about their home repair needs and gather data to inform policy decisions....