Sustainable Development Goal: 3 Good Health and Well-Being

South Campus Neighborhood Project Transportion Study 3rd Street & 4th Street One-Way Conversion

Most of the roads in the neighborhood excluding 8th Street and 9th Street allow two-way traffic flow. With the exemption of a few stop signs, there are yield only signs for traffic traveling northbound or southbound throughout the neighborhood. Additionally, from observation of the neighborhood, many roads show asphalt damage such as alligator cracking, block […]

Chronic Illness: Increasing Physical Activity

Members of the project will work with community health entities, small clinics, and physicians to develop outreach strategies which increase health education and awareness, particularly around chronic disease management and prevention. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustaining Hoosier Communities Contact Info Jane Rogan Sustaining Hoosier Communities Director jrogan@indiana.edu (812) […]

Safe Youth Driving Behavior

Investigate successful programs and partnerships to reduce teen traffic accident risks. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Resilient Communities Project Contact Info University Faculty Contact Ross VeLure-Roholt Youth Developement Local Government / Community Contact Chad Rosa Police Officer, City of Rosemount […]

Community Health Fair

Incorporate health ad wellness programming into the annual Lexngton Spring Festival, which drives significant tourism and community engagement. Due to inclementweather, the healthy fair was rescheduled and held in conjunction with the Garage Sale benefiting the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters program of the Community Student Learning Center. Read the final student report […]

South Campus Neighborhood Project Complete Streets

Implement a roundabout and several new and improved light fixtures to improve safety and also aesthetics while keeping cost in mind. Problem Definition: Unsafe pedestrian and cycling conditions due to lack of luminance as well as lack of proper street infrastructure. Unsafe yield signs at intersections with blind spots, no reserved safe space for cyclists […]

School-Based Mental Health for Central School District

Identify school-based mental health models and best practice to determine options, implementation strategies, and resource needs for developing such a program for the Central School District, located in Norwood Young America. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Resilient Communities Project Contact Info University Faculty Contact Donna McAlpine Public Health Local […]

Towards Safe, Efficient Transportation Networks

Identify and map unsafe transportation cooridors in Monona Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. UniverCity Year Contact Info Gavin Luter Managing Director gavin@cows.org 608-261-1141 University Faculty Contact A-Xing Zhu Geography Professor azhu@wisc.edu (608) 262-0272 Local Government / Community Contact Brad Bruun Public Works Project Manager/GIS Specialist 608-222-2525 […]

HandUp OC: Creating a Brand

HandUp OC is a nonprofit serving Orange County to encourage citizens to create better lives for themselves through improving personal and community health, connections with one another, and life skills. They will work with the School of Art, Architecture, and Design to establish a brand identity to more effectively engage with the community. Read the […]

Survey Design For Centred Outdoors Summer Challenge

HDNRE 590 students will contribute to the Centred Outdoors summer family challenge by working with RPTM students who are engaged in providing data for human health benefits at the nine sites, and to develop pre- and post-surveys for challenge participants. The survey should provide baseline data for future initiatives/measures as well as data reflecting the […]

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