Over the past 50 years CURA projects and programs have had a significant impact on the University of Minnesota. Our work has reached across the the state of Minnesota, allowing us to create strong ties with a diverse set of departments and colleagues to help address important issues that stretch beyond the University. Here we present a look at the institutions and programs that CURA helped launch and/or strongly supported throughout the years. This interactive story map invites you to gather an understanding of the issues addressed, CURA’s impact or role, and how the units have evolved since.
If you have previously worked with CURA on a project or program involved with the University, or were impacted by our work, we would love to hear your recollections of the experience. Feel free to send your thoughts to [email protected] and let us know if we can share it as part of #CURA50.
Here are descriptions of the map categories that show how we tried to divide up CURA's role in creating these connections. You will notice that some connections appear in more than one category:
- Advising: offered direction, support, outlook
- Fostering: provided physical space, encouragement, acknowledged potential
- Incubated: involved in the process of invention, root growth...
- Convening: assembled, organized , and/or unified [a broader set of ideas]