News & Events
Upcoming SAVI Events
The Value of Place: How to Enhance Your Teaching and Research with Free Mapping & Spatial Analysis Tools
This webinar introduces powerful desktop and online mapping and spatial analysis tools, data, and ot...
July 31 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pmModule 2A: Find Existing Data
Answering the questions necessary to achieve goals requires locating and using the right data and to...
August 12 at 9:00 am - 11:00 amModule 2B: Avoid Data Pitfalls
Data is most powerful when you understand its limits. This module will give you the knowledge to thi...
August 19 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pmModule 3A: Analyze and Visualize with Charts
Charts are a powerful tool for analyzing and communicating information through tables, graphs or dia...
August 26 at 9:00 am - 11:00 amModule 3B: Using SAVI Data in Other GIS Tools
SAVI provides a powerful collection of tools and resources that help you use data to make decisions....
September 16 at 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Latest News from SAVI
David Bodenhamer to retire as Polis Center Executive Director; Sharon Kandris to serve as interim
The Polis Center at IUPUI—a nationally-recognized and dynamic urban-centered learning environment which excels in partnerships, ...
Equity and Criminal Justice
The SAVI Talks Equity and Criminal Justice event on November 18 was a great success. 153 participants from a broad range of sectors ...
The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis highlights our city’s past and present
The public launch of the Encyclopedia of Indianapolis was held November 18 at a celebration at the Central Library to recognize and ...
SAVI Talks Equity and Criminal Justice
The SAVI Talks Equity and Criminal Justice event is scheduled for November 18. An individual’s interaction with the criminal justice ...
Polis-Faith in Indiana collaboration awarded Urban Institute Catalyst Grant
A collaboration between Faith in Indiana and The Polis Center is one of nine local projects selected to participate in the newly ...
Polis Center through SAVI and WFYI Public Media Help Tackle Equity and Social Justice
The Polis Center at IUPUI, WFYI, and SAVI are collaboratively expanding the community’s understanding of equity and social justice ...
SAVI Talks: Worlds Further Apart
On August 26, in collaboration with the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Heath (FSPH), we shared findings from our updated ...
New features added to SAVI Community Profiles
We’ve released an update to Community Profiles with new features. We now suggest prominent data in the community you’ve selected. You ...
Great Families 2020
In April, we completed the final Great Families 2020 (GF2020) evaluation activities. A United Way of Central Indiana (UWCI) program, ...
Council District Crime Prevention Grant program
The Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF), the City of Indianapolis Office of Public Safety, and the city-county council ...