Researchers Dr. Alex Briesacher (Sociology), Dr. Thomas Conroy (Urban Studies, and Dr. Kirby Wycoff (Education), explore the challenges facing students and schools in Worcester as well as different methods of creating stronger partnerships and pathways for them to succeed.
They are currently present their findings at conferences; a full paper based on their analysis is also underway.
This Urban Studies/Visual+Performing Arts collaboration is currently in its second major Worcester project.
This time, CitySpeak creators and students are focusing on four city neighborhoods: Plumley Village, Quinsigamond Village, Crystal Park, and Oak Hill.
Research and analysis will be done by May; creative work will begin in Summer 2017.
Visit the CitySpeak website at CitySpeak.org and become part of the project.
CityLab and the Worcester Public Library have partnered to digitize the library's clippings files and make them publicly available online.
CityLab and the Worcester Public Library have also partnered on a second project, the transcription of decades of victual, hotel, and liquor licenses beginning in 1872 into a central, publicly-accessible and searchable database