CURA is pleased to announce the recipients of this year′s Faculty Interactive Research Program grants:

• Melissa Laska (School of Public Health) Improving Community Access to Healthy Foods Through the Minneapolis Staple Food Ordinance
• Researchers: Jack DeWaard (Department of Sociology and Minnesota Population Center) and Zack W. Almquist (Department of Sociology, School of Statistics, and Minnesota Population Center) Internal Migration and Recovery from the Great Recession in Urban Minnesota Counties and Neighborhoods
• Researcher: Jeylan Mortimer (Department of Sociology) Leveraging the Youth Development Study Archive to Inform Local Public Policy

CURA′s Faculty Interactive Research Program supports University faculty members to carry out research projects that involve a significant urban-related public policy issue for the state or its communities, and that include active engagement with groups, agencies, or organizations in Minnesota involved with the issue. Awards are made annually during spring semester.