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Michael
L. Mezey Faculty and Community Research Center Lab |
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The EUC's
Michael L. Mezey Faculty and Community Research Center Lab
provides DePaul community with training, technical & research
assistance, access to data including various resources, and
internships & job opportunities for the interns. Located in
EUC’s Lincoln Park Office (Deitzgen 3100) the lab is readily
accessible to faculty, staff, interns, students, and community
residents in need of research services, professional development
and technical assistance. The lab is equipped with 16 Dell
workstations, a server that hosts EUC's website and has capacity
to host community sites, color and black & white printers,
scanner, accessories like digital cameras, portable projection
units, mapping / Geographic Information System (GIS) software,
statistical software, data processing & advanced analytical
tools, and graphic designing software. The Lab also houses a
variety of data including data from U.S. Census Bureau, City of
Chicago, EPA, ESRI, NIPC, Crime data from Chicago Police Dept.,
Chicago Housing Authority, Homeland Security, Chicago Public
Schools, Housing and Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data, and
building permit data.
Our Michael L. Mezey Faculty and Community Research Center Lab,
named for the former LA&S dean who helped create the 16-computer
Lab located in our Lincoln Park office, has undertaken a variety
of projects for DPU faculty and students, as well as external
users, including the community partners.
For questions or additional information, please contact
Kiljoong Kim at
773-325-4917.
The Egan Urban
Center's Faculty and Community Research Center offers:
1. Services and Technical Support: EUC staff will
provide a variety of direct services for faculty,
students and community leaders in data management,
migration and manipulation,
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- Consultation and technical
assistance on research related issues
- Data mining
- Survey design
- Data analysis
- Grant proposal writing
- Data collection
- Database
management
- GIS Mapping
- Community
profiles
- Curriculum
development
- Website development and
hosting
- Layout, design, publish and
bind research reports
- Hardcopy scanning and
conversion to data formats
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2. Training Workshops: EUC
staff will also provide training in a variety of areas including,
but not
limited: |
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- U.S. Census,
American Community Survey data, PUMS and Current Population
Survey
- SPSS, ATLAS-ti, HLM
- GIS
- Customized technology training
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3. Auxiliary Research Services:
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- Binding
- Copying
- Printing
- Scanning
- Publication
- Supply Storage Media
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4. Data
Resources Available:
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- U.S. Census
2000, 2011
- City of
Chicago's Building Permit Data
- HMDA
- Chicago Police
Department
- EPA
- Chicago
Housing Authority
- GIS data from
City of Chicago, ESRI, NIPC
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