Urban Apps & Maps Studio
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A project launched by Temple Computer and Information Sciences Associate Professor Justin Shi and four students through Temple’s Urban Apps and Maps Studio is designed to help users find and develop vacant lots into viable urban farming projects. The project was recently selected as a runner-up for a Judge’s Choice Award in the Google Places API Developer Challenge, a competition among 87 teams of developers and programmers from 27 countries.
March 26, 2013
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Temple has been awarded a $635,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to train high-school and college-age students from the North Philadelphia area on...
November 29, 2012
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The Knight Foundation is funding a program in Temple's Urban Apps and Maps Studios to promote digital civic engagement among young adults in Philadelphia's underserved communities. Over the next three summers, 300 high school and college-age students will learn the basics of digital design and business skills during a six-week program at the studios.
November 28, 2012
In the Media
Temple has launched a new Urban Apps & Maps Studio, a program being funded by a five-year, $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce....
March 16, 2012
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Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter visited Temple as part of the DESIGNweek Challenge, a four-day design contest organized by the university's new Urban Apps & Maps studio that brought together more than 125 area students to envision new products and services inspired by opportunities in North Philadelphia.
February 17, 2012
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Temple has received $500,000 from the federal Economic Development Administration to build an Urban Apps & Maps Studio, which will serve as a hub...
September 28, 2011
In the Media
Temple has been awarded $700,000 in federal grants to create an Urban Apps & Maps Studio. Smartphone app-making is a big business, but Fox School...
September 27, 2011
In the Media
Temple has received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) to build an Urban Apps & Maps Studio. The grant was...
September 26, 2011
