An update from the American Communities Project and US COVID Atlas — By Dante Chinni, American Communities Project This piece originally appeared at the American Communities Project Storybank. This is the second update in a series looking at vaccination rates, case rates and deaths across American Community Project community types, using data from the US COVID Atlas. Catch up on the first…

This post was written by Dante Chinni of the American Communities Project with contributions from Susan Paykin and Dylan Halpern of the US COVID Atlas. All charts and data visualizations were created by Dylan Halpern. This post also appears at the American Communities Project. The Covid-19 virus remains a national…

The US COVID Atlas is honored to be recognized by Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards for 2021, receiving honorable mention in the Pandemic Response category. We are thrilled to be included among this year’s honorees, which include nearly 600 projects, products, and services. The Innovation by Design Awards, which…

A graduating student reflects on her year working with the Atlas team — By Laura Chen Laura Chen is a graduating senior at the University of Chicago. She is a Research Assistant with the US Covid Atlas Project and Center for Spatial Data Science. When I started working for the US COVID Atlas in the Fall, the United States was seeing rising COVID-19…

By Kenna Camper Kenna Camper is a graduating senior at the University of Chicago. For the last year, she has worked as a Research Assistant with the US Covid Atlas Project and Center for Spatial Data Science. Editor’s note: The US COVID Atlas team is grateful for the work that…

Exploring the pandemic’s impact on higher education — By Laura Chen The pandemic’s impact on higher education has introduced a host of issues for students’ mental health, learning, and overall college experience. …

Weekly update from the US COVID Atlas — By Kenna Camper As vaccination eligibility has opened up to all adults in the U.S., states have also started to lift COVID-related restrictions. As of March 15, According to the CDC, 34% of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated, and 45% have received at least one dose. However, vaccination trends…

By Laura Chen In the last year, the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered the way students in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade experience education. It has both revealed and exacerbated the inequities that certain students already face in the public education system. For low-income students of color, access to adequate…

By Kenna Camper Kenna Camper is a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Chicago and a Research Assistant with the US Covid Atlas Project and Center for Spatial Data Science at University of Chicago. COVID-19 has taken an incomprehensible number of lives since the pandemic began last year. In…