Collaboratory submission drafts
Date: 2026-06-14
Purpose: Draft Collaboratory-ready activity records for Resource Map entities that fit Collaboratory's community-engagement mission but are absent or underrepresented in the June 2026 Collaboratory export (715 activities).
Action: Drafts only — no corpus modifications, no Collaboratory API submissions, no entity promotion
Inputs: resource-map-to-collaboratory-gap-analysis.md, collaboratory-ingestion-report.md, Resource Map resources, grants, people registry, source packets
1. Executive summary
Reviewed all 12 high-confidence gap-analysis recommendations plus Tier B enrichment targets. Evidence supports 16 draft Collaboratory activities across 10 Resource Map entities. One entity (UNI-007 housing) maps to an existing Collaboratory record and should be enriched, not duplicated. Three Tier A entities (EXT-001 mHUB, EXT-011 RFUMS, COM-002 sub-programs) lack sufficient community-engagement evidence for defensible drafts.
| Readiness tier |
Draft activities |
Notes |
| Ready to submit (high) |
8 |
Strong public evidence; clear community benefit |
| Requires verification (medium) |
6 |
Grant-only, research-heavy, or thin operational detail |
| Not recommended (low) |
2 entity groups |
Insufficient community pathway or duplicate coverage |
| Enrich existing record (no new activity) |
3 |
Cybersecurity Clinic hub, CHW/SCHOLAR, SPARK Housing |
Strongest drafts: CCHE joint center (UNI-012), Asylum & Immigration Legal Clinic / A2J capacity building (RC-007), Plant Chicago digital-twin partnership (EXT-006), Digital Youth Divas (CDM-031), Cybersecurity Clinic CSC 390 cohort enrichment (CDM-023).
Primary evidence gaps: CGVRC community-engagement narrative beyond grant titles; TSG Lab faculty/director names not in people registry; VARC Lab external community partners beyond DePaul booking; OpEd Project / Open Learning sub-units undocumented in Resource Map.
2. Ready-to-submit activities
| Field |
Content |
| Activity title |
Center for Community Health Equity: Community-Engaged Health Equity Research and Action |
| Short summary |
DePaul and Rush University's joint Center for Community Health Equity (CCHE) advances community-engaged inquiry, scholarship, and service to reduce Chicago's documented health inequities through interdisciplinary research, public reports, and stakeholder education. |
| Long description |
The Center for Community Health Equity (CCHE) is a joint DePaul–Rush University center co-founded in 2015 and expanded under a 2021 memorandum of understanding. CCHE integrates analysis, education, and intervention with Chicago communities to address the social determinants of health—including racism, discrimination, and economic inequality—that produce persistent gaps in life expectancy and disease outcomes across neighborhoods. The center's public mission emphasizes action, not observation alone: "it is not enough to identify a problem and then do nothing to fix it." CCHE engages community partners to identify public health needs, teaches and learns from community leaders and students, and publishes community-facing health-equity resources through healthequitychicago.org. DePaul faculty and students from LAS, CSH, Business, CDM, and Communication participate alongside Rush health-sciences colleagues. Student pathways include community health needs assessment support, Chicago health-disparities analysis, and service-learning connections documented on Rush CCHE pages. CCHE is administratively housed in DePaul's College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences while operating as a cross-institutional partnership. |
| Community partners |
Chicago community organizations (via CCHE community-engaged inquiry); Rush University Medical Center (co-founder) |
| DePaul units |
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (administrative host); Steans Center; CDM VIDA/MedIX; College of Communication; College of Science and Health |
| Faculty/staff participants |
Maria Joy Ferrera (Director, DePaul) |
| Student involvement |
Community-service learning; student research projects on health disparities and community health needs assessments |
| Community-engagement category |
Community-engaged research; public health; translational activity |
| Topics / focus areas |
Health equity; social determinants of health; community-based public health; interdisciplinary collaboration |
| Populations served |
Chicago residents in communities experiencing health inequities |
| Geographic focus |
City of Chicago (neighborhood-level analysis) |
| Research component |
Yes — interdisciplinary community-engaged health-equity research and public reports |
| Teaching component |
Yes — seminars, courses, and student learning pathways under 2021 MOU |
| Public-service component |
Yes — community partner engagement and actionable health-equity outputs |
| Evidence supporting submission |
DePaul CCHE LAS page; healthequitychicago.org About Us; Rush CCHE collaboration page; 2015 founding + 2021 MOU; UNI-012 resource page |
| Resource Map sources used |
UNI-012; EXT-010; people.yaml (Maria Joy Ferrera) |
| Confidence level |
High |
| Collaboratory rationale |
CCHE is DePaul's flagship joint health-equity center with explicit community-engaged mission language. Zero Collaboratory activities name CCHE. Fills major public-health hub gap and links Rush partnership beyond a single MPH practicum mention. |
| Submission readiness |
Ready to submit |
Draft 2.2 — Asylum & Immigration Legal Clinic (standing pro bono program)
| Field |
Content |
| Activity title |
DePaul Asylum and Immigration Legal Clinic: Pro Bono Legal Services and A2J Capacity Building |
| Short summary |
The College of Law's Asylum and Immigration Legal Clinic provides pro bono immigration and asylum legal assistance to Chicago-area community members while training law students through experiential clinical education supported by community funders. |
| Long description |
The DePaul University College of Law Asylum and Immigration Legal Clinic is a standing experiential legal clinic providing immigration and asylum legal services to underserved community members in the Chicago area. The clinic operates within DePaul's public-interest law ecosystem alongside the Center for Public Interest Law (CPIL) and connects to community partners serving immigrant and asylum-seeking populations. ORS records document recurring external support for clinic capacity building, including The Resurrection Project's A2J Capacity Building award (GRA-845, $139,000, FY2025 featured grant) to provide training and technical assistance for access-to-justice initiatives. While Collaboratory already captures related themes—graduate nursing support for asylum seekers and a documentary course on children seeking asylum—those activities are not structured under the standing law clinic program that ORS and grant records identify as a sustained DePaul community legal service. Submitting this activity consolidates the clinic as a program hub linking pro bono service, student clinical training, CPIL, and funders such as The Resurrection Project and Midwest Human Rights Consortium partners referenced in related activities. |
| Community partners |
The Resurrection Project; Midwest Human Rights Consortium (related activities); immigrant and asylum-seeking community members in Chicago |
| DePaul units |
College of Law; Center for Public Interest Law (RC-029); Experiential Learning |
| Faculty/staff participants |
Sioban Albiol (PI, GRA-845); clinical faculty (verify roster with College of Law) |
| Student involvement |
Law students in asylum and immigration clinical placements |
| Community-engagement category |
Legal clinic; pro bono; community service |
| Topics / focus areas |
Immigration law; asylum; access to justice; pro bono legal assistance |
| Populations served |
Asylum seekers; immigrants; underserved Chicago-area legal aid clients |
| Geographic focus |
Chicago metropolitan area |
| Research component |
Limited — primarily service delivery; grant includes capacity-building evaluation |
| Teaching component |
Yes — experiential law clinic credits |
| Public-service component |
Yes — pro bono legal services and A2J technical assistance |
| Evidence supporting submission |
GRA-845 (ORS FY2025 featured); multiple ORS asylum/immigration clinic grant listings; Collaboratory asylum-themed activities (6329, 18644); RC-007 candidate evidence in ingestion report |
| Resource Map sources used |
RC-007 (candidate); RC-029; grants.yaml GRA-845 |
| Confidence level |
High |
| Collaboratory rationale |
Collaboratory has theme overlap (2+ asylum activities) but no clinic program hub. Grant evidence (Resurrection Project, $139K) supports a standing public-service activity distinct from one-off courses. |
| Submission readiness |
Ready to submit (verify current clinic director name with College of Law) |
Draft 2.3 — SPARK & The Plant Chicago digital-twin sustainability partnership
| Field |
Content |
| Activity title |
SPARK Center & The Plant Chicago: Community Sustainability Digital Twin and Public Education |
| Short summary |
DePaul's SPARK Center partners with The Plant Chicago to deploy sensor-driven digital-twin visualization of energy and sustainability data, educating policymakers, engineers, students, and community audiences about replicable circular-economy models. |
| Long description |
The SPARK Center (Strategic Partnerships for the Advancement of Research and Knowledge) collaborates with The Plant Chicago—a Back of the Yards community living laboratory and circular-economy business incubator—on a sensor-driven digital twin project. On-site energy and heat data collected at The Plant are visualized in real time through SPARK's data-science and design capabilities, producing public-facing outputs that educate policymakers, engineers, and students about sustainable urban industrial reuse. The partnership aligns with SPARK's mission to translate complex community data into accessible visuals that support neighborhood decision-making. The Plant operates as a community-facing sustainability venue hosting small food and environmental ventures in a repurposed industrial building, making this a translational research-to-community-education pathway rather than internal lab infrastructure. DePaul engagement is coordinated through SPARK staff including director LeAnne Wagner, with community partner contact through The Plant Chicago leadership. |
| Community partners |
The Plant Chicago |
| DePaul units |
SPARK Center; AI Institute (translational profile); CDM (data visualization) |
| Faculty/staff participants |
LeAnne Wagner (SPARK Director); Jonathan Pereira (The Plant Chicago — external) |
| Student involvement |
Students engaged through SPARK community partnership projects and sustainability visualization work |
| Community-engagement category |
Community partnership; environmental outreach; translational activity |
| Topics / focus areas |
Sustainability; circular economy; community data visualization; environmental education |
| Populations served |
Chicago community audiences; policymakers; sustainability entrepreneurs at The Plant |
| Geographic focus |
Back of the Yards, Chicago |
| Research component |
Yes — sensor deployment and digital-twin analytics |
| Teaching component |
Yes — student exposure to community sustainability translation |
| Public-service component |
Yes — public education on replicable sustainability models |
| Evidence supporting submission |
EXT-006; UNI-003; SPARK partner project description; plantchicago.org |
| Resource Map sources used |
EXT-006; UNI-003; people.yaml (LeAnne Wagner) |
| Confidence level |
High |
| Collaboratory rationale |
Zero Collaboratory activities name The Plant Chicago despite documented SPARK partnership. Fills environmental/community-education gap in SPARK's thin Collaboratory footprint. |
| Submission readiness |
Ready to submit |
Draft 2.4 — Digital Youth Divas (TSG Lab K–12 STEM outreach)
| Field |
Content |
| Activity title |
Digital Youth Divas: Middle School STEM Engagement for Girls |
| Short summary |
The Technology for Social Good Lab's NSF-sponsored Digital Youth Divas project engages middle school girls in design, programming, and circuitry through narrative-driven STEM challenges to build long-term interest and self-efficacy in technical fields. |
| Long description |
Digital Youth Divas is a featured research project of DePaul's Technology for Social Good Research and Design Lab (CDM-031). The project addresses persistent gender gaps in STEM by engaging middle school girls—the developmental stage prior research identifies as ideal for STEM exploration—in "non-traditional" learning pathways. Participants complete digital challenges in design, programming, and circuitry within a narrative-driven curriculum designed to foster long-term STEM interest, strengthen self-efficacy, and challenge stereotypes about who belongs in technical fields. The project uses community-building and a unique introductory curriculum to make STEM exploration accessible in urban community contexts aligned with the lab's mission of equitable education and empowerment. The project is NSF-sponsored per the lab's public project page. This is a distinct, evidence-backed community-engagement activity—not merely the lab's existence as infrastructure. |
| Community partners |
Middle schools / community education partners (verify current sites with TSG Lab) |
| DePaul units |
Technology for Social Good Lab; Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media |
| Faculty/staff participants |
TSG Lab faculty (directors not fully registered in people.yaml — verify) |
| Student involvement |
DePaul graduate/undergraduate researchers supporting curriculum delivery |
| Community-engagement category |
Educational outreach; K–12 engagement; community-engaged research |
| Topics / focus areas |
STEM education; gender equity in computing; middle-school learning sciences |
| Populations served |
Middle school girls; urban youth |
| Geographic focus |
Chicago (TSG Lab, Loop campus) |
| Research component |
Yes — NSF-sponsored learning-sciences research |
| Teaching component |
Yes — out-of-school STEM curriculum delivery |
| Public-service component |
Yes — equitable STEM access for underrepresented youth |
| Evidence supporting submission |
tsg.cdm.depaul.edu/digital-youth-divas/; CDM-031; captured TSG home page |
| Resource Map sources used |
CDM-031; source packet 2026-06-14-cdm-csh-institutional-web-discovery |
| Confidence level |
High |
| Collaboratory rationale |
TSG Lab has zero Collaboratory presence; Digital Youth Divas is a named, NSF-backed K–12 pathway with explicit community benefit. |
| Submission readiness |
Ready to submit (verify PI name and active school partners) |
Draft 2.5 — DePaul Cybersecurity Clinic CSC 390 nonprofit client engagements (enrichment)
| Field |
Content |
| Activity title |
DePaul Cybersecurity Clinic: CSC 390 Service Learning for Nonprofit Organizations |
| Short summary |
The interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Clinic pairs CSC 390 students from Computing, Business, and Law with Steans Center–sourced nonprofit clients to deliver free cybersecurity risk assessments, audits, and policy reviews for under-resourced Chicago organizations. |
| Long description |
The DePaul Cybersecurity Clinic (CDM-023) is a student-staffed interdisciplinary clinic founded by Janine Spears with Academic Growth and Innovation Fund support (GRA-920, ~$100K). Built on the CSC 390 cybersecurity course, the clinic delivers free cybersecurity assistance—including risk assessments, internal audits, and security-policy reviews—to community-based nonprofits and small organizations handling sensitive client data (e.g., HIV testing centers, women's crisis services, foster care agencies). Business and law students join computing students on client engagements, creating a cross-college service-learning model. Nonprofit clients are sourced through the Steans Center (UNI-004), linking Vincentian community engagement infrastructure to technical public service. Collaboratory already lists one activity (D36EYO741, "DePaul Cybersecurity Clinic: Strengthening Data Security for Community Impact") but does not capture the recurring course-based clinic model, AGIF founding grant, or Steans client pipeline as a sustained program. This draft enriches the thin existing record rather than replacing it. |
| Community partners |
Steans Center–connected nonprofit organizations (client names require clinic verification) |
| DePaul units |
School of Computing (CDM); Driehaus College of Business; College of Law; Steans Center; CyberLabs (CDM-004) |
| Faculty/staff participants |
Janine Spears (Founder/Director); Filipo Sharevski; Ryan Haley; David Wang; Mark Shore; Max Helveston |
| Student involvement |
CSC 390 students; interdisciplinary clinic teams |
| Community-engagement category |
Clinic; service learning; technical assistance |
| Topics / focus areas |
Cybersecurity; nonprofit capacity building; data protection |
| Populations served |
Under-resourced nonprofits and small community organizations |
| Geographic focus |
Chicago |
| Research component |
Applied client projects (service, not primary research) |
| Teaching component |
Yes — CSC 390 course-based clinic |
| Public-service component |
Yes — free cybersecurity services |
| Evidence supporting submission |
cyberclinic.depaul.edu; GRA-920; CDM-023; Collaboratory D36EYO741; DePaul Newsroom AGIF coverage |
| Resource Map sources used |
CDM-023; UNI-004; GRA-920; people.yaml (Janine Spears) |
| Confidence level |
High |
| Collaboratory rationale |
Enriches existing thin record (1 activity). Documents recurring service-learning clinic with grant provenance and Steans pipeline—core Collaboratory mission. |
| Submission readiness |
Ready to submit (link to D36EYO741 as related activity; verify client org names for partner tagging) |
Draft 2.6 — CCHE public health equity reports and community dissemination
| Field |
Content |
| Activity title |
CCHE Health Equity Chicago: Community Reports and Public Dissemination |
| Short summary |
CCHE publishes community-facing health-equity analyses and reports through Health Equity Chicago (healthequitychicago.org), translating research on neighborhood health disparities into resources for community leaders, policymakers, and educators. |
| Long description |
Beyond its joint research and teaching mission, the Center for Community Health Equity maintains a public-facing web presence at healthequitychicago.org dedicated to communicating Chicago's health inequities and community-level responses. The site documents CCHE's founding partnership between DePaul and Rush, articulates the center's action-oriented principle, and invites community leaders, faculty, and students to connect on community-based scholarship and service. CCHE publications and community reports address the documented 20-year life-expectancy gap across Chicago neighborhoods and related disparities in infant mortality and cancer outcomes. This activity captures CCHE's public scholarship and community dissemination function—distinct from but complementary to the joint center program hub (Draft 2.1)—and gives Collaboratory a concrete output-oriented record tied to a verifiable public URL. |
| Community partners |
Chicago community leaders and organizations engaged via CCHE outreach |
| DePaul units |
CCHE / LAS; Rush University (co-publisher) |
| Faculty/staff participants |
Maria Joy Ferrera |
| Student involvement |
Students contributing to report development (verify with CCHE) |
| Community-engagement category |
Public scholarship; community-engaged research dissemination |
| Topics / focus areas |
Health equity reporting; community health education |
| Populations served |
Chicago communities; policymakers; public health practitioners |
| Geographic focus |
Chicago |
| Research component |
Yes — translates community-engaged research to public reports |
| Teaching component |
Indirect — educational resource for stakeholders |
| Public-service component |
Yes — free public health equity information |
| Evidence supporting submission |
healthequitychicago.org; UNI-012 |
| Resource Map sources used |
UNI-012 |
| Confidence level |
High |
| Collaboratory rationale |
Captures CCHE's public-facing output channel absent from Collaboratory. Pairs with Draft 2.1 for program + product visibility. |
| Submission readiness |
Ready to submit |
Draft 2.7 — Rush–DePaul CCHE expanded collaboration (2021 MOU)
| Field |
Content |
| Activity title |
Rush–DePaul CCHE Partnership: Expanded Seminars, Internships, and Cross-Institutional Learning |
| Short summary |
Under a 2021 memorandum of understanding, DePaul and Rush expanded CCHE collaboration to include shared seminars, courses, research, and internship pathways connecting DePaul students to Rush community health programming. |
| Long description |
In 2021, DePaul University and Rush University expanded their long-standing Center for Community Health Equity partnership through a formal memorandum of understanding broadening collaboration beyond the 2015 founding agreement. The MOU scope includes shared seminars, cross-listed or collaborative courses, joint research initiatives, and internship pathways that expose DePaul students to Rush community health needs assessments, preventive medicine practicum opportunities, and health-equity research. Rush CCHE pages document student project opportunities including community health needs assessment support and Chicago health-disparities comparisons. Collaboratory contains only thin Rush representation (one MPH practicum activity) and does not document the expanded MOU scope or CCHE as the connecting hub. This activity links EXT-010 Rush to UNI-012 CCHE with verifiable institutional evidence. |
| Community partners |
Rush University Medical Center |
| DePaul units |
CCHE; MPH program; Steans Center |
| Faculty/staff participants |
Maria Joy Ferrera; Rush CCHE co-leadership (verify name) |
| Student involvement |
Internships; practicum; community health needs assessment projects |
| Community-engagement category |
Community-engaged research; cross-institutional partnership |
| Topics / focus areas |
Health equity; student experiential learning; cross-institutional collaboration |
| Populations served |
Chicago communities served through Rush clinical and community programs |
| Geographic focus |
Chicago |
| Research component |
Yes — joint health-equity research |
| Teaching component |
Yes — seminars, courses, internships |
| Public-service component |
Yes — community health needs assessments |
| Evidence supporting submission |
2021 MOU (Rush news); Rush CCHE student project page; UNI-012; EXT-010 |
| Resource Map sources used |
UNI-012; EXT-010 |
| Confidence level |
High |
| Collaboratory rationale |
Enriches thin Rush partner visibility; documents institutional MOU absent from Collaboratory. |
| Submission readiness |
Ready to submit |
Draft 2.8 — Technology for Social Good Lab (program hub)
| Field |
Content |
| Activity title |
Technology for Social Good Lab: Human-Centered Design for Urban Community Empowerment |
| Short summary |
DePaul's Technology for Social Good Lab conducts human-centered research and design on tools that foster equitable education and empowerment in urban communities, drawing on learning sciences, HCI, and data science. |
| Long description |
The Technology for Social Good Research and Design Lab at CDM brings together faculty, students, and collaborators to design, build, and study technologies addressing social issues in empowerment, learning, and human development. The lab's official mission centers urban communities and equitable education—core Collaboratory themes—and maintains a dedicated public website and CDM Research Labs listing. Featured projects include Digital Youth Divas (middle-school STEM for girls), Online Conversations in Transitional Neighborhoods (gentrification and community discourse), and UI Design Patterns for 21st Century Learning. This hub-level activity establishes the lab as a DePaul community-engagement program identity in Collaboratory, enabling child activities (e.g., Draft 2.4) to link to a parent record. It does not claim specific partners beyond those documented in child projects. |
| Community partners |
Project-specific (see child drafts) |
| DePaul units |
CDM School of Computing; CDM School of Design |
| Faculty/staff participants |
TSG Lab faculty (verify director roster) |
| Student involvement |
Graduate and undergraduate researchers on community-facing projects |
| Community-engagement category |
Community-engaged research; civic technology; educational outreach |
| Topics / focus areas |
Human-centered design; urban education; social computing |
| Populations served |
Urban communities; youth (via project work) |
| Geographic focus |
Chicago |
| Research component |
Yes |
| Teaching component |
Yes — student research apprenticeships |
| Public-service component |
Yes — via project outcomes |
| Evidence supporting submission |
tsg.cdm.depaul.edu; CDM-031; CDM Research Labs listing |
| Resource Map sources used |
CDM-031 |
| Confidence level |
High |
| Collaboratory rationale |
Lab has zero Collaboratory presence despite confirmed community mission. Hub record supports project-level child activities. |
| Submission readiness |
Ready to submit |
3. Activities requiring verification
Draft 3.1 — Chicago Gun Violence Research Collaborative (RC-008)
| Field |
Content |
| Activity title |
Chicago Gun Violence Research Collaborative: DePaul–Sinai Community Violence Research |
| Short summary |
DePaul faculty participated in the Chicago Gun Violence Research Collaborative (CGVRC), supported by Sinai Urban Health Institute awards documented in ORS records (2019–2022), addressing community gun violence through collaborative research. |
| Long description |
ORS annual reports document multiple Sinai Urban Health Institute awards to DePaul faculty for the Chicago Gun Violence Research Collaborative (CGVRC): GRA-257 ($40,000, PI R. Noam Ostrander, 2019–2020) and GRA-507 ($21,000, PI Daniel Schober, 2021–2022), plus a related $2,000 award (GRA-508 area). The collaborative name signals community violence research with a major Chicago safety-net hospital partner (EXT-009 Sinai/SUHI). However, ORS listings provide grant titles and amounts only—not community engagement methods, participant communities, or dissemination pathways. Before submitting, Collaboratory administrators should verify with PIs whether CGVRC work included community partner engagement, public reporting, or service components beyond academic research. If confirmed, this fills a documented gap: zero Collaboratory activities name CGVRC despite grant evidence. |
| Community partners |
Sinai Urban Health Institute / Sinai Chicago (documented funder); community partners unverified |
| DePaul units |
Verify lead college (likely LAS/CSH public health faculty) |
| Faculty/staff participants |
R. Noam Ostrander; Daniel Schober (ORS PIs — person_id unresolved) |
| Student involvement |
Unverified |
| Community-engagement category |
Community-engaged research (pending verification) |
| Topics / focus areas |
Gun violence prevention; public health; urban safety |
| Populations served |
Chicago communities affected by gun violence (inferred) |
| Geographic focus |
Chicago |
| Research component |
Yes — grant-funded collaborative research |
| Teaching component |
Unverified |
| Public-service component |
Unverified |
| Evidence supporting submission |
grants.yaml GRA-257, GRA-507; RC-008 gap-analysis reference |
| Resource Map sources used |
RC-008 (candidate); EXT-009 |
| Confidence level |
Medium |
| Collaboratory rationale |
Grant-backed community-violence collaborative absent from Collaboratory—but engagement pathway must be confirmed with PI. |
| Submission readiness |
Requires verification |
Draft 3.2 — Online Conversations in Transitional Neighborhoods (CDM-031)
| Field |
Content |
| Activity title |
Online Conversations in Transitional Neighborhoods: Community Discourse and Gentrification Research |
| Short summary |
TSG Lab research examines how social media and online communication shape community exchange and neighborhood change during gentrification in a Chicago community, informing design of technologies that bridge communication gaps among residents. |
| Long description |
This Technology for Social Good Lab project studies how online communication about gentrification structures social organization and material exchange in Chicago neighborhoods undergoing socioeconomic transition. The research addresses how social media organizes local social life and neighborhood change—topics with direct community relevance given links between gentrification, public space, and resident displacement. The stated objective includes designing technologies that bridge communication gaps among long-term residents and newcomers. The project page documents research framing but does not name specific community partners, IRB protocols, or current activity status. Verify with TSG Lab whether the study included community advisory input or public benefit outputs before submitting. |
| Community partners |
Unverified — Chicago neighborhood community (unspecified on public page) |
| DePaul units |
Technology for Social Good Lab |
| Faculty/staff participants |
TSG Lab PI (verify) |
| Student involvement |
Likely graduate researchers |
| Community-engagement category |
Community-engaged research (pending verification) |
| Topics / focus areas |
Gentrification; social media; urban communities; civic technology |
| Populations served |
Residents of transitioning Chicago neighborhoods |
| Geographic focus |
Chicago (specific neighborhood unverified) |
| Research component |
Yes |
| Teaching component |
Unverified |
| Public-service component |
Potential — technology design for community communication |
| Evidence supporting submission |
tsg.cdm.depaul.edu/online-conversations-in-transitional-neighborhoods/ |
| Resource Map sources used |
CDM-031 |
| Confidence level |
Medium |
| Collaboratory rationale |
Community-relevant urban research under TSG Lab; absent from Collaboratory. Needs partner/status verification. |
| Submission readiness |
Requires verification |
| Field |
Content |
| Activity title |
VARC Lab: Teaching Ethical Communication in Virtual and Augmented Reality |
| Short summary |
The Virtual and Augmented Reality Communication Lab supports DePaul faculty and students in learning to communicate effectively and ethically in immersive environments, with public scholarship implications for media literacy in VR/AR society. |
| Long description |
The VARC Lab (COM-001) was launched with a DePaul AGIF innovation grant (GRA-886, $78,400, Paul Booth and Bree McEwan) and operates as part of the Center for Communication Engagement. The lab houses VR/AR equipment for teaching and research on how immersive technologies affect society, culture, media, and interpersonal communication. Equipment is available for booking by DePaul users, supporting public-facing student experiences in media ethics and immersive communication. External community organization partners are not documented in the Resource Map. The Collaboratory fit is primarily educational outreach and public scholarship rather than direct community service. Suitable if Collaboratory accepts DePaul-facing media literacy programs; verify whether VARC has delivered workshops to external community or K–12 audiences. |
| Community partners |
None documented — DePaul internal booking model |
| DePaul units |
College of Communication; Center for Communication Engagement (COM-002) |
| Faculty/staff participants |
Paul Booth (Director); Bree McEwan |
| Student involvement |
Students using VR/AR equipment for communication coursework and research |
| Community-engagement category |
Public-facing student experience; educational outreach |
| Topics / focus areas |
VR/AR ethics; media literacy; immersive communication |
| Populations served |
DePaul students and faculty (external audiences unverified) |
| Geographic focus |
Loop campus / DePaul community |
| Research component |
Yes — communication research |
| Teaching component |
Yes — primary documented function |
| Public-service component |
Indirect — media ethics education |
| Evidence supporting submission |
COM-001; GRA-886; VARC Lab official page |
| Resource Map sources used |
COM-001; COM-002; GRA-886; people.yaml |
| Confidence level |
Medium |
| Collaboratory rationale |
Missing from Collaboratory despite AGIF founding and public scholarship framing. Borderline mission fit without external community partners. |
| Submission readiness |
Requires verification (confirm external outreach if any) |
Draft 3.4 — VIDA/MedIX CHW + ML SCHOLAR project hub (CDM-011 enrichment)
| Field |
Content |
| Activity title |
DePaul VIDA/MedIX & Sinai CHW: AI and Community Health Worker Collaborative (SCHOLAR) |
| Short summary |
DePaul computing and health-sciences faculty lead a collaborative project with Sinai Urban Health Institute expanding the SCHOLAR model that combines AI with community health workers and social-determinants data to reduce emergency department readmissions. |
| Long description |
Collaboratory already contains an activity describing a ~$1.5M NSF-funded DePaul–Sinai collaborative project on the SCHOLAR model integrating AI with community health workers (CHWs) and social determinants of health data. The Resource Map documents DePaul's VIDA/MedIX/IMP Labs (CDM-011) as the computing and health-informatics hub for this thread, linked to EXT-009 Sinai and UNI-012 CCHE. Do not create a duplicate activity. Instead, enrich the existing Collaboratory record by adding CDM-011 VIDA/MedIX, CDM-025 Center for Data Science, and UNI-012 CCHE as campus partner hubs. NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities documentation corroborates MedIX/IMP infrastructure supporting biomedical and healthcare informatics research with external partners. |
| Community partners |
Sinai Urban Health Institute / Sinai Chicago |
| DePaul units |
VIDA/MedIX/IMP Labs; Center for Data Science; CCHE |
| Faculty/staff participants |
VIDA/MedIX faculty (verify PI names against existing Collaboratory activity) |
| Student involvement |
Documented in existing activity |
| Community-engagement category |
Community-engaged research; public health |
| Topics / focus areas |
Community health workers; machine learning; health equity |
| Populations served |
Patients and communities served by Sinai CHW programs |
| Geographic focus |
Chicago |
| Research component |
Yes |
| Teaching component |
Unverified |
| Public-service component |
Yes — CHW-centered care model |
| Evidence supporting submission |
Existing Collaboratory CHW activity; CDM-011; NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities |
| Resource Map sources used |
CDM-011; EXT-009; UNI-012 |
| Confidence level |
Medium (enrichment, not new) |
| Collaboratory rationale |
Enriches existing activity with DePaul program identity missing today. |
| Submission readiness |
Requires verification (match to existing activity slug; add partner links) |
| Field |
Content |
| Activity title |
Center for Communication Engagement: Public Scholarship and Media Engagement Programs |
| Short summary |
The College of Communication's Center for Communication Engagement houses labs and programs—including VARC, ME Lab, Streaming Lab, OpEd Project, and Open Learning—supporting research on media, technology, and public discourse. |
| Long description |
COM-002 is the parent center for VARC Lab and other public scholarship units. The official center page documents the mission to support communication research, media engagement, and public scholarship. Child sub-programs (OpEd Project, Open Learning, ME Lab, Streaming Lab) lack dedicated Resource Map pages and have zero Collaboratory matches. A hub-level draft is supportable from the center page alone; sub-activity drafts require additional evidence not present in the Resource Map. Recommend submitting COM-002 hub linked to Draft 3.3 (VARC) after VARC verification, and defer sub-program drafts until institutional web discovery completes candidate pages. |
| Community partners |
Unverified for sub-programs |
| DePaul units |
College of Communication |
| Faculty/staff participants |
Paul Booth (VARC); others unverified |
| Student involvement |
Student research across center labs |
| Community-engagement category |
Community media; public scholarship |
| Topics / focus areas |
Media engagement; public discourse |
| Populations served |
Unverified |
| Geographic focus |
Chicago / DePaul |
| Research component |
Yes |
| Teaching component |
Yes |
| Public-service component |
Potential — OpEd/Open Learning (unverified) |
| Evidence supporting submission |
COM-002 center page; COM-001 child |
| Resource Map sources used |
COM-002; COM-001 |
| Confidence level |
Medium |
| Collaboratory rationale |
Parent hub absent; enables structured linking when sub-program evidence arrives. |
| Submission readiness |
Requires verification |
Draft 3.6 — UI Design Patterns for 21st Century Learning (CDM-031)
| Field |
Content |
| Activity title |
UI Design Patterns for 21st Century Learning |
| Short summary |
TSG Lab project developing user-interface design patterns to support 21st-century learning environments, listed as a featured public project on the Technology for Social Good Lab site. |
| Long description |
The TSG Lab lists "UI Design Patterns for 21st Century Learning" as a featured project with a dedicated project page. Public captured content provides title only—no description of community partners, schools served, or engagement methods was available in Resource Map sources. Treat as a placeholder draft pending project page review or faculty confirmation. May support educational outreach categorization if tied to school or community learning partners. |
| Community partners |
Unverified |
| DePaul units |
Technology for Social Good Lab |
| Faculty/staff participants |
Unverified |
| Student involvement |
Unverified |
| Community-engagement category |
Educational outreach (pending verification) |
| Topics / focus areas |
Learning technology; UI design |
| Populations served |
Unverified |
| Geographic focus |
Unverified |
| Research component |
Likely |
| Teaching component |
Possible |
| Public-service component |
Unverified |
| Evidence supporting submission |
TSG home page project link only |
| Resource Map sources used |
CDM-031 |
| Confidence level |
Medium–Low |
| Collaboratory rationale |
Listed featured project under mission-aligned lab; insufficient detail for confident submit. |
| Submission readiness |
Requires verification |
4. Activities not recommended
4.1 — Do not submit as new activities
| Entity |
RM ID |
Reason |
| Steans Family Foundation housing analytics |
UNI-007 / EXT-005 |
Duplicate. Collaboratory activity CGHKVG0D1 ("SPARK Center Housing Partnership") already documents SPARK + IHS + VIDA + Steans Family Foundation housing work in North Lawndale. Enrich that record with UNI-007 cross-center metadata instead of creating a new activity. |
| mHUB Chicago innovation ecosystem |
EXT-001 |
Insufficient community pathway. RM documents ecosystem membership and venture exposure, not recurring community-engaged programs with identifiable community benefit. DePaul–mHUB MOU not publicly documented. |
| RFUMS collaborative research grants |
EXT-011 |
Research-primary. Multiple DePaul–RFUMS BRIDGE awards are biomedical AI research with limited documented community engagement (one 2025 pharmacy workflow award touches community pharmacy operations but lacks public engagement narrative). Not Collaboratory-core without PI confirmation of community-facing components. |
| OpEd Project / Open Learning / ME Lab / Streaming Lab |
COM-002 children |
Insufficient evidence. No dedicated RM pages; zero Collaboratory matches; cannot draft defensible activities from parent center description alone. |
| DePaul AI Institute community programs |
UNI-005 |
Insufficient evidence of public community engagement beyond research compute profile. |
| iD Lab / DIGI Lab |
CDM-013 / UNI-006 |
Gap analysis medium tier deferred. No documented recurring community partner engagements in RM. |
4.2 — Enrich existing records (not new submissions)
| Existing Collaboratory record |
Enrichment action |
RM source |
| D36EYO741 Cybersecurity Clinic |
Add GRA-920, CSC 390, annual cohort language |
CDM-023 |
| CGHKVG0D1 SPARK Housing Partnership |
Add UNI-007 cross-center ID; VIDA link |
UNI-007, CDM-011 |
| CHW/SCHOLAR activity (~$1.5M NSF) |
Add CDM-011 VIDA, UNI-012 CCHE campus partners |
CDM-011, EXT-009 |
5. Mapping from Resource Map entities to Collaboratory activities
| RM entity |
RM ID |
Draft activity(ies) |
Collaboratory status today |
Action |
| Center for Community Health Equity |
UNI-012 |
2.1, 2.6, 2.7 |
Missing |
New (3 related activities) |
| Technology for Social Good Lab |
CDM-031 |
2.4, 2.8, 3.2, 3.6 |
Missing |
New hub + projects |
| VARC Lab |
COM-001 |
3.3 |
Missing |
Verify then submit |
| Center for Communication Engagement |
COM-002 |
3.5 |
Sub-programs missing |
Verify hub |
| Chicago Gun Violence Research Collaborative |
RC-008 |
3.1 |
Missing |
Verify with PI |
| The Plant Chicago |
EXT-006 |
2.3 |
Missing |
New |
| Asylum & Immigration Legal Clinic |
RC-007 |
2.2 |
Theme only |
New program hub |
| Cybersecurity Clinic |
CDM-023 |
2.5 |
Thin (D36EYO741) |
Enrich + related new |
| Steans Family housing initiative |
UNI-007 |
— |
Covered by CGHKVG0D1 |
Enrich only |
| VIDA/MedIX CHW pathway |
CDM-011 |
3.4 |
Partial (CHW act exists) |
Enrich only |
| mHUB Chicago |
EXT-001 |
— |
Missing |
Not recommended |
| RFUMS |
EXT-011 |
— |
Missing |
Not recommended |
6. Expected value to Collaboratory
| Value |
Impact |
| Program hub visibility |
CCHE, TSG Lab, asylum clinic, and Plant Chicago give Collaboratory searchable anchors for activities currently floating without DePaul unit identity |
| Clinic consolidation |
Asylum clinic draft ties ORS grants + CPIL + existing asylum-themed courses into one legal-service program record |
| Cross-institutional partnerships |
Rush MOU and Sinai CGVRC/CHW threads become navigable from DePaul side |
| K–12 / youth pathway |
Digital Youth Divas adds documented STEM outreach absent today |
| Technical assistance |
Cybersecurity Clinic enrichment documents Steans-sourced nonprofit TA—a Collaboratory strength area currently under-counted |
| Avoid duplication |
Housing and CHW threads enrich existing records rather than inflating activity counts |
7. Remaining evidence gaps
| Gap |
Affected drafts |
Resolution path |
| CGVRC community engagement methods |
3.1 |
PI interview (Ostrander/Schober); Sinai partner contact |
| TSG Lab director/faculty names |
2.4, 2.8, 3.2 |
Add to people.yaml in future intake; query tsg.cdm.depaul.edu |
| VARC external community workshops |
3.3 |
Confirm with Paul Booth |
| Asylum clinic current director roster |
2.2 |
College of Law clinical faculty list |
| Cybersecurity Clinic named nonprofit clients |
2.5 |
Clinic intake records (privacy-sensitive) |
| Digital Youth Divas active school partners |
2.4 |
TSG Lab project lead |
| UI Design Patterns project detail |
3.6 |
Fetch project subpage or faculty confirmation |
| COM-002 sub-program evidence |
3.5 |
Complete RC candidates for OpEd, ME Lab, Streaming Lab |
| CGVRC → RC-008 promotion |
3.1 |
Separate governance decision; not required for Collaboratory draft |
8. Final summary table
| Activity |
Source RM entity |
Community partners |
Collaboratory category |
Confidence |
Submission readiness |
| CCHE Community-Engaged Health Equity Research and Action |
UNI-012 |
Rush; Chicago communities |
Community-engaged research / public health |
High |
Ready |
| CCHE Health Equity Chicago public reports |
UNI-012 |
Community leaders |
Public scholarship |
High |
Ready |
| Rush–DePaul CCHE 2021 MOU expanded collaboration |
UNI-012, EXT-010 |
Rush University |
Cross-institutional partnership |
High |
Ready |
| Asylum & Immigration Legal Clinic / A2J |
RC-007 |
Resurrection Project; asylum seekers |
Legal clinic / pro bono |
High |
Ready |
| SPARK & Plant Chicago digital twin |
EXT-006, UNI-003 |
The Plant Chicago |
Community partnership / sustainability |
High |
Ready |
| Digital Youth Divas STEM outreach |
CDM-031 |
Middle schools (verify) |
K–12 / educational outreach |
High |
Ready |
| TSG Lab program hub |
CDM-031 |
Project-specific |
Community-engaged research |
High |
Ready |
| Cybersecurity Clinic CSC 390 nonprofit engagements |
CDM-023 |
Steans nonprofits (verify) |
Clinic / service learning |
High |
Ready (enrich D36EYO741) |
| CGVRC Sinai gun violence research |
RC-008 |
Sinai SUHI |
Community-engaged research |
Medium |
Verify |
| Online Conversations in Transitional Neighborhoods |
CDM-031 |
Chicago neighborhood (verify) |
Community-engaged research |
Medium |
Verify |
| VARC Lab ethical VR/AR communication |
COM-001 |
None documented |
Educational outreach |
Medium |
Verify |
| VIDA/MedIX CHW SCHOLAR hub linkage |
CDM-011 |
Sinai SUHI |
Community-engaged research |
Medium |
Enrich existing |
| CCE public scholarship hub |
COM-002 |
Unverified |
Public scholarship |
Medium |
Verify |
| UI Design Patterns for 21st Century Learning |
CDM-031 |
Unverified |
Educational outreach |
Medium–Low |
Verify |
| SPARK Housing Partnership |
UNI-007 |
Steans Family Foundation |
(exists CGHKVG0D1) |
— |
Enrich only |
| mHUB ecosystem |
EXT-001 |
— |
— |
Low |
Not recommended |
| RFUMS BRIDGE research |
EXT-011 |
— |
— |
Low |
Not recommended |
9. Validation
- No repository corpus files modified (
resources/, data/*.yaml, candidates).
- No Collaboratory API submissions performed.
- No entities promoted or relationships created.
- Drafts derived from Resource Map evidence tiers and June 2026 Collaboratory export cross-walk.
Draft counts: 16 total draft/enrichment records — 8 ready-to-submit, 6 require verification, 2 entity groups not recommended, 3 enrich-existing-only actions.