91�Թ� is among three academic institutions to sign the UAOA Charter, joining a global coalition committed to safeguarding athletes and fostering a culture of respect in digital spaces.

Driven by 91�Թ�’s , this agreement marks the FIA’s first academic collaboration in the United States. The initiative will produce research, digital literacy tools and policy recommendations to strengthen global efforts in protecting athletes from online abuse.

“This collaboration is a natural extension of 91�Թ�’s mission as a force for good through research and education,” said , the Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering in the , founding director of the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, and Lucy Family Director for Data and AI Academic Strategy at 91�Թ�. “We are excited to work with the FIA and to support the UAOA to create actionable solutions at the intersection of sports, AI and public policy.”

Chawla, the project’s principal investigator, will work with researchers at the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society to investigate both the underlying causes and the visible impacts of online harassment targeting athletes. Through a combination of qualitative and quantitative research, the study aims to model the prevalence, nature and long-term consequences of this growing issue.

"This collaboration represents an important step forward in our mission to combat online abuse across all levels of sport. I look forward to working with the University of 91�Թ�, one of the world’s leading research institutions, to explore innovative, AI-powered solutions and to develop evidence-based strategies to ensure a safer and more inclusive sporting environment for all. Our joint goal is to foster a safer inclusive online environment for athletes, teams and fans worldwide,” said Mohammed Ben Sulayem, FIA President and UAOA Founder.

Findings will directly contribute to the , expanding the evidence base for policymakers, athletic organizations and digital platforms. In addition, the collaboration will develop youth-focused digital literacy tools, including an AI-powered learning platform, designed to promote safer, more respectful online communities. Together, these efforts will advance understanding of online abuse while equipping the next generation with resources to reduce its harm.

91�Թ�’s insights will inform preventive strategies and athlete support programs. Additionally, in collaboration with FIA, the findings may contribute to new policy recommendations and practical guidelines for key stakeholders, including international sports federations, government regulators focused on online safety, tech platforms managing content moderation and schools and youth organizations promoting digital citizenship.

Emphasizing the broad significance of the project, Chawla added, “This collaboration shows how data and AI can advance common good. By turning research into real-world solutions for a growing challenge in sports, we put athlete well-being first—purposeful AI in action.”

The collaboration is supported by the FIA and the FIA Foundation to support the educational components.��

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In recent years, democracies worldwide have seen a growing erosion of trust in election outcomes and institutions, driven in part by fears of widespread fraud. As the digital age continues to transform the ways in which people consume information, online election misinformation has expanded at an unprecedented pace. Amplified by highly polarized political climates, this trend poses a significant threat to public confidence in democratic electoral systems.

A new multi-country study in the ’s journal , by researchers from the University of 91�Թ�, Dartmouth College, the University of Groningen, and the University of Southampton, finds that “prebunking” — providing accurate information before false claims spread — boosts trust in elections more effectively than traditional fact-checking.

The team conducted three large-scale case studies using results from elections in the United States and Brazil — two countries where fraud misinformation has undermined trust in elections.

The studies found that prebunking messages were consistently effective, especially among individuals who were previously misinformed. However, the research also found that adding forewarnings — alerting people they might be misled — can reduce the effectiveness of prebunking.

“This research shows that facts, when delivered plainly and ahead of misinformation, can minimize the effect of inaccurate information,” said , associate professor of the practice at the and a co-author of the study. “But, when we warn people that they might be misled, especially in a highly polarized environment, they can become more skeptical of the message itself.”

Fogarty, also a concurrent associate professor of the practice in the , worked with co-authors John M. Carey and Brendan Nyhan of Dartmouth College, Marília Gehrke of the University of Groningen and Jason Reifler of the University of Southampton to conduct the study.

Across the three case studies — before the U.S. 2022 midterm elections, after the 2022 Brazil presidential election and in a follow-up study to prebunk with and without forewarning in the U.S. — the team compared two commonly used approaches for correcting misinformation. The first approach investigated situational credible sources delivered by political figures to confirm the legitimacy of elections. The second approach, prebunking, was used to provide factual information before exposure to misinformation in the hopes that preemptively encoding information into an individual’s memory may shape how subsequent information is processed.

Using surveys timed around national elections in the U.S. and Brazil, the researchers tested how situationally credible sources and prebunking messages influenced beliefs about elections. Participants were randomly assigned to view the different types of correction approaches and then answered questions about their confidence in elections, perceptions of fraud and factual accuracy. The data from the surveys were then analyzed to assess how these interventions shaped public opinion.

In the analysis of the 2022 U.S. midterms, researchers found that both corrections and prebunking approaches boosted voter confidence — but prebunking had a longer-lasting impact on beliefs about voter fraud, especially among the most misinformed.

Similar effects emerged in Brazil after the contentious 2022 presidential election, where prebunking proved even more effective at instilling election confidence and factual accuracy. “In Brazil, we saw a particularly strong effect from prebunking,” Fogarty said. “The facts were nonpartisan and required no background knowledge about political actors, making prebunking especially promising in fast-moving political environments.”

The results of the follow-up U.S. study revealed that prebunking was significantly more effective when information was delivered without forewarning. In fact, including warnings about misleading information slightly reduced effectiveness, particularly among Republican participants.

The research suggests that prebunking offers several advantages — it is nonpartisan, does not require context about a particular election, and is effective at reaching broad audiences, making it a promising tool for policymakers, platforms and journalists.

Still, Fogarty cautions that additional studies are needed to assess prebunking’s long-term effectiveness, application in different cultural settings and interaction with real-world media environments. “I’m optimistic that even though there is still research to be done, prebunking can be considered as a powerful tool for countering election misinformation — especially when it’s delivered clearly, early and without partisan cues to support informed citizens and resilient democracies,” he said.

“This project exemplifies the Lucy Family Institute’s research ethos of interdisciplinary scholarship that addresses complex societal challenges through domain-informed and data-driven approaches, supporting efforts to build trust and resilience in democratic processes,” said , founding director of the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society and the Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering.

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Each election cycle, thousands of candidates vie for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Until now, there has been no comprehensive, publicly available resource cataloging what those candidates say about who they are or what they stand for.

A open-access database called , created by researchers at the University of 91�Թ�, offers researchers, journalists and educators a powerful tool to understand congressional elections.

Developed by , the 91�Թ� du Lac Assistant Professor in 91�Թ�’s , the database project began in 2017 and has captured tens of thousands of campaign platform points and biographical narratives from congressional campaign websites over the past eight years.

“Information is the bedrock of democratic accountability, yet the vast majority of congressional candidates leave little trace in our political record,” said Porter, who is also a faculty fellow with the . “CampaignView is designed to fill that gap.”

The database contains the biographies of more than 5,000 major-party candidates who ran for the U.S. House of Representatives between 2018 and 2022. Representing nearly 87 percent of all ballot-eligible contenders across both primary and general elections, CampaignView offers an unprecedented lens into how candidates communicate their campaign priorities and shape party identity.

Beyond the election cycle, data on candidate campaign messages can signal the future legislative agendas of electoral candidates and offer researchers valuable insights into evaluating key components of democracy.

While the database has clear academic value, its utility extends far beyond political science. Journalists covering campaigns, advocacy organizations researching candidate alignment and citizens seeking to better understand their choices at the ballot box all stand to benefit from the database’s usability.

Rather than relying on archived websites, many of which provide only incomplete or inconsistently preserved records, the CampaignView data was built by collecting campaign materials in real time, just before each state’s primary election, to ensure that the messages of candidates were accurately captured as they were delivered to voters during each election cycle.

To build the database, Porter worked with , assistant professor of political science at the University of Iowa, and , professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to identify major-party candidates, manually collecting biographical and policy content from candidate campaign websites through extensive searches and follow-ups before each primary.

Using a standardized system, a team of undergraduate student annotators categorized more than 40,000 policy statements by topic and paired each candidate with additional information such as party affiliation, incumbency status and election outcomes. After each election cycle, information on each candidate’s primary election vote share was also collected from the .

Through the platform’s design, users can search by candidate name, party, year or district, and filter by policy area or platform text.

One of CampaignView’s most significant contributions is its focus on primary elections — the stage at which most congressional races are now effectively decided.

“With the decline of competitive general elections, understanding candidate behavior during the primaries is essential,” Porter said. “This is where messaging strategies are most revealing, and where the ideological direction of each party is shaped.”

The database is also well-suited to examine issues of political polarization, agenda-setting and strategic self-presentation — topics at the heart of contemporary political science, media studies and public discourse.

”Within certain topics, CampaignView can indicate substantial partisan differences across several years,” Porter explained. “Democrats consistently emphasize 'Energy and Environment,' 'Healthcare' and 'Social Welfare,' whereas Republicans discuss 'Immigration' and 'Government Operations' more frequently.”

Porter also pointed out that some key search topics exhibit notable changes within parties from one election cycle to the next. For example, prior to 2022, Democrats were roughly 25 percentage points more likely than Republicans to discuss the topic of education — a gap that narrowed significantly to about five percentage points in 2022. Trends in discussions of health care reveal a different pattern, however. In 2020, Democrats were 23 percentage points more likely to discuss health care in their campaigns compared to Republicans; and by 2022, the gap had widened to more than 40 percentage points.

Data from the 2024 election is in the final phase of processing, and plans are already being made to include the 2026 elections and beyond. Additional features of CampaignView may explore partisan language trends, gender differences in candidate messaging or how campaign rhetoric predicts legislative priorities once candidates enter office. The team also hopes to leverage artificial intelligence to automate the system so that users can acquire real-time information about candidates during the election cycle.

“Information is critical to a well-functioning democracy — and the University of 91�Թ� is leading the way in research committed to upholding this essential pillar of democratic society,” Porter said. “Right now, we see CampaignView as a valuable resource for scholars and journalists to access information about candidates. In the future, we hope it can become just as valuable for voters.”

The development of the CampaignView data platform was supported by the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society at the University of 91�Թ�.

The database is hosted on Harvard Dataverse and available in multiple formats for easy integration with statistical software.

For more information or to explore the database, visit .

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Now, researchers at 91�Թ�’s , the and the are working to reduce carbon emissions through advanced simulations and a novel artificial intelligence-driven tool, EcoSphere.

“Our goal is to develop tools that assess the carbon emission reduction and mitigation potentials of the built environment infrastructure —both through renovation and improved new construction. At the city scale, such a tool can offer data on building components and lifespans to support decision-making by policymakers and city planners,” said , the associate dean for research, scholarship and creative work in 91�Թ�’s School of Architecture.

Hu studies how embodied carbon can be analyzed to develop greener cities. Often considered a blind spot in urban sustainability due to limited standardized data, embodied carbon includes the carbon dioxide emitted during the construction of buildings. It accounts for almost of energy-related CO₂ emissions.

Drawing from the life cycle assessments and renovation rates of more than 1 million buildings in Chicago, Hu worked with , a 91�Թ� doctoral student in civil and environmental engineering, to develop a simulation of real-world urban dynamics. The model and the tool both help identify future mitigation strategies for reducing carbon emissions.

Hu and Ghorbany employed a “bottom-up” approach to tackling the project, calculating urban emissions by aggregating detailed data from individual buildings, including materials, age and structural characteristics.

The findings, in the March 2025 edition of npj Urban Sustainability, generated over 350,000 simulated scenarios and revealed that strategies focused on renovation and extending building life can significantly reduce embodied carbon emissions. The results showed that new construction produces up to 7,500 times more CO₂.

Renovation, Hu suggested, is often a more sustainable option. “While new construction introduces greater uncertainty in emission outcomes, our findings show that strategic building updates — whether through renovation or carefully planned new development — can significantly mitigate these risks. However, an increase in building size can offset potential carbon savings, underscoring the importance of urban planning approaches that prioritize renovation, preservation and efficiency where possible.”

For city planners and local policymakers, having access to this data in a user-friendly way may generate more effective advocacy for policies that can work to slow the rate of carbon emissions in cities.

91�Թ� researchers , codirector of the Civic-Geospatial Analysis and Learning Lab and associate professor of the practice in the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, , professor of computer science and engineering and Siyuan Yao, postdoctoral candidate in computer science and engineering, teamed up with Hu and Ghorbany to transform the scenario-based simulations into an AI-powered platform called EcoSphere, with results to be in the August 2025 edition of Automation in Construction.

EcoSphere integrates national building with embodied carbon data, Google Street View, satellite imagery and advanced machine learning techniques to generate readily available graphics that can help city planners and non-experts visualize emissions data. The EcoSphere interface provides information in a visualization dashboard, with the ability to dive deeper into simulation outcomes to understand potential cost implications, variables that drive simulation scenarios, the impact of mitigation strategies and cost and emission comparisons.

To evaluate the tool’s effectiveness, case studies were carried out in Chicago and Indianapolis. In both cities, EcoSphere demonstrated how varying construction methods and policy decisions can significantly impact a city’s carbon footprint and economic costs.

“EcoSphere uses machine learning not just to process these large datasets and imagery — but to understand it,” Sisk said. “By combining computer vision, geospatial analysis and large language models, we can generate detailed carbon profiles in real-time for entire cities, making sustainable urban planning faster, smarter and more accessible.”

Beyond city planning, EcoSphere has wider applications for use in school systems as a teaching tool for students to explore how carbon impacts the environment. Additionally, it can be integrated with and platforms for real-time decision-making and monitoring. Governments can use it to forecast the long-term effects of policy choices and to craft more effective carbon reduction regulations.

Hu is hopeful that the tools will provide a positive impact for cities in the US, where robust, data-driven strategies can work toward neutralizing carbon emissions.

“Together, these studies show how detailed data and smart software can help empower city planners to make informed decisions for a greener future,” Hu said.

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The University of 91�Թ�’s Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society and the St. Joseph County Department of Health partnered to evaluate and design technology-based interventions that call attention to the risks of e-cigarette use in young adults. Their goal for the study was to identify opportunities for improving health outcomes for St. Joseph County residents who may be at an increased risk of health complications due to social and economic factors including loss of livelihood, injuries or income instability.

With guidance from the Department of Health, Lucy Family Institute researchers leveraged geospatial analysis to create a , which shows an overlay of cancer incidence and mortality data by zip codes within St. Joseph County. This technique enabled researchers to identify (SDOH) that might indicate and vulnerabilities. This was then used to identify populations likely to have poor health outcomes.

“When we evaluated the results, lung cancer data generated distinctive differences across the different zip codes of the county,” said , associate professor of the practice at the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society. Sisk, who also leads the Civic-Geospatial Analysis and Learning Lab, added, “Within South Bend, higher cases of lung cancer are reported in younger, more ethnically and racially diverse areas, while in other areas of the county, higher incidence trends toward older populations.”

These findings prompted further inquiries from the Department of Health and the Lucy Family Institute, who sought greater insight into the accessibility of tobacco products for youth in the county. “We also mapped the locations of schools, gas stations and tobacco shops within St. Joseph County,” said Sisk. The data indicates a pressing need for increased awareness of the risks of smoking for middle and high school students — many of whom attend school within a few miles of tobacco shops and gas stations where e-cigarettes are heavily advertised.

Researchers in the field also aim to understand how to leverage technology to stem teen e-cigarette use. In 2024, over students in middle and high schools within the United States reported using e-cigarettes, making it the most commonly used tobacco product among young adults ages 14 to 18. In Indiana,�� of middle and high school students reported using e-cigarettes — roughly 1 percent��higher than the national average.

To understand and reverse this rise in e-cigarette use, the researchers reviewed over 90 studies examining existing technology-based prevention and cessation interventions and strategies. Interviews with teenagers and public health stakeholders, designed by , the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, provided important insights into the effectiveness of various intervention strategies.

“We are committed to advancing the well-being of individuals in our local community. A critical component of these efforts is investing in the health of the next generation,” said , the project’s principal investigator and founding director of the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society at 91�Թ�. “Through our collaboration with partners on campus and in South Bend, the Lucy Family Institute is generating key insights that can guide policy improvements for a healthier St. Joseph County,” he added.

The findings from the study inform future intervention strategies for implementation by the St. Joseph County Department of Health and other stakeholders in the community. The recommendations suggest an emphasis on the critical impact that middle and high school students could have in designing interventions that align with their preferences and digital habits. Additionally, program feedback loops were suggested that would welcome providers and public health workers to share the challenges and successes of intervention programs that can work to improve future models.

“The Health Department is dedicated to the well-being of our community. Using data and evidence-based interventions, we ensure our programs are impactful and effective. Public health is our priority, and we collaborate with educational institutions, community partners, local officials and the general public to create a healthier future for everyone,” said St. Joseph County Health Officer Diana Purushotham.

The recommendations were presented to the St. Joseph County Department of Health in December 2024. A presentation and a publication will follow.

Other collaborators involved in the project’s recommendations include Mary Mumbi Wachira, Johanna Olesk, Maria Milkowski and Matthew Stoner. The Health Department team included Dr. Diana Purushotham, Renata Williams, Alissa Balke and Brandon Gary.

For more information about projects within the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society’s Health Equity Data Lab, please visit the .

To learn more about the St. Joseph County Department of Health’s ongoing efforts to improve the lives and well-being of our community members, visit their .

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Eighty percent of occur in the postpartum period (up to one year following a birth), according to the Indiana Department of Health. And unlike complications during birth, the vast majority of postpartum deaths are preventable. These risks require immediate interventions aimed at improving the health and well-being of mothers.

Researchers at the University of 91�Թ� are taking action by engaging community partners in St. Joseph County, Indiana, to help improve access to health care services for pregnant and postpartum women in underserved areas of the community.

, the lead for the at 91�Թ�, is spearheading these efforts by implementing new approaches to postpartum care in St. Joseph County.

Adams, who is an assistant professor of the practice for the Eck Institute and concurrent assistant professor of the practice at the , has received funding from to pilot the Pop Up Pregnancy & Family Village program, a monthly “one-stop shop” of existing, evidence-based programs that are currently operating in St. Joseph County communities.

“The goal of the Pop Up Pregnancy & Family Village is to establish a trusted, consistent, monthly ‘one-stop shop’ for mothers and families to access connection to care, resources and support that will address social drivers of health, well-being, and mental health, in addition to physical health during pregnancy and the postpartum period, in one convenient location,” Adams said.

The Pop Up Pregnancy & Family Village program will begin in August and September at locations in South Bend and Mishawaka. There will be no cost for participants to attend and receive care.

Adams will provide a free information session at the St. Joseph County Public Library in April for area health professionals and wellness organizations interested in participating in this important initiative, which is expected to expand to other northern Indiana communities through support from .

Building partnerships within St. Joseph County is well-aligned with the to supporting the health and well-being of others through translational research that can advance the local community. Support from the St. Joseph County Health Department, Beacon and Saint Joseph health systems and several community-based organizations for the pop-up project will supplement other programs in the South Bend community.

Partnerships with the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute and Beacon Health System are enabling Adams to leverage insights from to address maternal mortality through group postpartum care programs that will be implemented in Indiana. While group prenatal care programs that offer peer support to expectant mothers are common within U.S. health care systems, group postpartum care models have yet to be implemented. The group postpartum care model developed by Adams will be among the first to be integrated into a health care system in the U.S.

With several ongoing efforts to improve the health of mothers and children, the Eck Institute that is mobilizing University researchers and campus partners to inspire maternal health advancements within the South Bend community.

“The University of 91�Թ� is dedicated to working with community partners to develop local programs that accelerate our impact for good in low- and middle-income communities,” said , director of the Eck Institute for Global Health and professor of biological sciences. “As part of this continuing alliance, the Eck Institute is fully committed to supporting global and local research that seeks to improve maternal health outcomes.”

In the United States, the . Adams hopes that by establishing a consistent monthly event that is conveniently located within local communities, “we can reduce health access barriers that have historically led to postpartum health complications and death.”

“Access to postpartum care services should be available to anyone, anywhere,” Adams said. “I am hopeful that we can reduce Indiana’s maternal mortality rates with our partners at the University and in the community. No woman should have to sacrifice her life to give life.”

To learn more about upcoming Maternal, Newborn and Child Health events or to join the working group, visit the .

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From 2006 to 2019, more than 100 metric tons of prescription opioid pain relievers — roughly the weight of a loaded Boeing 757-200 aircraft — were dispensed to individuals across Indiana. Widespread opioid use is leading to devastating socioeconomic and health challenges, but organizations and policymakers working to fix the problem have not had a clear picture of opioid manufacture and travel.

Now, a public database is filling in those details through a user-friendly interface developed at the University of 91�Թ�. This platform enables public access to more than 10 years of national controlled substance transaction information. This data structure makes querying easier and faster, providing transactional data on 14 different opioids including fentanyl, hydrocodone and oxycodone.

The database stores the Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System (ARCOS), a collection of more than 550 million detailed opioid transactions that were submitted to the Drug Enforcement Administration by manufacturers and distributors of controlled substances from 2006 to 2019.

“Understanding the root of the drug crisis is crucial for medical professionals, researchers and policymakers to mitigate its impact effectively,” said , the Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Economics and co-founder of the (LEO). “This is critical as this crisis has been particularly devastating for certain groups such as those who have been left behind in the economy. With this data, we now have unbelievable detail about the origins of this crisis, and we hope that this information can be part of developing solutions.”

The ARCOS data became available through , a 1994 91�Թ� alumnus and co-lead attorney in the . Although Farrell and his team at Farrell & Fuller had made the secured data publicly available on their firm’s site, the data set was very difficult to work with given its size.

Wanting to make this data more accessible to researchers, policymakers and health professionals, Farrell and the case’s expert witness met with researchers from LEO and 91�Թ�’s . Together, they created a plan for transferring the data to the University and gained a deeper understanding of the data.

Researchers from across campus collaborated with Farrell to develop a website where the. Evans and , the Gilbert F. Schaefer Associate Professor and director of graduate studies in the , partnered with the Lucy Family Institute’s (AETL) to facilitate the design and development of the new platform, .

The website offers customizable queries that trace the journey of individual prescription opioid purchases, from the state and county of manufacture to distribution within communities where they are dispensed.

, lead software solutions architect with AETL, developed the user-friendly interface for ARCOS. He hopes that access to the data on ARCOS.nd.edu will provide insights into understanding the rise of opioid misuse in America.

“The opioid crisis has claimed millions of lives. To change that, researchers need an easier way to obtain and analyze the data behind the crisis,” Kennel said.

, founding director of the Lucy Family Institute and the Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, noted that the project’s goal to provide user-oriented access to substance abuse transaction data aligns with 91�Թ�’s goal of pursuing research that provides discoveries to enhance human well-being. He described the opioid epidemic as “one of society’s wicked problems.”

“Addressing this challenge is central to the mission of the Lucy Family Institute and is aligned with the ,” Chawla said. “The data itself is not going to save a life, but the results from our collective research using the data can provide impactful data innovations that promote the prosperity of humanity. We are grateful for this collaboration with LEO, as it truly is a story of domain-informed, data-driven research for societal impact.”

This effort also informs a larger data platform initiative that AETL is launching this year, which “aims to scale impact by reducing barriers to access data and leverage advanced machine-learning resources,” said Rick Johnson, managing director of AETL.

The ARCOS website will expand as more information is collected to include additional years. In anticipation of this, the AETL team is continuing to optimize the user experience by developing enhanced query tools and file export options. Kennel explained that “at AETL, the apps that we build may not necessarily have an immediate impact on someone’s life, but we’re enabling people to do things that will have that kind of lasting impact.”

To learn more about future AETL project collaborations, visit the .

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