Harnessing Data for the Public Good

IEDL Spring 2025 Review

Our theme for this year’s IEDL is Harnessing Data for the Public Good. Below, see our Spring review elaborating on this theme and delivering highlights from our work over the Spring 2025 semester.  Below, see overview and deliverables for select projects. 

View the 2025 Spring Review Slides PDF

IEDL Spring 2025 Projects

The Spring 2025 Lab focused on four projects over the semester, two related to business development and one developing a business strategy for a local nonprofit and a fourth project conducting exploratory research for a welcome center initative for the city. Below is a dashboard developed this semester by one of the teams allowing for interactive exploration of the business landscape in the city of New Haven. 

CIG Dashboard

Dashboard link

IEDL Spring 2025 Fellows 

Our IEDL Spring 2025 Fellows added technical support and mentorship to our SOM student teams. We appreciate you:

Ricky Li, World Economic Forum LinkedIN

Asia Brown, Wellspring LinkedIN

Liam Grace-Flood, Wellspring LinkedIN

IEDL Spring 2025 Stakeholders 

Special thanks to our Community Project Leads and Stakeholders who meet biweekly with student teams, assisted with stakeholder outreach, prepped the projects and carried the work forward into it’s next iteration of impact! We are grateful for your time and expertise: 

CARE

Ebonie Jackson

Center for Inclusive Growth

Dawn Leaks Ragsdale, Jesse Phillips

New Haven Land Bank

Serena Neal-Sanjurjo

Welcome Center

Maggie Moffet, John DeStefano