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    A Geometric Optimal Control Algorithm for Navigation Through Heterogeneous Regions
    (2026) Oradiambalam Sachidanandam, Sarjana; Diaz-Mercado, Yancy
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    Amplifying ADVANCE: Campus Transformations for Faculty Success
    (2026) Culpepper, Dawn; Goodwin, Stephanie; Mitchneck, Beth
    To meet their missions and achieve their priorities, colleges and universities must facilitate faculty success. The National Science Foundation-funded ADVANCE Program put in place interventions and studied efforts to improve the climate for faculty success for women in STEM fields from 2001- 2025. ADVANCE offers an evidence-based framework for understanding the campus transformations that lead to broader, faculty success impacts. This research brief provides an overview of the results of a meta-synthesis of the outcomes of the ADVANCE Program, based on evaluation reports and publicly available articles and reports. The brief summarizes the seven main campus transformations ADVANCE projects initiated and the two broader impacts the ADVANCE program attained.
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    Adopting Principles in Indigenous Archival Repatriation as a New SAA Standard
    (Archival Outlook, 2026-02-24) Begay, Vina; Friedel, Megan K.; Marsh, Diana; Punzalan, Ricardo; Savory, Jacob; Schlottmann, Kevin; Stoner, Melissa; Hummingbird, Kelley
    The Society of American Archivists (SAA) Archival Repatriation Committee is pleased to announce that the SAA Council approved Principles in Indigenous Archival Repatriation (PINAR) as a professional standard on August 24, 2025. PINAR marks the culmination of a two-year effort, launched in 2022, to create professional guidance supporting the ethical return of archival materials to Indigenous communities.
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    Community Ownership Strategies for Keeping Small Businesses In Place: Case Studies
    (Small Business Anti-Displacement Network, 2025-11) Rodriguez, Reemberto; June-Friesen, Katy; Lung, Willow; Johnson, Dejuan
    Community ownership is a long-term solution for preventing small business displacement, supporting neighborhood stability, and maintaining diverse local economies. It gives community members and stakeholders control of their neighborhood assets and removes property from the speculative market, preserving it for community benefit. Historically, community ownership has primarily been used to create affordable housing, and most examples of community ownership are residential. However, it can also be used to preserve commercial property and provide space for community-serving small businesses. The six organizations featured in these case studies model how commercial community ownership can be done—and done well. ​Mission Economic Development Agency (San Francisco) Women’s Opportunities Resource Center (Philadelphia) The Miami Foundation (Miami, Florida) Mangrove Flatbush Central (Brooklyn, New York) Partnership in Property Commercial Land Trust (Minneapolis) Little Tokyo Community Impact Fund (Los Angeles) Their case studies offer insights into a variety of tools and practices, including commercial land trusts, community investment funds, commercial property loans, land use policies, nonprofit property acquisitions, and small business incubators that provide affordable vending space.
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    Takoma Langley Crossroads : Keeping and Making Place in a Purple Line Community
    (2026-03-16) Eisenbach, Ronit; Kousoulas, Claudia; Newman, Rayya
    Creative Placemaking (CRPM) architecture students partnered with CRPM studio arts students and worked under the supervision of faculty and planning students to imagine a future for the Takoma Langley Crossroads, part of the ongoing work to expand the benefits of public investment in the Purple Line. With the goal of supporting the area’s small businesses, the project was designed to help stakeholders envision a future where people walk and bike to the businesses from the Purple Line and surrounding neighborhoods, enjoying a shared community space with a series of oases, places for people to stop and play, relax, or dine. The studio developed designs and activities to spark public conversation to imagine what this might look like. The Takoma Langley Crossroads commercial district at the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue and University Boulevard is home and haven for many first- and second-generation Americans. The businesses in this first ring suburb of Washington, D.C. serve the needs of immigrant groups who have settled in the area. They sell clothing, share cuisine, and provide the services that different groups look for in their community. It is a diverse ethnic enclave and the “hub of immigrant entrepreneurship here in Takoma Park and in Maryland,” says Javier Rivas, Executive Director of The Takoma Langley Crossroads Development Authority. In the Spring of 2025, a Metro system extension, the Purple Line light rail line, is currently under construction and disrupting commerce, adversely affecting many small businesses and contributing to a sense of uncertainty and vulnerability. While the hope is that the new light rail and subsequent development will eventually contribute to the “creation of vibrant and sustainable communities that enhance health, culture, and a sense of place,” (PLCC) it is difficult to envision this future right now. The area is built at a car scale and lacks public amenities, but this international area currently has a rich culture and sense of place, to which the local small businesses contribute. The current challenge is to alleviate the stress on businesses and help them attract customers to ensure their survival. The opportunity here is the chance for people to imagine the positive impact of the completed Purple Line, including new customers and a more pedestrian-oriented public realm.