Big Data Backs Up Hunches—and Offers Some Surprises
New Haven Independent December 12, 2013
[Excerpt] Grubbs and others from the community gathered at the Institute Library on Chapel Street Wednesday evening to talk about that report, the Greater New Haven Community Index 2013, and about its real-world implications in New Haven.… Read More
Local panel discusses data as a tool for Greater New Haven
New Haven Register December 11, 2013
[Excerpt] The report, written by Mark Abraham, executive director of DataHaven, has gotten high praise for its compilation of data benchmarking economic opportunity, health needs and the civic life of Greater New Haven residents.… Read More
Opportunity limited in Elm City
Yale Daily News October 15, 2013
[Excerpt] Economic opportunity in the Greater New Haven area has remained stagnant in the past decade, according to a report released in late September by the nonprofit group DataHaven.… Read More
Elm City combats infant mortality
Yale Daily News October 11, 2013
[Excerpt] From 2003–2009, 12 out of every 1000 babies born in New Haven died, and a higher percengtage of those deaths were African American children, according to the Community Health Index recently published by DataHaven.… Read More
Speaking by the Numbers
Yale Daily News October 11, 2013
[Excerpt]: "Eyes calmly scanning his two monitors and the documents spread out before him, Abraham has the demeanor of a Buddhist monk.“Mark is incredibly perceptive,” said Jim Farnam. “He presents things in a low-key but effective way.”… Read More
Obesity plagues Elm City
Yale Daily News October 9, 2013
[Excerpt] Obesity and diabetes are far more prevalent in low-income New Haven neighborhoods than in their high-income counterparts, according to a newly released report by DataHaven, a local non-profit run by a Yale alumnus.… Read More
