Age-Friendly Innovation Center
A program of The Ohio State University College of Social Work, we improve social, built and service environments that support livability for people of all ages and abilities.
Principles
AFIC is committed to a set of principles that guide and ground the work of the Center.
- Striving Towards Culture Competence
- Accessibility
- Community Engagement
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Featured Media
Research Highlighted in USAging's The Economic Value of the Aging Network (opens in a new tab)
Findings from the Age-Friendly Innovation Center's Shallow Subsidy Pilot Project Finding were included in the newly released document, The Economic Value of the Aging Network, released by USAging.
5-minute read • usaging.org (opens in a new tab)
Webinar: Creating Age-Friendly Communities: Local Approaches from Practice, Policy, and Research (opens in a new tab)
Age-Friendly Innovation Center Director and Director of Research to be featured in a Center for Urban and Regional Analysis Webinar.
1-minute read • osu.zoom.us (opens in a new tab)
Scholar Alumni Highlights
Yasmine Kadimi-Skalli ('24) (opens in a new tab)
Skalli arrives at ISR after completing her bachelor’s degree in social and environmental geography at Ohio State University. During her time at OSU, she completed an independent research project examining the community development and place-making practices of Muslims in Detroit.
May 28, 2025 • Institute for Social Research University of Michigan (opens in a new tab)
Corrina Hyde ('22) (opens in a new tab)
If Central Ohio is going to become a greener place, more of us will need to ride COTA. So what’s keeping us away? For a good number, it appears to be the intimidation factor. Learning to ride a bus is a bit like picking up a foreign language. And if you don’t have a good teacher, you’ll probably never have the courage to speak in a different tongue. Well, turns you can get a COTA teacher—and her name is Corrina Hyde. For about a year, she’s served as the bus authority’s social services program manager. And as part of that job, she offers “travel training”—tutorials on the basics of COTA, including how to pay, find maps and schedules, transfer to other buses, exit and board vehicles, and use online and digital resources like the Transit app.
January 17, 2024 • columbusmonthly.com (opens in a new tab)
Emily Long (opens in a new tab)
AHACO is proud to invite you to the June 8th premiere of Anita Kwan's short film: "United: the Hidden History of the Humble Duplex". This is a powerful story of how the duplex rose as a symbol of Columbus’ middle-class mobility, was nearly outlawed in the era of segregationist zoning, and is now reemerging as a tool for growth, wealth, and individuality.
June 9, 2025 • linkedin.com (opens in a new tab)