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building just, resilient, and livable communities.
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Explore the beauty of our UIC campus in the heart of downtown Chicago and meet 11 inspiring students who are taking full advantage of all that UIC has to offer as Chicago’s ground-breaking public research university. Meet CUPPA Public Policy Minor Maxxwell Guffey and see where you belong at UIC.
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UIC Urban Planning & Public Affairs
We are the University of Illinois System's home for the study of public policy and contemporary urban challenges.
Explore majors and minors designed to help you make the places we live better.
CUPPA's two undergraduate majors, public policy and urban studies, will give you tangible skills when you graduate.
Majors
In CUPPA, we offer degrees in fields of study that can change your life and change the world.
It's more than just a graduate degree. It's a new way to see the world.
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Key resources at UIC to help you help our communities!
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CUPPA Faculty and Staff welcomed the seventh dean of the college, Stacey Swearingen White, on July 1, 2022. Watch MUPP Alum Annie Howard interview Dean Swearingen White.
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Apr
22
2024
Pi Alpha Alpha Induction Ceremony
Monday, 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
CUPPA Hall Lower Level
Apr
24
2024
Space to Engage - The Future of Chicago
Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Richard Daley Library R. 1-470
May
3
2024
CUPPA Commencement
Friday, 1:00 pm–3:00 pm
UIC Dorin Forum
May
7
2024
Public Policy, Management, & Analytics Graduate Degree Information Session
Tuesday, 6:00 pm–7:00 pm
Zoom
May
16
2024
Envisioning Equitable Transitions to Sustainable Transportation Systems
Thursday 16th, 12:00 am–Friday 17th, 11:00 pm
Student Center East