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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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CUPPA News and Events Heading link
Jul
15
2023
UIC-Halsted CTA Station Open, Blue Line Reconstruction Through October 2023
7/15/23, 12:00 am–10/31/23, 12:00 am
Sep
28
2023
Bodies holding up communities: Uncaring infrastructures in Santiago, Chile and beyond
Thursday, 10:00 am–11:30 am
418 CUPPAH
Sep
30
2023
SPARK
Saturday, 5:00 pm–9:30 pm
Harrison Field
Oct
2
2023
CUPPA Involvement Fair
Monday, 4:30 pm–6:30 pm
Lower Level CUPPA
Oct
18
2023
Comparing cities, a posteriori
Wednesday, 10:00 am–11:30 am
418 CUPPAH