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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.

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Mar 7 2025

GFRC Webinar - EERE Research Funding

Friday, 11:00 am–12:00 pm
Mar 7 2025

The 2024 Central Area Plan Update: A 20-Year Vision For Equitable Downtown Growth

Friday, 12:00 pm–1:30 pm
110 Cuppa Hall
Mar 7 2025

CUPPA Career Day 2025

Friday, 1:30 pm–6:00 pm
CUPPAH Lower Level
Mar 10 2025

UPPF Info Session – Latin American Recruitment and Educational Services

Monday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Mar 11 2025

We Gotta Stop Criminalizing Mental Illness: Movement-led Research on Mental Health Supports in Chicago

Tuesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Daley Library 1-470
Mar 12 2025

Building a Collective Vision of Liberation with Mariame Kaba & Beth Richie

Wednesday, 4:00 pm–6:30 pm
301 SCE