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The Experience Advantage

CUPPA student Annika Hsu transitioned from corporate sustainability to community development through a hands-on internship with the McKinley Park Development Council, connecting her work to meaningful neighborhood impact.

Members of the CUPPA 2025 Dean's List standing in the Lower Level of CUPPA Hall in a group with their dean's list certificates.

CUPPA Dean's List 2025

Congratulations to CUPPA’s Public Policy, Urban Studies, and undeclared students who made the 2025 CUPPA Dean’s List! (The Dean’s List includes only full-time students who have earned at least a 3.5 grade point…

Aniya Payton, a UIC Gilman Scholarship winner, previously traveled to Italy. (Photo: Aniya Payton)

Urban Studies Major Awarded Gilman Scholarship

One of two UIC students whose study abroad semester is being funded by U.S. Department of State’s Gilman Scholarship, Aniya Payton is a fourth-year student in the urban studies program. Payton, who has traveled…