The EDA University Center in UIC’s Nathalie P. Voorhees Center recently detailed growth in the Chicago region’s green economy. Their May 2017 report, “Sizing Up Our Region’s Green Economy,” was cited in an article in…
A 2016 study from Urban Planning and Policy Professor John Betancur detailed the Pilsen neighborhood’s declining Hispanic population in Crain’s Chicago Business. Crain’s covered a proposed 30-story apartment tower addition to a property in…
CUPPA Dean Michael A. Pagano has been made a University of Illinois System President’s Executive Leadership Program (PELP) 2017-18 Fellow. The selection process this year was very competitive with more than 60 nominations received from the three universities…
A Chicago Defender cover story on affordable housing and gentrification features several quotes from Stacey Sutton, UIC assistant professor of urban planning and policy. https://chicagodefender.com/affordable-housing-reclaim-remain-rebuild/
The Chicago Tribune quotes Rebecca Hendrick, UIC professor of public administration, in an article about the City of Harvey’s illegal activity involving its water fund finances. http://trib.in/2uhg1YG (subscription may be required)
Rachel Weber, professor of urban planning and policy, is interviewed in a Crain’s Chicago Business investigative story on “blight-fighting” TIF funds being diverted to pay for Navy Pier renovations. http://bit.ly/2uhNyCg (subscription may be required)
A Nov. 2016 report from UIC’s Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement that suggests lawmakers should consider increasing the minimum wage is cited by the online newspaper Evanston Now in…
The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, and WBBM Newsradio (780AM/105.9FM) feature stories on a new report by the UIC Great Cities Institute on youth unemployment in Chicago and Cook County. The report, commissioned by…
This latest report from UIC’s Great Cities Institute updates data on youth joblessness for Cook County from its 2016 report; compiles and calculates longitudinal employment data dating back to 1960; identifies the location of…