The “Latino Neighborhoods Report” profiled 12 predominantly Latino community areas in Chicago. The findings help advocate parity of resources as the Latino population in Chicago continues to grow. More info on the report…
The Huff Post cites the UIC Great Cities Institute’s index of economic hardship in Chicago’s 77 communities in an article detailing related research on poverty in San Antonio, Texas.http://bit.ly/2z1xiFF
The Chicago Reporter features “How prisons inflate white voting power in downstate Illinois,” a co-authored essay by Amanda Lewis, director of UIC’s Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy and professor of…
MUPP alum and director of transportation, Metropolitan Planning Council, Audrey Wennink’s letter to the editor was featured in the Chicago Tribune on September 28. Audrey encourages proper funding of regional transportation.
Dr. P.S. Sriraj, director of the Urban Transportation Center and research associate professor, shared thoughts on the proposed Hyperloop project during a segment of the “Chicago Tonight” public affairs program on WTTW television. The…
Nebiyou Tilahun, UIC assistant professor of urban planning and policy, is interviewed by The Chicago Reporter in a story about the impact of highway expansion on job accessibility, particularly for low-income workers. Tilahun,…
Tim Johnson, director of UIC’s Survey Research Laboratory and professor of Public Administration, commented in the Guardian on a widely cited college free-speech survey. Johnson said the survey was, “really not appropriate.” Read…
Kate Lowe, UIC assistant professor of urban planning and policy, is interviewed in a Chicago Tribune article about a proposed plan for a half-mile walkway under the CTA’s Brown Line in Lakeview. Lowe…
David Merriman, professor of public administration, will speak at the Illinois State and Local Tax Conference that will take place on Tuesday, September 26th at the Meridian Conference Center in Arlington Heights. The…
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell cites findings from a UIC Great Cities Institute report on youth unemployment in the Chicago area in her column examining the Trump administration’s assertion that immigration has had a negative…
