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CUPPA Students Recognized for Achievements

During the 2016-17 academic year, CUPPA students were recognized with the following awards: Dean F. Eitel Graduate Student Award: Public Administration Students Kelly Williams and Qixin Chen Jane Addams Distinguished Service Award:  Public Administration…

CUPPA Alumni President Receives Model Administrator/Alumnus Award

The CUPPA Alumni Board of Directors president, Nicole Sims MPA ’02, received the Model Administrator/Alumnus Award at the 37th Annual Public Service Recognition Awards Program of the Greater Chicago Chapter American Society for Public Administration…

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Sriraj on the Great Lakes Basis Railroad

P.S. Sriraj, director of the Urban Transportation Center and research associate professor, is quoted in a Rockford Register Star article about proposed plans for the Great Lakes Basin Railroad.

UPP Assoc. Prof Brenda Parker on Thrift Shopping

The Lansing State Journal (MI) quotes Brenda Parker, associate professor of urban planning and policy, in an article on the interest and changing attitudes surrounding thrift shopping. Parker’s research concerns urban homesteading, such…

UPP's Drucker Receives UIC Teaching Recognition Award

UPP Associate Professor Josh Drucker received the 2016-17 Teaching Recognition Award at UIC. The TRP is UIC’s only campus-wide, self-nominated, faculty-administered teaching award program. It recognizes the teaching excellence of faculty at any of…

Zellner Receives Inaugural APA Academic Tech Innovators Grant

UPP Assoc. Prof. Moira Zellner is the recipient of the American Planning Association (APA) inaugural Academic Tech Innovators Grant. Zellner’s UIC team will demonstrate green infrastructure participatory planning for stormwater management in the Tech Zone at APA’s National Planning…

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UPP Prof Rachel Weber Receives 2017 Best Book Award

The Urban Affairs Association (UAA), the international professional association for urban scholars, researchers and public service professionals, convened its 47th Annual Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 19-22, 2017. During the conference, awards were…