On June 10, the UIC Master of City Design (MCD) Summer Studio, aka the ‘Chicago Charrette,’ will hold a final presentation and showcase in the Aquinas Literacy Center at 6:30 pm. Attendees will…
David Merriman, James J. Stukel Presidential Professor and interim dean in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at UIC, addresses the tricky balance of weighing what ethical considerations are appropriate and…
In an NPR story looking at the rise in deaths and serious injuries among cyclists hit by cars and trucks, P.S. Sriraj, director of the Urban Transportation Center at UIC and research associate professor of…
Alex Linares, an economic development planner at the UIC Great Cities Institute, spoke to ABC 7 Chicago during a report on Illinois being undercounted in the 2020 census.
Dr. Agustina Laurito uses student-level data from New York City to investigate how exposure to violence affects students’ test performances. Click here to read more on the Phelan US Centre blog.
A Chicago Sun-Times article on Illinois being undercounted in the 2020 census includes comments from Rob Paral, a senior researcher with the Great Cities Institute at UIC, who says the state’s outreach program and the…
The spring studio course in the University of Illinois Chicago’s (UIC) City Design (MCD) program explored potential design responses to rising incidents of flooding in downtown Chicago. Combining scientific research with design work, from…
A South Side Weekly story about a community-centered development and a proposed subsurface shipping and logistics facility located on Chicago’s Southeast Side cites details and graphics from a 2019 UIC Great Cities Institute report. The…
Amanda Lewis, director of the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, professor of Black studies and sociology, and distinguished professor of liberal arts and sciences, shares a personal perspective in an…
Research on the informal economy in West Garfield Park co-led by Nik Theodore, UIC professor of urban planning and policy, director of the Center for Urban Economic Development and fellow at the Great…
