A Chicago Tribune article on increased nuisance behavior on public transportation and how the CTA is addressing the issue includes comments from Kate Lowe, UIC associate professor of urban planning and policy, who questions the…
A WBEZ report analyzing new data showing continuing gentrification in Chicago includes perspective from John Betancur, UIC professor of urban planning and policy.
UPP professors Phil Ashton and Rachel Weber published a new article on urban crowdfunding schemes entitled, “Crowd control: The regulatory logics of urban crowdfunding.” They assess whether and how forms of internet-based financial intermediation are disrupting established…
Teresa Cordova, director of the Great Cities Institute at UIC and professor of urban planning and policy, was one of two featured guests in a discussion on KPCC Radio’s “AirTalk” that examined the…
On Friday, March 11, Urban Planning and Policy Professor Rachel Weber was invited by Leadership Greater Chicago to address Chicago-area CEOs and senior executives on the topic of The Future of Chicago’s Loop along with Roche Schulfer,…
Urban Planning and Policy’s Joshua Drucker, associate professor, co-authored a column published in PA Times on March 11 with Richard Funderburg of UI Springfield. The column describes research conducted with CUPPA Interim Dean David Merriman and Urban…
The Chicago Sun Times, WBEZ, Block Club Chicago and Crain’s Chicago Business featured the work of April Jackson, UIC Associate Professor of urban planning and policy, and Dr. Amy Khare, Research Director, National Initiative on Mixed Income Communities…
In a co-authored column published by Crain’s Chicago Business, Kate Lowe, UIC associate professor of urban planning and policy, advocates for infrastructure investments that address mobility disparities. Findings from a 2020 study co-authored…
A WTTW-TV online story recaps the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy’s recent virtual event that covered the institute’s earlier report examining how Chicago’s most vulnerable populations were impacted during the COVID-19 crisis.
Installation of protective doors on CTA rapid transit stations as a way to protect passengers was the focus of a CBS 2 Chicago report that included commentary from P.S. Sriraj, director of the Urban Transportation Center,…
