The Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement was recently awarded NASA’s Silver Group Achievement Award for a stellar achievement that supports NASA’s Core Values. In fall of 2020, the Voorhees Center conducted…
The first issue of “In the Loop with CUPPA Research Centers,” was launched on March 4, 2022. In the Loop is a new, e-newsletter featuring the ongoing research of centers in the College of…
Findings from the UIC Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy’s report, “Chicago’s Racial Wealth Gap,” are cited in a Chicago Tribune story about land sale contracts and a related social justice art project.
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…
