The UIC Office of Global Engagement awarded one of four John and Grace Nuveen Grants for Campus Internationalization to Urban Planning and Policy’s Sanjeev Vidyarthi and Sevin Yildiz for use in the Master…
A Block Club Chicago article on participatory budgeting taking place in Chicago’s 1st ward cites an online portal run by UIC’s Great Cities Institute that gives residents the opportunity to vote on potential…
In a story from Next City, Kate Lowe, UIC associate professor of urban planning and policy, addresses issues of mobility equity in relation to the City of Chicago’s recently passed ordinance to establish…
A Better Government Association column on political gerrymandering of state legislative districts includes perspective from Jim Lewis, senior research specialist at UIC’s Great Cities Institute, who addresses the Supreme Court’s role in the…
An article from The New Yorker on migrant laborers who travel to areas impacted by climate disasters cites related research from Nik Theodore, UIC professor and head of urban planning and policy, director…
Kelly LeRoux, professor of public administration, is one of 39 leaders in the field of public administration who have been selected for the National Academy of Public Administration’s 2021 Class of Academy Fellows.…
Bisnow highlights a report co-authored by David Merriman, James J. Stukel Presidential Professor and interim dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, that suggests an increase in employees working from…
An Aurora Beacon-News article details a presentation by Rob Paral, a senior research specialist with the Great Cities Institute at UIC, to the Aurora’s City Council as the municipality seeks to gain approval…
November 4, 2021 COVID-19 dramatically altered how and where many employees work, a shift that could have a long-term negative effect on commercial real estate occupancy rates and, ultimately, on local governments’ tax revenue base, a new study…
