NPR Illinois interviewed Beth Gutelius, research director for the Center for Urban Economic Development at UIC, in a story about Illinois maintaining pandemic-enhanced weekly unemployment benefits as business leaders point to a labor…
Alejandra Marín Buitrago, Ph.D. student in Urban Planning, authored an article in CounterPunch titled, “Columbia on the Brink,” on the Colombian civil unrest that began last week in response to austerity policies. Read the…
Gentrification research by Stacey Sutton, UIC associate professor of urban planning and policy, is cited in a column from The Atlantic that details archaeological work shedding light on the origins of gentrification that…
P.S. Sriraj, director of the Urban Transportation Center and research associate professor at UIC, offers insight in a Block Club Chicago article about a proposed street direction change in the Oakland neighborhood on the…
Nik Theodore was quoted in two stories in The American Prospect exploring issues impacting workers and unions. Theodore states that, although the worker center movement has made strides, it’s only the beginning. Read…
A recent ABC 7 Chicago news story and virtual town hall covering the fatal police shooting of Adam Toledo includes perspective from Alex Linares, an economic development planner for the Great Cities Institute…
ABC 7 Chicago interviewed Teresa Córdova, director of UIC’s Great Cities Institute and professor of urban planning and policy, in a segment on Illinois’ population loss, including reasons behind the decline, why and…
Findings from a UIC Great Cities Institute report on Black population loss in Chicago are cited a story from The New York Times Magazine that details the author’s Chicago connections and the life…
The economic, health and social impacts of COVID-19 are unprecedented, and state and local governments are not immune. From revenue shortfalls to meeting increased demand for public services, the challenges facing government entities…
Crain’s Detroit Business interviewed Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, in an article on Detroit’s plans for a task force to assess and plan its use of…
