Zafer Sönmez, postdoctoral research associate in UIC’s Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement, spoke with the Chicago Tribune about the coronavirus pandemic forcing conventions to be cancelled at McCormick Place,…
Before the pandemic slowed non-essential travel to a halt, Urban Planning and Policy Professor Kheir Al-Kodmany had been busy travelling the world, visiting cities in East Asia, Europe, Middle East, and South America.…
David Merriman, James J. Stukel Presidential Professor in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at UIC, is interviewed in a WBBM Newsradio story about the experience of other states that have…
Congratulations to Master of Urban Planning and Policy (MUPP) Alumna Chelsie Coren on earning the APA Outstanding Student Award! As a MUPP student, Chelsie worked as a Research KnowledgeBase intern at the American…
NPR Illinois interviewed Amanda Kass, associated director of the Government Finance Research Institute at UIC, in a story about what a graduated income tax could mean for Illinois’ budget. Kass says that lawmakers…
Findings from a study on graduated income taxes published by the Government Finance Research Center at UIC earlier this year are cited in a fact-checking story from One Illinois, a nonprofit statewide online…
CBS2 Chicago interviewed P.S. Sriraj, director of the Urban Transportation Center and research associate professor at UIC, during a segment on CTA crime since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Watch at: https://cbsloc.al/33RHmCI
An article from the Seattle Times about Amazon’s turnover rate among front-line workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic features research from Beth Gutelius, associate director of UIC’s Center for Urban Economic Development, and Nik…
A Chicago Gazette article about community response to the CTA’s shutdowns in the wake of summer protests and looting includes comments from Kate Lowe, UIC association professor of urban planning and policy. https://bit.ly/34xB8qG
The Bond Buyer quotes Michael Pagano, dean of the UIC College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, in an article on the preparedness of cities for the “next big crisis.” https://bit.ly/2GDlAd3 (subscription required)
