Annie Howard, MUPP '21|Posted on September 07, 2023
When Andy Bavas was appointed the director of graduate studies for the newly-founded Masters of Urban Planning and Policy (MUPP) program at what was then called the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle,…
The Spring 2023 Master of City Design (MCD) Studio has been awarded the American Planning Association – Illinois (APA-IL) Chapter’s Student Project Award. This marks the third year in a row that CUPPA…
David Merriman, interim director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs and professor of Public Policy, Management and Analytics, was quoted in a story in the Washington Post on the “ill-fated” Foxconn…
Rachel Weber, professor of Urban Planning and Policy, was quoted in an article on Chicago Public Schools transparency thru the Near South High School planning process, which was published on the Illinois Answers Project…
Haniyyah Thomas, CUPPA Public Policy major, has been awarded the Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service from the Obama Foundation. The Voyager Scholarship was created by the Obamas and Brian Chesky, Co-Founder and CEO…
CUPPA Dean Stacey Swearingen White was selected to participate in the 2023-24 President’s Executive Leadership Program (PELP) sponsored by University of Illinois System President Tim Killeen. As a PELP fellow, Dean Swearingen White will…
Jered Carr didn’t expect to stick around for so long. As leader of the Department of Public Policy, Management, and Analytics for the past nine years, Carr has shepherded the Department through a…
When he stepped in as the new department head for the Urban Planning and Policy Department within CUPPA at the start of 2020, Professor Nik Theodore had grand plans. More than anything else,…
Angela Hurlock, Chief Executive Officer of Claretian Associates, is joining the Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement as the second Janet L. Smith Practitioner in Residence. Hurlock officially began her…
UIC’s Government Finance Research Center (GFRC) released its first report for the Illinois General Assembly’s commissioned study on water rate setting. This first project focuses on the Lake Michigan Service Area. Read the…
