The Wall Street Journal quotes Michael Pagano, dean of the UIC College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and director of the Government Finance Research Center, in an article looking at how Chicago…
Recode, Vox Media’s technology news website, features a story about a new report from Beth Gutelius, associate director of the Center for Urban Economic Development and senior researcher at the Great Cities Institute…
Amazon delivery trucks are a familiar sight on American roads and new warehouses are popping up across the country to keep up with the growing demands of e-commerce. A new report by CUED…
GFRC Associate Director Amanda Kass examined the recent recommendations by the Illinois Pension Consolidation Feasibility Task Force in a recent Crain’s Chicago article. The task force was assigned to analyze the possibility of consolidating…
Gizmondo UK highlighted findings from a 2017 workers-rights report from Nik Theodore, UIC professor of urban planning and policy, who examined Houston’s day labor market and wage theft in the aftermath of Hurricane…
In “I Have Rights:’ How Undocumented Laborers Are Exploited During Disaster Recovery,” on Gizmodo Earther, CUED Director Nik Theodore discussed the role of immigrant workers after natural disasters as second responders. The story…
In an op-ed appearing in the Chicago Tribune, Kate Lowe, UIC associate professor of urban planning and policy, writes that Chicago’s soon-to-conclude electric scooter pilot program doesn’t address the city’s most pressing transportation…
Amanda Kass, associate director of UIC’s Government Finance Research Center, is quoted in a Chicago Tribune article on Gov. Pritzker’s proposal to consolidate suburban and downstate police and firefighter pension funds. Kass said…
(Flickr) In an interview with Jacobin magazine, Rachel Weber, UIC professor of urban planning and policy, talks about her 2015 book “From Boom to Bubble: How Finance Built the New Chicago” and what…
Where do you get your water? Find out using this interactive map by CityXones in collaboration with the UPP Urban Data Visualization Lab. In the link you can also read more on where…
