The Fall 2019 issue of CUPPA Magazine is now available for download. Feature stories include how alums Greg Cameron, MPA ’85, president and CEO of the Joffrey Ballet, and Chris Devins, MUPP ’12,…
WBBM Newsradio recently highlighted the new Master of Science in Civic Analytics degree being offered by the department of public administration in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs. (Please note the WBBM audio content is…
A story from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (also posted by Planetizen) on the use of tax-increment financing in Vermont cites findings from a 2018 TIF report by David Merriman, James J.…
Rachel Weber, UIC professor of urban planning and policy, is quoted in a Crain’s Chicago Business column on current real estate trends in Chicago’s central business district, including decreased building capital flows, or…
In an op-ed published by Crain’s Chicago Business, Michael Pagano, dean of the UIC College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and director of the Government Finance Research Center, writes that it is…
A Chicago Sun-Times/Better Government Association fact check of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s comments on downstate public safety pension funds includes comments from Amanda Kass, associate director of UIC’s Government Finance Research Center. Kass…
ABC 7 Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, and Block Club Chicago have reported on a study commissioned by the Obama CBA Coalition community group and conducted by UIC’s Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community…
Janet Smith, UIC professor of urban planning and policy and co-director Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement, is joined “The Santita Jackson Show” on WCPT Radio (820 AM) at approximately 7:10-15 a.m. today…
Did tax incentives such as TIF and tax abatement help municipalities recover from the Great Recession? Professors Josh Drucker, Rachel Weber, and PhD Candidate Geon Kim’s study gain insight from the Midwest. Read…
As part of a Crain’s Chicago Business series covering the various issues facing Chicago, Teresa Córdova, director of the Great Cities Institute, writes that the city’s strategy to address gun violence needs to…
