UPP professor Dr. Joshua Drucker was featured in a WBEZ article this past Friday on an ordinance currently being considered by Chicago City Council that would limit the number of “small-box” dollar stores…
The London Free Press cited the Center for Urban Economic Development’s (CUED) 2023 report, “Pain Points: Data on Work Intensity, Monitoring, and Health at Amazon’s Warehouses,” in an article about warehouse worker safety in…
UIC’s Government Finance Research Center, in partnership with UW-Madison, Extension, will begin the Certified Public Manager® program on March 21, 2024, in Bristol, WI. Upon successful completion, participants will receive a CPM Certificate…
Two undergraduate students from the UIC’s College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs have been awarded U.S. State Department Benjamin A. Gilman scholarships to study abroad. Four total UIC recipients overall are among…
A study resulting from a research partnership between the Government Finance Research Center (GFRC) and the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) was featured in the Chicago Tribune this past Monday, January 15. CUPPA…
Dr. Ivis Garcia, Ph.D. Urban Planning and Policy ’15, current serves as associate professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A&M University and as vice-president and president-elect of the American Collegiate…
Government Finance Research Center Director Dr. Deborah Carroll was featured on CBS Chicago to discuss the lower than expected tax revenues coming from the first three months of operation at Bally’s Casino in Chicago. Dr.…
Dr. David López-García’s op-ed on the urban implications of increasing near shoring and manufacturing in Mexico was amongst the ten most read posts of 2023 in Nexos magazine, one of Mexico’s most influential…
Urban Planning and Policy Professor Emeritus Curt Winkle will serve on the COVID-19 Monument Commission, an organization formed to create a monument to memorialize, mourn, and reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19…
A Daily Herald story examining the NTSB report on the CTA Yellow Line crash features perspective from P.S. Sriraj, director of the Urban Transportation Center. The story can be read on their website…
