The Natalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement has received funding from the Department of Defense’s Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC) to continue its work of building resiliency in…
A Chicago Sun-Times editorial board column on the future of Chicago’s Magnificent Mile includes comments from Teresa Cordova, director of the Great Cities Institute and professor of urban planning and policy at UIC. https://go.news.uic.edu/20213182
WHTM-TV, the ABC affiliate in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, interviewed Beth Gutelius, research director in the Center for Urban Economic Development at UIC and senior researcher at the Great Cities Institute at UIC, in a…
Comments from PA’s Yonghong Wu were featured in WalletHub’s “Ask The Experts” segment on federal funding disparities. When asked what the current presidential administration could do to reduce state revenue shortfall, Wu states…
Amanda Lewis, director of the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, professor of Black studies and sociology, and distinguished professor of liberal arts and sciences, is quoted in a Washington Post…
Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, joined NPR Illinois’ “Statewide” to discuss her assertion that state and local money in the new COVID-19 relief law is needed.
The National Interest magazine quotes Kate Lowe, UIC associate professor of urban planning and policy, in a story on declining ridership and revenue facing the nation’s transit agencies, particularly the Washington’s Metro system, due…
As digital technologies continue to remake urban planning and its engagement with the city, planners themselves must remain thoughtful about how these tools change and aid their work. Of course, the increasing datafication…
A Streetsblog Chicago story recapping discussions of new Amazon facilities in Chicago held during a recent South Side transportation summit includes perspectives from event panelist Kate Lowe, UIC associate professor of urban planning…
Governing magazine published a co-authored piece from Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, that addresses the need for more federal aid to state and local governments.
