Findings from the UIC Great Cities Institute’s leadership succession survey of Chicagoland family-owned manufacturing companies are cited in a Forbes.com article about the work of Manufacturing Renaissance, the nonprofit organization that commissioned and released the…
The Great Cities Institute at UIC has released its report on the Fracturing of Gangs and Violence in Chicago: A Research-Based Reorientation of Violence Prevention and Intervention Policy. The report is a follow up…
A Worcester Business Journal article on municipalities giving tax breaks to keep businesses local and spur economic growth includes comments from David Merriman, James J. Stukel Presidential Professor of PA and with the University of Illinois’…
A Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ-FM 91.5) report on what Chicago can do to address segregation and inequality cites findings from a 2017 report from the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy (IRRPP) at UIC that…
Findings from a UIC Great Cities Institute survey, commissioned and released by the nonprofit organization Manufacturing Renaissance, are featured in a Chicago Tribune story looking at how, and if, family-owned manufacturing companies in Chicago’s six collar…
Michael A. Pagano, Dean of CUPPA and Director of the GFRC, authored an article in Governing on the nation’s infrastructure investment deficit. Pagano argues that a federal infrastructure bill would be legislators’ most direct path…
Rachel Weber, Director of Graduate Studies and Professor of UPP, was recently interviewed in a City Road Podcast during which she discusses her new book From Boom to Bubble about Chicago’s “Milennial Boom”. Weber debunks the…
A Worcester Business Journal article on municipalities giving tax breaks to keep businesses local and spur economic growth includes comments from David Merriman, James J. Stukel Presidential Professor in the College of Urban…
IRRPP is pleased to welcome Dr. Faith Kares as an Associate Director of the institute. Dr. Kares brings a strong portfolio to the institute that combines both professional work experiences and academic research.…
A Chicago Sun-Times/Better Government Association/PolitiFact story assessing claims by Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas that Chicago Public Schools was a financially healthier organization under his leadership includes comments from Amanda Kass, associate director…
