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Teresa Cordova

Teresa Cordova Weighs In On Diversity In Manufacturing Companies

Austin Weekly News quotes Teresa Cordova, director of the Great Cities Institute at UIC, in an article recapping the Chicagoland Manufacturing Renaissance Council’s recent panel that explored ways manufacturing companies can become more…

Prof Merriman on WBEZ Morning Shift on Dec 4 at 9am

WBEZ’s “The Morning Shift”  interviewed David Merriman, James J. Stukel Presidential Professor in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and with the University of Illinois’ Institute of Government and Public Affairs,…

Lori Lightfoot

Amanda Kass Fact Checks Lori Lightfoot

Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, is credited among expert sources in a story from the Chicago Sun-Times, PolitiFact Illinois and the Better Government Association that examines…

Nik Theodore

Nik Theodore Examines Domestic Worker Organizing

Nik Theodore, CUPPA Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs and Professor of UPP, co-authored a piece in Global Dialogue offering a comparative analysis of domestic worker organizing across time and place. Through their ongoing…

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GCI's Maps Featured In Crain's Report

A Crain’s Chicago Business editorial cites findings from maps produced last year by UIC’s Great Cities Institute for a Crain’s special report that detailed the connection between joblessness and violence in Chicago neighborhoods.…

Beth Gutelius

GCI's Beth Gutelius Responds To Somali Worker Negotiations

Beth Gutelius, GCI Senior Research Specialist, was cited in a recent New York Times article on the strides made by Somali Amazon employees in Minnesota to negotiate better warehouse working conditions. For the first time…