Haniyyah Thomas, CUPPA Public Policy major, has been awarded the Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service from the Obama Foundation. The Voyager Scholarship was created by the Obamas and Brian Chesky, Co-Founder and CEO…
CUPPA Dean Stacey Swearingen White was selected to participate in the 2023-24 President’s Executive Leadership Program (PELP) sponsored by University of Illinois System President Tim Killeen. As a PELP fellow, Dean Swearingen White will…
Jered Carr didn’t expect to stick around for so long. As leader of the Department of Public Policy, Management, and Analytics for the past nine years, Carr has shepherded the Department through a…
When he stepped in as the new department head for the Urban Planning and Policy Department within CUPPA at the start of 2020, Professor Nik Theodore had grand plans. More than anything else,…
Angela Hurlock, Chief Executive Officer of Claretian Associates, is joining the Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement as the second Janet L. Smith Practitioner in Residence. Hurlock officially began her…
UIC’s Government Finance Research Center (GFRC) released its first report for the Illinois General Assembly’s commissioned study on water rate setting. This first project focuses on the Lake Michigan Service Area. Read the…
July 17, 2023 As municipalities contract with the City of Chicago to supply fresh water from Lake Michigan, a new report from University of Illinois Chicago researchers recommends that plans include supplying recycled…
Public Policy, Management, and Analytics Professor Emerita Rebecca Hendrick participated in WalletHub’s 2023 study of the most and least independent US states. Read the full story at this link.
A recent article in Crain’s Chicago Business cited a study by the Center for Research on Race and Public Policy that highlighted the difference in the average home value of white households compared…
A study recently published by the Great Cities Institute on racial disparities in post-pandemic unemployment rates was featured in a Crain’s Chicago Business article. The story highlighted persistent statewide racial disparities in unemployment…
