A WBBM Newsradio online story details findings from the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy’s new report on the wealth gap among the Chicago area middle class. Univision Chicago also interviewed report co-author Iván Arenas,…
The Daily Herald interviewed Joshua Drucker, UIC associate professor of urban planning and policy, in a story about the prospective sale of the Arlington Park racetrack and potential redevelopment prospects for the 326-acre site in…
Nik Theodore, UIC professor and head of urban planning and policy, director of the Center for Urban Economic Development and fellow at the Great Cities Institute, was a featured expert during a WTTW-TV…
Department of Urban Planning and Policy welcomes Dr. Ana Peric-Momcilovic, lecturer at ETH Zurich and research fellow at the University of Belgrade. Ana was awarded Fulbright Visiting Scholar grant to conduct research on “Place-based…
WBEZ’s “Reset” featured a segment with 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, and…
To help the public better understand why the middle class experience in Chicago differs across racial groups, the University of Illinois Chicago’s Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, or IRRPP, has…
Comments from Janet Smith, professor of urban planning and policy and co-director of UIC’s Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement, and Sean Connelly, UIC graduate student and researcher at the…
Amanda Kass, associate director for the Government Finance Research Center at UIC and a member of the IGPA Fiscal Health of Illinois Working Group, was part of NPR Illinois’ “The 21st Show” panel…
A Chicago Sun-Times article on how some Latino-owned businesses in Chicago are coping with the COVID-19 pandemic includes comments from Teresa Cordova, director of the Great Cities Institute and professor of urban planning…
A Palm Beach Post article about COVID-19’s impact on day labor programs includes comments and research from Nik Theodore, UIC professor and head of urban planning and policy, director of the Center for Urban Economic…
