Kheir Al-Kodmany, UIC professor of urban planning and policy, is quoted in a Chicago Tribune article about suburban home buyers seeking more walkable towns rather than sprawling subdivisions. Al-Kodmany credits this two decade…
Kate Lowe was one of 110 experts that came up with recommendations for helping deal with the damage of segregation in Chicago. She discusses the link between transportation and social equity and the…
Rachel Weber, UIC professor urban planning and policy, and David Merriman, James J. Stukel Presidential Professor in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, serve as featured experts in a St. Paul…
Shamira Quiñones, a senior majoring in public policy, will spend the fall semester in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Santiago, Chile, to compare and contrast the educational structures in these…
Shamira Quiñones, of Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, is one of 100 winners from various racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds to receive up to $10,000 in support of study abroad for a minimum of…
WBEZ (91.5 FM) interviewed Michael Pagano, dean of UIC’s College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, in a story about future East Woodlawn development spurred by the Obama Presidential Center and particularly what…
Brian Flood, Media Contact: Phone: (312) 996-7681 | Email: bflood@uic.edu | Twitter: @bfloodUIC|Posted on April 24, 2018
Despite popular stereotypes that Asian-Americans are a “model minority” unaffected by racial discrimination, a new report from University of Illinois at Chicago researchers details the barriers that Chicago’s Asian-Americans face due to racial…
Brian Flood, Media Contact: Phone: (312) 996-7681 | Email: bflood@uic.edu | Twitter: @bfloodUIC|Posted on April 24, 2018
Cities, states and local governments rely heavily on sales, property and income taxes to increase revenues and contend with everything from aging streets, sewers and bridges to growing debt, long-term pension obligations…
Crain’s Chicago Business quotes Rachel Weber, UIC professor urban planning and policy, in an article on a Chicago firm acquiring properties from state and local governments via sale-leaseback agreements, which is a strategy…
