Four of UPP’s distinguished faculty have been reappointed to important service roles with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP). Professor Rachel Weber will continue to chair the ACSP Selection Committee for the…
A Chicago Tribune editorial board column on the unemployment rate for African-Americans in Illinois highlights findings from a 2017 UIC Great Cities Institute report on youth unemployment in the Chicago area. Report co-authors…
Congratulations to UIC MUPP Maux Sullivan on receiving the WTS Leadership Legacy Scholarship. WTS launched the Leadership Legacy Scholarship in 2007. Through this award, the Greater Chicago Chapter provides $2,500 to an outstanding…
A report from the University of Minnesota Duluth about the proposed Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project is coming under fire over concerns about whether the findings are based on accurate data. In…
A Houston Chronicle column on the need for employers to be prepared for expanding inspections by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement cites findings from a workers-rights report from Nik Theodore, UIC professor of…
A Chicago Tribune article on anti-gentrification graffiti targeting some Pilsen businesses cites data from a 2016 report on Pilsen gentrification co-authored by John Betancur, UIC professor of urban planning and policy, and graduate…
Steve Schlickman, UIC adjunct assistant professor of urban planning and policy and former director of the Urban Transportation Center at UIC, is among a group of experts asked by the Daily Herald to…
Teresa Córdova, director of the Great Cities Institute UIC, is quoted in a Gazette Chicago newspaper story on a City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) arts initiative centered…
Please remember that the Department of Public Administration is closed for Winter Break and will reopen on January 2, 2018. Only faculty, staff and PhD students will have iCard access during the holiday…
Maux Sullivan, MUPP ’18, has been honored by the U.S. Department of Transportation with the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship (DDETFP). According to the US. Department of Transportation, the program advances the transportation workforce…
