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Betancur and Kim Report Cited in Pilsen Gentrification Discourse

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…

Teresa Cordova on DCASE Year of Creative Youth

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…

DPA Closed for Winter Break - Will Reopen on Jan 2nd

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…

MUPP Student Recipient of Eisenhower Fellowship

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…

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Drucker on New North Side Soccer Stadium

UPP Associate Professor Joshua Drucker spoke to the Columbia Chronicle on the feasibility of a new soccer stadium on the north side of Chicago.