CUPPA Travel Award for Undergraduate Conference Attendance The College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs is launching a program to support undergraduate travel to attend professional conferences. Applications for conference attendance during the…
Congrats to Shelley Davis, MUPP alumna, on making this list of impressive women! February marks Black History Month. During this month, Make It Better celebrates black women of impact who are making Chicagoland…
You can also join us online at https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/e515687ef55a460ba18314e5f14e60e4 The University of Illinois at Chicago’s Urban Planning and Policy Department is a place where education, research, and community engagement come together to explore challenges facing…
A Hyde Park Herald story recapping a recent Blackstone Library panel on South Side gentrification includes comments from panelist Janet Smith, UIC professor of urban planning and policy and co-director of UIC’s Nathalie…
Prof Sanjeev Vidyarthi is representing UPP in a collaborative spatial planning studio with ENSA Toulouse and Aayojan School of Architecture at the Indian city of Jaipur studying ‘Rain Water Harvesting and Metropolisation’ sponsored…
Urban Planning and Policy Professor Kate Lowe and Vice President of Metropolitan Planning Council Josh Ellis joined WTTW’s Chicago Tonight to discuss Trump’s Infrastructure Plan.
An article from The Intercept critiques New York Times lauding of Opportunity Zones in the recently passed federal tax bill. Rachel Weber, UPP Professor, and Dan Immergluck, CUPPA PhD Alumnus, give comments on…
There has been a lot of debate about the 2020 Census and if questions regarding race should be removed from the census entirely. Tim Johnson, the Director of the Survey Research Lab within…
In the wake of Louisville being eliminated as a possible location for Amazon’s second headquarters, Louisville Public Radio interviewed Joshua Drucker, UIC associate professor of urban planning and policy, about the various ways…
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…
