UIC has received a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of Economic Adjustment to support economic research and resiliency in Illinois’ military-connected communities. The grant accompanies phase two of…
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…
Jack Rocha, a community development planner with UIC’s Great Cities Institute, is quoted in a WBEZ/Better Government Association project story examining Dolton, Illinois, and the impact of deindustrialization. Rocha addresses job trends following…
Amanda Kass, Associate Director of the Government Finance Research Center, discusses the importance of the Cook County Democratic Primary for Assessor in the Urban Affairs Forum. Kass states the importance of Assessors to…
Amanda Lewis, Director of IRRPP and Professor of African American Studies and Sociology, and David Stovall, Professor of African American Studies and Educational Policy Studies, were interviewed by NPR news show “1A” as…
CUPPA Communications added a new monthly e-newsletter to the portfolio of communication vehicles this week. CUPPAMonthly is designed to raise the profile and name recognition of the college, our units, and faculty among our…
Dr. P.S. Sriraj, Director of the Urban Transportation Center (UTC), was quoted in a Naperville Sun article on the challenges faced by commuters who want to secure a parking space along some Metra routes, specifically the…
Dr. David Boyce is the winner of this years’ Jim Marek Alumni Appreciation Award presented by the UIC College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs Alumni Association. Boyce was honored in early October…
The Roosevelt Institute is the nation’s first student policy organization and largest student think tank. The Institute brings together a group of thinkers and doers to research, write, and implement policy at the…
Dean Michael Pagano responds to questions about city revenues in our current booming economy. Featured in Governing Magazine, Pagano’s article cites faults in cities’ tax systems as the cause of the slow return…
