A Message from UIC Provost Javier Reyes Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Stacey Swearingen White, PhD, will become the new dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs…
A Chicago Sun-Times article on Illinois being undercounted in the 2020 census includes comments from Rob Paral, a senior researcher with the Great Cities Institute at UIC, who says the state’s outreach program and the…
The spring studio course in the University of Illinois Chicago’s (UIC) City Design (MCD) program explored potential design responses to rising incidents of flooding in downtown Chicago. Combining scientific research with design work, from…
A South Side Weekly story about a community-centered development and a proposed subsurface shipping and logistics facility located on Chicago’s Southeast Side cites details and graphics from a 2019 UIC Great Cities Institute report. The…
Amanda Lewis, director of the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, professor of Black studies and sociology, and distinguished professor of liberal arts and sciences, shares a personal perspective in an…
Research on the informal economy in West Garfield Park co-led by Nik Theodore, UIC professor of urban planning and policy, director of the Center for Urban Economic Development and fellow at the Great…
CBS 2 Chicago interviewed P.S. Sriraj, director of the Urban Transportation Center at UIC and research associate professor of urban planning and public policy, during a segment about the National Transportation Safety Board’s concerns…
PA Times, the news outlet of the American Society for Public Administration, published an essay by David Merriman, James J. Stukel Presidential Professor and interim dean in the College of Urban Planning and…