Findings from the UIC Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy’s report, “Chicago’s Racial Wealth Gap,” are cited in a Chicago Tribune story about land sale contracts and a related social justice art project.
On Friday, March 11, Urban Planning and Policy Professor Rachel Weber was invited by Leadership Greater Chicago to address Chicago-area CEOs and senior executives on the topic of The Future of Chicago’s Loop along with Roche Schulfer,…
Urban Planning and Policy’s Joshua Drucker, associate professor, co-authored a column published in PA Times on March 11 with Richard Funderburg of UI Springfield. The column describes research conducted with CUPPA Interim Dean David Merriman and Urban…
The Chicago Sun Times, WBEZ, Block Club Chicago and Crain’s Chicago Business featured the work of April Jackson, UIC Associate Professor of urban planning and policy, and Dr. Amy Khare, Research Director, National Initiative on Mixed Income Communities…
A WTTW-TV online story recaps the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy’s recent virtual event that covered the institute’s earlier report examining how Chicago’s most vulnerable populations were impacted during the COVID-19 crisis.
Beth Gutelius, research director for the Center for Urban Economic Development and senior research specialist with the Great Cities Institute, joined Dissent magazine’s “Belabored” podcast to discuss the current state of warehouse work.
A USA Today article about the Obama Presidential Center cites findings from a 2019 report on housing prices in the area by Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement.
A Bloomberg News story on rising gas prices includes perspective from David Merriman, James J. Stukel Presidential Professor and interim dean, about whether proposed tax relief efforts will be beneficial.
A story from the Portland (Maine) Press Herald details perspective from Jared Carr, UIC professor and head of public administration, and other municipal government experts who addressed potential changes to the city government…
Findings from the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy‘s 2021 report on Chicago’s racial wealth gap are cited in a WBEZ online story about the Urban Institute’s new research that maps wealth gaps in…
