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White stone building serving as the Court House in London, Ontario

CUED Cited in London Free Press

The London Free Press cited the Center for Urban Economic Development’s (CUED) 2023 report, “Pain Points: Data on Work Intensity, Monitoring, and Health at Amazon’s Warehouses,” in an article about warehouse worker safety in…

Curt Winkle

Prof Emeritus Winkle to Serve on COVID-19 Monument Commission

Urban Planning and Policy Professor Emeritus Curt Winkle will serve on the COVID-19 Monument Commission, an organization formed to create a monument to memorialize, mourn, and reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19…

Ethan Jantz, UIC alumnus, selected as U.S. Digital Corps fellow. Photo by Joe Carabeo

CUPPA Alum Named US Digital Corps Fellow

The U.S. General Services Administration has chosen a University of Illinois Chicago alumnus to be part of its 2023 cohort of U.S. Digital Corps fellows. Ethan Jantz, who earned his master’s and bachelor’s…

Stacey Swearingen White, dean

Dean Swearingen White Appointed to Civic Consulting Alliance

Stacey Swearingen White, dean of UIC’s College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, has been appointed to the Civic Consulting Alliance in Chicago. The Civic Consulting Alliance, a non-profit organization, brings leaders together…

Teresa Cordova and WGN news anchor

Great Cities Institute Featured on WGN News' Adelante Chicago

Adelante Chicago’s Lourdes Duarte interviewed Great Cities Institute director, Teresa Córdova, on the Institute’s Latino research initiative. Watch the interview on YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUIOBwesOLc&t=4s.

Dr. David Merriman

What Happened to Foxconn in Pleasant Prairie, WI

David Merriman, interim director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs and professor of Public Policy, Management and Analytics, was quoted in a story in the Washington Post on the “ill-fated” Foxconn…