Today’s edition of NPR Illinois’ “The 21st” show featured an interview with Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, and David Merriman, James J. Stukel Presidential Professor in…
UIC CUPPA programs are ranked among the nation’s best! U.S. News & World Report Graduate Schools rankings for 2020 report on the following CUPPA programs: Urban Planning & Policy #3, Public Finance/ Budgeting #12, Local…
Congratulations to these four UIC students on receiving 2018 Krambles Transportation Scholarship Awards! Recipients include Anthony Misiak (CUPPA), Sudheer Ballare (College of Engineering), Emma Chapman (College of Business), and Ali Shamshiripour (College of…
Robert Bruno, Amanda Kass, and David Merriman rethink the conversation about pensions and the state’s finances. The near ubiquitous claim that Illinois is facing a “pension crisis” has rarely been challenged. The failure to…
Rebecca Hendrick, Professor of PA, and Joe Wenzel, Graduate Student in PA, are quoted in a Chicago Tribune article on how the federal government shutdown and unpredictable governing are affecting public administration students’ attitudes and their…
UPP’s Rachel Weber and James J. Stukel Presidential Professor, David Merriman, explain the effects of TIF’s on the Lincoln Yards project and surrounding businesses. Opposition to the Lincoln Yards project has been particularly strong…
Siim Sööt – The man behind the Sööt family fund You’re driving along the highway and all of a sudden – boom! – you hit traffic. No idea what’s going on ahead, and…
Kelly LeRoux, UIC associate professor of public administration, is interviewed in a Chicago Tribune story about the Chicago Park District inspector general’s review of the Grant Park Conservancy and its president’s selling of…
Do you know of someone highly dedicated to UIC and CUPPA who is making a real difference for the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and its students? Perhaps they are providing jobs/internships, offering…
MPA student Kori Bertrun recently published a piece entitled, “Why AmeriCorps?” in the PA Times. Kori studied national service organizations in Spring 2018 under the direction of Dr. LeRoux and outlined reasons why AmeriCorps is an invaluable…
