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The Roosevelt Institute

Introducing The Roosevelt Institute

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 Pagano

Michael Pagano Addresses Lag In City Revenues

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…

UIC Voorhees Center

UIC Awarded $2.4 Million DOD Grant

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…

Dr. Merriman Quoted in Style Newspaper

Style, a weekly alternative newspaper in Richmond, Virginia, quotes David Merriman, James J. Stukel Presidential Professor in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and with the University of Illinois’ Institute of…

UIC Students

UIC Flourishes Amid State's Struggles

A recent Chicago Tribune article, “University of Illinois at Chicago flourishes amid struggles at state’s public universities” highlights the growth of UIC relative to other colleges in the system: “For the past decade, as the state’s public…

Welcome To UIC

UIC Welomes Fulbright Scholar Dr. Tomoko Kubo

UIC is fortunate to have Dr. Tomoko Kubo spending the next year in Chicago, where she will be focusing her studies on equity planning. Dr. Kubo is the Assistant Professor in the Faculty…

Transportation in Chicago

MUPP Steven Vance Presents Transportation Platform

MUPP alum (’10) Steven Vance co-authored a CityLab article that presents a transportation platform for the Chicago mayoral candidates’ consideration. Vance and the other co-authors argue that this race presents an opportunity to advance key…

UIC Student

UIC Noted for Economic Impact

According to this study, published by the University of Illinois System, UIC contributes $7.6 billion to the state annually. Furthermore, UIC supports 171,000 jobs (1 in every 46 jobs) across the state. Check out…