In a story from New York Public Radio’s online news website Gothamist, Nik Theodore, UIC professor and head of urban planning and policy, addresses the hurdles for asylum seekers in their transition into the…
An Omaha World-Herald story on Mutual of Omaha’s plans for a new skyscraper for its headquarters cites work from Kheir Al-Kodmany, UIC professor of urban planning and policy, on the symbols that tall buildings represent…
A Chicago Tribune story on Native American culture and sites in Chicago includes findings from a 2019 report released by UIC’s Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy that documents the historical and ongoing…
P.S. Sriraj, director of the Urban Transportation Center at UIC, is quoted in a CBS 2 Chicago report about an early morning shooting on the Ohio Street feeder ramp off the Kennedy Expressway.
A consortium led by the Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement at the University of Illinois Chicago has been awarded a five-year, $5 million grant through the U.S. Department of…
A Crain’s Chicago Business article on the status of Chicago’s Invest South/West economic development initiative includes perspective from Rachel Weber, UIC professor of urban planning and policy, who addresses concerns over developments that rely on…
Earlier this year, the UIC City Design Summer Graduate program, the Chicago Charrette, worked with the McKinley Park Development Council (MPDC) to design three cutting-edge public infrastructure and civic realm projects in the…
When faculty in the Department of Public Administration first began considering changing the name of their department several years ago, it was already experiencing significant changes. Since 2015, the department has added three…
On September 16, Dr. Christelle Khalaf will begin her position as the associate director of the Government Finance Research Center (GFRC) at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). Khalaf joins UIC from the…
Recent national statistics reveal a sharp increase in traffic fatalities in Illinois since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. P.S. Sriraj, Director of the Urban Transportation Center, offers insight in a September…
