The Great Cities Institute is cited for its foundational role in South Chicago revitalization efforts in a Block Club Chicago article on the groundbreaking for a $43 million project to upgrade two business corridors in the neighborhood.
David Merriman, Stukel Presidential Professor, joined NPR Illinois’ “State Week” for a discussion examining Illinois’ fiscal health. He is also quoted in an Illinois Answers Project story about efforts by the Lightfoot administration to renew 11…
UPP’s Joshua Drucker was interviewed for Planetary Radio, a weekly podcast by the Planetary Society. Interviewed together with Alex MacDonald, NASA’s Chief Economist, Drucker discussed the recently released NASA Economic Impact Analysis, authored by the Voorhees Center. Listen to…
Congratulations to Muhammad Shafaat Nawaz, a Fullbright urban planning doctoral student in CUPPA, for recently receiving the Research for Social Transformation and Advancement (RASTA) research grant from a prestigious Pakistani foundation! His study…
Crain’s Chicago Business recognized two CUPPA alumni with the Journal’s annual 40 Under 40 award. (https://www.chicagobusiness.com/40-under-40/chicagos-40-under-40-class-2022-crains-list) (subscription required) Crain’s 40 under 40 honors people from a wide range of industries — technology, consumer products,…
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…
