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…
A New York Times article on President Biden’s recent comments on policing and crime cites an earlier report from the Government Finance Research Center at UIC that looked at local governments’ use of American Rescue…
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s coverage of the Foxconn community town hall and panel discussion in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, includes comments from David Merriman, James J. Stukel Presidential Professor in the UIC College of Urban Planning…
Gia Biagi, who currently serves as the Commissioner for the Chicago Department of Transportation, has seen her career take many directions since she finished her Master’s in Urban Planning and Policy at CUPPA…
The role of UIC’s Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement in a collaborative study, “Illinois Muslims: Needs, Assets, And Opportunities,” is highlighted in a segment and online story from WTTW-TV’s “Chicago Tonight.”
Nik Theodore, UIC professor of urban planning and policy and director of the Center for Urban Economic Development , provides perspective on guaranteed income in City Bureau story. Read more here: Guaranteed Income…
