Rachel Weber, UIC professor of urban planning and policy, discusses access to public parks in WBEZ Article. Read more here: Residents near Douglass Park want a voice in permits for big music festivals
Chris Poulos, a postdoctoral research associate with the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy at UIC, discusses civic engagement and community organizing work in Chicago with WTTW-TV News. Find the full…
Streetsblog Chicago interviewed Jack Rocha, a community development planner with the Great Cities Institute at UIC, about the 100th Street Calumet River Project, which is a result of organizing work that the institute started…
The American Prospect interviewed Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, and Philip Rocco, a political scientist at Marquette University, about their research on American Rescue Plan fund expenditures by…
In a CBS 2 Chicago story, P.S. Sriraj, director of the Urban Transportation Center at UIC, addresses how much credit should be given to license plate reading cameras for a 33 percent drop in Illinois…
The latest IRRPP report, “Changing the Frame: Civic Engagement Through A Racial Equity Lens,” opens a discussion of the racial implications of assessing civic health through narrow voting and volunteering parameters. You can…
The Associated Press cites findings from an analysis co-produced by Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, that examines state and local governments’ spending of American Rescue Plan Act funds…
UIC associate professors of urban planning and policy Kate Lowe, Stacey Sutton and Nebiyou Tilahun co-authored a Chicago Sun-Times op-ed calling for a more equitable and effective approach to Chicago traffic safety in advance…
A story via The Center Square about a credit rating company’s possible removal of sanctions on New Orleans when its delayed financial statement is released includes findings from Government Finance Research Center at UIC’s recent…
In an article from The Center Square, P.S. Sriraj, director of the Urban Transportation Center at UIC, weighs in on whether public transportation ridership will return to pre-pandemic levels.