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UPP’s Kate Lowe Contributes Blog to RTA “Connections”

“Connections,” a blog from the Regional Transportation Authority, features a Q&A with Kate Lowe, UIC associate professor of urban planning and policy, who addresses various issues involved with a radical rethinking of transit’s…

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Seeking Alumni for Job Shadow Series

CUPPA Alumni Job Shadow Series – Seeking Alumni The CUPPA Alumni Association is hosting a “job shadow” series this fall, and we’re seeking alumni from all backgrounds to offer one hour of their…

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Needed: Alumni Mentors and Student Mentees

Are you a current student or recent graduate of UIC’s College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs? Or a CUPPA alumnus looking to give back? Sign up for the CUPPA Alumni Association’s Mentor…

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Call for Capstone Projects for Spring 2022

Does your organization have a project it wants done, but no time to do it? Perhaps you collect data that has gone unanalyzed or need a literature review. Perhaps you would like to…

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UPP's Kate Lowe Publishes Op-Ed in Chicago Tribune

In a co-authored op-ed published in the Chicago Sun-Times, Kate Lowe, UIC associate professor of urban planning and policy, writes about the recently passed City of Chicago ordinance that will expand the city’s…

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UPP's Kate Lowe Appears on Chicago Tonight

During a WTTW-TV “Chicago Tonight” news segment about the policing of Latino and Black cyclists in Chicago, Kate Lowe, UIC associate professor of urban planning and policy, addresses the need for community input…

Professor Curt Winkle and his students from UPP 505/506 accepted the APA-IL Student Project Award.

Students Receive APA-IL 2021 Student Project Award

The American Planning Association – IL (APA-IL) chapter presented its 2021 Student Project Award to members of the Urban Planning and Policy class 505/506 who participated on the project, “Connecting People to Power:…

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Theodore on Goose Island Brewery Union Drives

A Chicago Tribune article on unionization efforts at Goose Island Brewery features comments from Nik Theodore, UIC professor and head of urban planning and policy, director of the Center for Urban Economic Development…