Congratulations to recent MUPP alumnus Shantanu Pai for receiving the Early Career Investigator award from the Illinois Prairie Research Center. Shantanu has worked with the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC), mapping strategy for…
The Daily Line talked with Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, about the budget issues that Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot will inherit and Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s fiscal…
John J. Betancur, Professor of Urban Planning & Policy, is being awarded the 2019 Silver Circle Award! Professor Betancur has been a faculty member in CUPPA for over thirty years. He has worked…
Stacey Sutton, Assistant Professor of UPP and Faculty Fellow in IRRPP,received the 2019 Best Conference Paper Award, Honorable Mention at the Urban Affairs Association (UAA) Conference! Professor Sutton’s paper, “Cooperative Cities: Municipal Support for…
Streetsblog Chicago’s overage of the “Our City 2049” panel discussion includes quotes from P.S. Sriraj, director of UIC’s Urban Transportation Center and research associate professor at UIC, who was among the featured panelists to…
Emeritus Professor Charlie Hoch was mentioned in a Chicago Tribune-Oak Leaves News article discussing what might be the state’s first ‘cohousing’ site. Hoch and his wife, Susan Stall, are one of the founding households…
Gazette Chicago quotes Kate Lowe, Assistant Professor of UPP, in a story about opposition to a retail development in Bridgeport that would feature a Starbucks. Read the full story here.
Stacey Sutton, Professor of UPP, was featured in a Chicago Newsroom segment focusing on the ways in which municipalities exacerbate poverty through escalating fines and punishments for traffic violations. Watch the full segment here.
NPR Illinois’ “Statewide” program featured an interview with Amanda Kass, Associate Director of the GFRC and PhD candidate in UPP, who discussed Governor J.B. Pritzker’s budget plan that would reduce the state’s share of public…
Department of Urban Planning and Policy Professor Sanjeev Vidyarthi will lead as Chief Tutor of the Arcasia Teachers Training Workshop. The week-long workshop will combine pedagogically useful insights, practical case studies, and relevant…
