UPP News

P.S. Sriraj On NBC

P.S. Sriraj Interviewed By NBC Chicago

P.S. Sriraj, director of the Urban Transportation Center and research associate professor at UIC, was interviewed by NBC 5 Chicago (WMAQ-TV) during an investigative report on confusing intersections in the Chicago area. Roundabouts are…

Siim Soot

UTC Emeritus Establishes Sööt Family Fund

Siim Sööt – The man behind the Sööt family fund You’re driving along the highway and all of a sudden – boom! – you hit traffic. No idea what’s going on ahead, and…

Call For Nominations

Seeking Nominees For 2019 Jim Marek Alumni Appreciation Award

Do you know of someone highly dedicated to UIC and CUPPA who is making a real difference for the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and its students? Perhaps they are providing jobs/internships, offering…

Great Cities Institute

Findings From The Great Cities Institute Featured In Tribune

Findings from a UIC Great Cities Institute survey, commissioned and released by the nonprofit organization Manufacturing Renaissance, are featured in a Chicago Tribune story looking at how, and if, family-owned manufacturing companies in Chicago’s six collar…

Rachel Weber

Rachel Weber Interviewed By City Road Podcast

Rachel Weber, Director of Graduate Studies and Professor of UPP, was recently interviewed in a City Road Podcast during which she discusses her new book From Boom to Bubble about Chicago’s “Milennial Boom”. Weber debunks the…

Dr. Faith Kares Name Associate Director Of IRRPP

IRRPP is pleased to welcome Dr. Faith Kares as an Associate Director of the institute. Dr. Kares brings a strong portfolio to the institute that combines both professional work experiences and academic research.…

Paul Vallas

Amanda Kass Quoted In Paul Vallas Fact Check

A Chicago Sun-Times/Better Government Association/PolitiFact story assessing claims by Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas that Chicago Public Schools was a financially healthier organization under his leadership includes comments from Amanda Kass, associate director…

UTC's Steve Schlickman Quoted In 2019 Transportation Projection

In the Daily Herald’s 2019 transportation projection, former UTC Director, Steve Schlickman, predicts that Governor-Elect Pritzker will hit the ground running with a major capital funding initiative. Schlickman states that Pritzker’s “proposal will likely…