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Chicago Metra

Dr. P.S. Sriraj Discusses Commuter Parking Challenges

Dr. P.S. Sriraj, Director of the Urban Transportation Center (UTC), was quoted in a Naperville Sun article on the challenges faced by commuters who want to secure a parking space along some Metra routes, specifically the…

The Roosevelt Institute

Introducing The Roosevelt Institute

The Roosevelt Institute is the nation’s first student policy organization and largest student think tank. The Institute brings together a group of thinkers and doers to research, write, and implement policy at the…

Las Visionarias

Stacey Sutton Examines Challenges In Worker Cooperatives

The Chicago Reporter interviews Stacey Sutton, UIC assistant professor of urban planning and policy, in a story examining worker cooperatives and the challenges they face to get started in Illinois. Sutton addresses the…

Dean Pagano

Michael Pagano Addresses Lag In City Revenues

Dean Michael Pagano responds to questions about city revenues in our current booming economy. Featured in Governing Magazine, Pagano’s article cites faults in cities’ tax systems as the cause of the slow return…

UIC Voorhees Center

UIC Awarded $2.4 Million DOD Grant

UIC has received a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of Economic Adjustment to support economic research and resiliency in Illinois’ military-connected communities. The grant accompanies phase two of…

Patrick Magoon

MUPP Patrick Magoon Receives Alumni Achievement Award

Now more than ever it’s common to have multiple careers throughout a lifetime. But after receiving his master’s degree in Urban Planning and Public Policy in 1978, alumni Patrick Magoon found something worth…

UIC Students

UIC Flourishes Amid State's Struggles

A recent Chicago Tribune article, “University of Illinois at Chicago flourishes amid struggles at state’s public universities” highlights the growth of UIC relative to other colleges in the system: “For the past decade, as the state’s public…

Welcome To UIC

UIC Welomes Fulbright Scholar Dr. Tomoko Kubo

UIC is fortunate to have Dr. Tomoko Kubo spending the next year in Chicago, where she will be focusing her studies on equity planning. Dr. Kubo is the Assistant Professor in the Faculty…