Rachel Weber, UIC professor urban planning and policy, and David Merriman, James J. Stukel Presidential Professor in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, serve as featured experts in a St. Paul…
WBEZ (91.5 FM) interviewed Michael Pagano, dean of UIC’s College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, in a story about future East Woodlawn development spurred by the Obama Presidential Center and particularly what…
Brian Flood, Media Contact: Phone: (312) 996-7681 | Email: bflood@uic.edu | Twitter: @bfloodUIC|Posted on April 24, 2018
Despite popular stereotypes that Asian-Americans are a “model minority” unaffected by racial discrimination, a new report from University of Illinois at Chicago researchers details the barriers that Chicago’s Asian-Americans face due to racial…
Brian Flood, Media Contact: Phone: (312) 996-7681 | Email: bflood@uic.edu | Twitter: @bfloodUIC|Posted on April 24, 2018
Cities, states and local governments rely heavily on sales, property and income taxes to increase revenues and contend with everything from aging streets, sewers and bridges to growing debt, long-term pension obligations…
Crain’s Chicago Business quotes Rachel Weber, UIC professor urban planning and policy, in an article on a Chicago firm acquiring properties from state and local governments via sale-leaseback agreements, which is a strategy…
Kate Lowe, UIC assistant professor of urban planning and policy, was interviewed for a WTTW-TV “Chicago Tonight” segment on Chicago’s proposed Loop-O’Hare express train and the troubles related to a similar project that was completed in…
The Urban Transportation Center released a paper on the history of Chicago’s Transit Circulation Efforts.The evolution of Chicago’s efforts to address the distribution and circulation of people in the Central Area is chronicled…
Crain’s Chicago Business cites Chicago area unemployment research conducted by Teresa Córdova, director of the Great Cities Institute, and Matthew Wilson, and economic development planner with the institute, in an article examining factors related to…
Offsetting the impact rent regulation would have on landlords is vital to rent control success, Janet Smith told Belt Magazine (http://beltmag.com/chicago-rent-control/) in an article detailing the rise of gentrification discourse on rent control.…
Professor Moira Zellner helped tackle Calumet’s flooding problem with other organizations such as Delta Institute and the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association (SSMMA). The Calumet Stormwater Colaborative (CSC) held its first-ever on-the-ground training…
