In December, UPPSA submitted an entry for the APA’s Outstanding Planning Student Organization (PSO) Award, and we are proud to say… THEY WON! Their entry for the Best Practices category focused on the…
The Chicago Reporter features a perspective column co-authored by Amanda Lewis, director of UIC’s Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy (IRRPP) and professor of African American studies and sociology; and William…
American Public Media’s Marketplace interviewed Rachel Weber, UIC professor urban planning and policy, in a segment about changes to the federal tax law that established a new Opportunity Zone program with incentives to…
The UIC Great Cities Institute’s March 1 event commemorating the release of the 1968 Kerner Commission Report on urban cities is previewed in the Chicago Sun-Times. Fred Harris, a former senator from Oklahoma…
Each month during the academic year, The Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy chooses an IRRPP scholar and features the work they are doing on race/ethnicity and public policy in our…
UIC Great Cities Institute among local groups tapped for city project to measure & analyze how Chicago youths’ quality of life has evolved bit.ly/2BGIpZk
Newsday interviewed Michael Pagano, dean of UIC’s College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, on President Trump ‘s infrastructure plan which calls for most funding to come from local government and private sources.…
If you hadn’t heard about Baltimore Metro’s sudden shut down for an entire MONTH (with another planned shutdown in August), then check out this article and appreciate Chicago’s public transit a little bit…
After publishing their opinion piece on the potential O’Hare express train, Kate Lowe and Janet Smith continue to be skeptical of the plan while discussing it on WTTW-TV’s “Chicago Tonight.” Watch the segment…
