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About

Building the great city:
• To learn
• To live well
• To live healthy
• To participate in civil society

Vision, Mission,
Core Values

Through its partnerships,
Great Cities Institute advances:
• Education
• Economic equity
• Well-being
• Civic participation

Research

By harnessing the power of engaged research, Great Cities Institute:
• Advances conversations on key issues
• Implements community economic
  development strategies
• Provides data and technical assistance
• Facilitates collaboration and public
  engagement
• Produces policy analysis

NEWS

Why Are Millennials Leaving Chicago?

on March 13, 2019

CBS 2 (WBBM-TV) interviewed Teresa Córdova, director of UIC’s Great Cities Institute and professor of urban planning and policy, in a segment on related to a Brookings Institution report on millennial migration figures for major U.S. cities.

RESEARCH

Report release: Calumet River Communities Planning Framework

on February 19, 2019

A new planning framework developed by the Great Cities Institute offers strategies to address environmental and economic issues in communities located along the Calumet River on Chicago's Southeast Side.

BLOG

Gabrielle Lyon and Alex Linares join The Great Cities Team

on March 13, 2019

Great Cities Institute is so pleased that Gabrielle Lyon is joining Great Cities to help us build our Cities, Youth and Design Initiative. Alex Linares joins us from the worker cooperative development sector to help build our research on entrepreneurship and workforce development.

MULTIMEDIA

Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architects of a New City

on February 28, 2019

Video from the February 20, 2019 event with author Adina Hoffman.

EVENTS

  1. UTC Event: Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency: Keeping the Nation’s Economy Moving

    March 21 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

  2. Living and Dying on the Factory Floor – Book Discussion and Signing

    April 10 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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