Blog Introduction Keep up to date with the latest blog posts from our staff & GCI collaborators. Welcome to the New Year Posted on January 12, 2015 GCI welcomes spring semester with lectures, global symposium, research updates, and programming on urban challenges and solutions. Gratefully Acknowledging Mother Earth Posted on December 01, 2014 GCI reflects on Thanksgiving, Indigenous histories, environmental justice, climate change, and gratitude for community support. The Art of Participatory Budgeting Posted on November 24, 2014 PB transforms Rogers Park viaducts into murals, showcasing community-driven art, local artists, and participatory budgeting’s neighborhood impact. Lots of activity at Great Cities Institute Posted on November 17, 2014 GCI recaps worker cooperatives, Poverty to Prosperity forum, international visitors, upcoming talks, and urban research programming. Delegation from Russia visits Great Cities Institute Posted on November 10, 2014 GCI hosts Russian civic leaders for exchanges on universities, community engagement, governance, participatory budgeting, workforce development, and partnerships. Urban Planning and Policy Professors Present at Planning Conference Posted on November 03, 2014 UIC Urban Planning and Policy faculty present research at ACSP on planning theory, finance, transportation, development, and community impacts. The Return of the Neighborhood as an Urban Strategy Posted on October 27, 2014 GCI highlights UIC Urban Forum’s focus on neighborhoods as foundations for resilient, vibrant, and equitable metropolitan regions. City on the Make: Race and Inequality in Chicago Posted on October 20, 2014 GCI’s Poverty to Prosperity series hosts Andrew Diamond and panelists on race, politics, inequality, and youth disenfranchisement. Following the South Works site development Posted on October 13, 2014 GCI begins series on South Works redevelopment, highlighting Mud-To-Parks transformation of former steel land into lakefront parkland. People’s Climate March and the Importance of Activism Posted on September 22, 2014 GCI reflects on People’s Climate March, climate change urgency, fossil fuel divestment, and global ecological responsibility. Prev 1 … 13 14 15 16 17 18 Next
Welcome to the New Year Posted on January 12, 2015 GCI welcomes spring semester with lectures, global symposium, research updates, and programming on urban challenges and solutions.
Gratefully Acknowledging Mother Earth Posted on December 01, 2014 GCI reflects on Thanksgiving, Indigenous histories, environmental justice, climate change, and gratitude for community support.
The Art of Participatory Budgeting Posted on November 24, 2014 PB transforms Rogers Park viaducts into murals, showcasing community-driven art, local artists, and participatory budgeting’s neighborhood impact.
Lots of activity at Great Cities Institute Posted on November 17, 2014 GCI recaps worker cooperatives, Poverty to Prosperity forum, international visitors, upcoming talks, and urban research programming.
Delegation from Russia visits Great Cities Institute Posted on November 10, 2014 GCI hosts Russian civic leaders for exchanges on universities, community engagement, governance, participatory budgeting, workforce development, and partnerships.
Urban Planning and Policy Professors Present at Planning Conference Posted on November 03, 2014 UIC Urban Planning and Policy faculty present research at ACSP on planning theory, finance, transportation, development, and community impacts.
The Return of the Neighborhood as an Urban Strategy Posted on October 27, 2014 GCI highlights UIC Urban Forum’s focus on neighborhoods as foundations for resilient, vibrant, and equitable metropolitan regions.
City on the Make: Race and Inequality in Chicago Posted on October 20, 2014 GCI’s Poverty to Prosperity series hosts Andrew Diamond and panelists on race, politics, inequality, and youth disenfranchisement.
Following the South Works site development Posted on October 13, 2014 GCI begins series on South Works redevelopment, highlighting Mud-To-Parks transformation of former steel land into lakefront parkland.
People’s Climate March and the Importance of Activism Posted on September 22, 2014 GCI reflects on People’s Climate March, climate change urgency, fossil fuel divestment, and global ecological responsibility.
