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A Chicago Tribune op-ed on how Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot can address violence in Chicago cites GCI’s earlier report on the changing nature of gangs in the city and the need for policies and policymakers to adjust.
Crain's Chicago Business quoted GCI Director Teresa Córdova on challenges newly elected Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot will face in the coming months.
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.
The New York Times quotes Beth Gutelius, a senior research specialist at UIC’s Great Cities Institute, in a story on Amazon’s expansion and the company’s mixed success with building community relationships.
Teresa Córdova, director of the UIC Great Cities Institute and professor of urban planning and policy, is interviewed by National Public Radio & WBUR-FM’s “Here and Now” in a story on Chicago’s declining African-American population.
A Forbes article cites a study by Great Cities Institute on manufacturing ownership succession. The article talks with Dan Swinney of Manufacturing Renaissance about the newly launched Ownership Conversion Project.
Great Cities Institute was a part of the working group that helped to shape the "first-of-its-kind tool to identify the experiences, resources, opportunities and supports that have the most impact on Chicago’s youth"
Nik Theodore, UIC professor of urban planning and policy, is quoted in a blog post from In These Times that examines proposed federal legislation to improve wages and labor conditions for domestic workers.
Beth Gutelius, a senior research specialist with Great Cities Institute, is quoted in a New York Times article on Somali worker negotiations with Amazon in Minnesota.
Jack Rocha, a community development planner with UIC’s Great Cities Institute, is quoted in a WBEZ/Better Government Association project story examining Dolton, Illinois, and the impact of deindustrialization.