In an article on the need to revitalize U.S. manufacturing, the Morris County (NJ) Daily Record quotes Howard Wial, director of the Center for Urban Economic Development, as saying that the long decline has left some manufacturers unaccustomed to hiring and unsure about how to recruit workers with the updated skills they need.

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John Hagedorn, UIC professor of criminology, law and justice, is quoted in a Chicago Tribune article on the Chicago Public Schools' Safe Passage program to provide security for children going to new schools. John was a GCI Faculty Scholar 2012-13.

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