In collaboration with Great Cities Institute, a researcher with Huff Post has mapped San Antonio's "Hardship Index," revealing striking patterns of poverty.
Mapping the “Hardship Index”: The Geography of Poverty in San Antonio and Chicago
Should Chinatowns Stay Chinese?
Teresa Córdova, director of the UIC Great Cities Institute, was interviewed by Stateline regarding the gentrification of Chinatowns across the country, and how Chicago’s Chinatown is an outlier experiencing a growing Asian population.
Can the former South Works overcome the current South Side’s baggage?
Crain’s Chicago Business cites data from UIC's Great Cities Institute on Chicago neighborhood violence in a story about the challenges of developing the former South Works steel plant.
Chance and Chief Keef: A tale of two rappers
A Chicago Tribune article profiling the divergent styles and backgrounds of Chance the Rapper and Chief Keef cites figures from an early 2017 report by the UIC Great Cities Institute on youth unemployment in Chicago and Cook County.
Five ways Trump can help solve Chicago gun crime
A BBC News story on ways to address Chicago’s gun crime includes quotes from John Hagedorn, GCI fellow and UIC professor of criminology, law and justice, as well as findings from a GCI report on youth unemployment in the Chicago area.
New GCI report highlighted in Tribune, Sun-Times, Newsradio
The report details the relationship between education and unemployment; education and wages, and taxes paid; and the obstacles to job access such as limited public transportation options in neighborhoods where the unemployment levels are highest.
I want to hear Chicago’s West Side stories
Hull House Director Jennifer Scott who hosted a forum called West Side/South Side: Bridging the Divide with folks representing both sides of town is mentioned in a Chicago Sun-Times column.
Nearly a year after layoffs, former Oreo plant workers struggle to find their way
Matt Wilson, economic development planner for the Great Cities Institute is quoted in an article on the impacts of the Nabisco plant closing.
New business model may make Illinois ‘Delaware of social enterprise’
The Cook County Chronicle reported on a UIC Great Cities Institute talk featuring Marc J. Lane, an attorney and economic development expert.
Architecture competition aims to revitalize South Chicago
Nearly 60 students from the UIC School of Architecture are taking part in a competition to help revitalize the South Chicago neighborhood by planning recreational and open spaces on land under the Chicago Skyway.