GCI Director Teresa Córdova is quoted in a South Side Weekly story about the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy's recent report on the decline of Black population on the South Side of Chicago.
The Dispersal of Black Chicago
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The future of work is an open question
The Santa Fe Reporter newspaper conducted a Q&A with Beth Gutelius about her recent co-authored report that examines technology’s impact on the current and future warehouse industry and workforce.
The Future of Warehouse Work: Technological Change in the U.S. Logistics Industry
This report offers an in-depth, detailed look at the range of ways in which warehouse work and the industry as a whole might change with the adoption of new technology over the next five to 10 years.
The Fracturing of Gangs and Violence in Chicago: A Research-Based Reorientation of Violence Prevention and Intervention Policy
This report is a follow up to a May 2018 gathering of researchers, street experts, and service delivery professionals sponsored by the Great Cities Institute.
Study: 45% Of Young Black Men In Chicago Out Of School, Out Of Work
WBEZ Chicago highlights a new report released by Alternative Schools Network using data produced by UIC Great Cities Institute for out of school and out of work 16 to 24 year olds.
Chicago’s gangs have changed. Our violence intervention strategies should too.
The Chicago Reporter published a column from co-authors of a GCI report on the changing nature of gang violence in Chicago and the need for policies and policymakers to adjust.
Report release: Calumet River Communities Planning Framework
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.
Gang violence in Chicago changing, but policymakers slow to catch up, report says
The Chicago Tribune published an article about Great Cities Institute's newly released report on the changing nature of gang violence in Chicago and the need for policies and policymakers to adjust.
The boss is retiring. The kids don’t want to take over. Family-owned manufacturers confront a succession ‘crisis’
Findings from a UIC Great Cities Institute survey are featured in a Chicago Tribune story looking at how, and if, family-owned manufacturing companies in Chicago’s six collar counties are planning for future company leadership succession.
Panel: Ownership key to manufacturing diversity
Austin Weekly News quotes Teresa Cordova, director of the Great Cities Institute at UIC, in an article recapping the Chicagoland Manufacturing Renaissance Council’s recent panel that explored ways manufacturing companies can become more racially and ethnically diverse.