Serving UIC's Great Cities Commitment: Solutions for Today's Urban Challenges
An event that featured worker cooperatives, another large public forum in our Poverty to Prosperity series and international visitors from Russia, Ecuador and France were highlights of the week of November 10 at Great Cities Institute.
For the fourth year in a row, a delegation of civic leaders from Russian visited Great Cities Institute to learn about the activities at GCI, The College of Urban Planning and Urban Affairs (CUPPA), and UIC.
Faculty from UIC’s Urban Planning and Policy (UPP) were well represented at the 54th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) held in Philadelphia October 30-November 2, 2014
The 2014 UIC Urban Forum was held earlier this year on September 18th. The theme this year was centered on the neighborhood as a strategy to strengthen our cities.
On November 13, 2014, Great Cities Institute, along with the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy (IRRPP), and in partnership with the French Consulate, is hosting Andrew Diamond from University of Paris-Sorbonne.
This Blog is the first in a series on the development of the former United States Steel - South Works Site by GCI research assistant Jack Rocha.
Attention to issues related to global climate change received a boost yesterday with estimates of 400,000 people marching alongside New York City’s Central Park.
This past week, Great Cities Institute hosted two wonderful events that brought new and established friends together for insightful presentations and discussions on problems of and solutions to pressing urban issues.
As we prepare for another exciting year of Great Cities’ events, we wish to remind you that this past year GCI began to extensively video record and post the lectures and panels that we organize.
Welcome to the start of the Fall 2014 Semester. We are excited about the upcoming semester. We send good wishes to all as we wind down summer and prepare for the fall season.