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The Summer of 2016: Race, Police, and Violence

October 11, 2016

Panel Discussion: What is going on and why? – The Summer of 2016: Race, Police and Violence

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Categories: Videos

Worker Cooperatives

April 11, 2016


Video interview from New Era Windows, with speakers from the Center for Workplace Democracy and Nik Theodore, Professor of Urban Planning and Policy at UIC responds.

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Categories: Real Time Chicago, Videos

Latino Gang Research: The Impact of Joan Moore

March 11, 2016

Recording of the March 11, 2016 forum on Latino gang research honoring Joan Moore through the work of her students.

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Categories: Special Events, Videos

The Evolution of Irrigation Urban Landscapes of the American Southwest

September 8, 2015


Moises Gonzales, Resource Center for Raza Planning, Community and Regional Planning, University of New Mexico

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Categories: Cities Across the Globe, Videos

Tahir Square, Cairo and Making of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011

September 8, 2015


Atef Said, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Categories: Cities Across the Globe, Videos

Frontiers of Mining, Governance and Community in Western Australia

September 8, 2015


Clare Mouat, Human Geography and Planning, University of Western Australia

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Categories: Cities Across the Globe, Videos

The Concept of Commons in the Rio Grande Watershed

September 8, 2015


José Rivera, Resource Center for Raza Planning, Community and Regional Planning, University of New Mexico

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Categories: Cities Across the Globe, Videos

Contemporary Urban Design in Chinese Cities

September 8, 2015


Tingwei Zhang, Senior Fellow, UIC Great Cities Institute, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Categories: Cities Across the Globe, Videos

Tower Blocks, Modern Suburbs, and 21st Century Urbanism in Toronto

August 24, 2015


Graeme Stewart discusses recent developments in Toronto’s Tower Neighbourhood Renewal initiative.

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Categories: Cities Across the Globe, Videos

Guanxi: Chinese Social Capital in Chicago

August 10, 2015


CW Chan and Jenny Yang discuss how Guan-Xi is manifest in their practices within the Chicago business community.

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Categories: Multimedia, Real Time Chicago, Videos

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