Past Events

Promotional graphic for Rhetoric Day at the Great Cities Institute featuring event details, RSVP information, and themes exploring rhetoric, identity, law, and political life.

Rhetoric Day

Rhetoric Day explored rhetoric’s influence on identity, law, governance, political life, and contemporary social and historical crises.

Event flyer for “One Hundred Years of Route 66,” hosted by the UIC Great Cities Institute on April 25, 2025, from 12:00 to 2:00 PM at 412 S. Peoria Street, Suite 400, Chicago. The event featured University of New Mexico students presenting research and a vision plan for the preservation, revitalization, and future development of Historic Route 66. The flyer features a historic road photograph in the background, white and yellow text, the Great Cities Institute logo, an illustrated map of Route 66 across the United States, and an RSVP QR code.

One Hundred Years of Route 66

University of New Mexico students explored Route 66’s history, community impacts, preservation, revitalization, and future development through planning.

Flyer of Honoring the Life and Work of John Hagedorn Event

Honoring the Life and Work of John Hagedorn

Commemoration gathering honored John Hagedorn’s life, scholarship, activism, and lasting influence on criminology, community research, and justice.