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October 2015
The Future of Illinois and the 2016 Elections
Wednesday, October 14th: “The Future of Illinois and the 2016 Elections” with Jim Edgar, former Illinois governor. The University of Illinois at Chicago presents the annual “Future of Chicago” lecture series, which brings civic leaders to campus to examine issues with students and the community. Former Chicago alderman Dick Simpson, UIC professor of political science, moderates the series, hosted by the UIC department of political science since 1976. Series co-sponsors are the UIC Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement and UIC…
Find out more »Role of Public Transportation in the Community
Is public transportation a business or social service? That's among the topics to be addressed during "The Role of Public Transportation in the Community," a seminar October 15 hosted by the Urban Transportation Center. Featured speaker will be David Spacek, IDOT deputy director of Transit for Public Transportation Programs. The event begins at noon and will be held in CUPPA Hall Room 110. Visit -- utc.uic.edu/current-utc-events/.
Find out more »English Department Colloquium: New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
Friday, Oct 23 (3-5pm) Cedric Johnson, (African-American Studies, UIC) & Touré Reed (History, Illinois State Univ.). The authors will discuss their recent articles published in Nonsite.org: “Working the Reserve Army: Proletarianization in Revanchist New Orleans” and “Why Moynihan Was Not So Misunderstood at the Time: The Mythological Prescience of the Moynihan Report and the Problem of Institutional Structuralism" Location: Room 2028, University Hall, 601 S. Morgan Street (Halsted/UIC Blue Line CTA stop, building near the corner of Harrison St &…
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Webinar Screening: Racial Attitudes and Public Opinion
Register Online: http://igpa.uillinois.edu/event/webinar-screening-racial-attitudes-and-public-opinion
Find out more »Race and Resources: Economic Inequalities from the Household and City Block to the Nonprofit Boardroom
When: Wednesday, October 28, 12-2:00 pm Where: College of Nursing Event Center, 3rd Floor, 845 S. Damen Ave., Chicago, IL 60612 Panelists from the UIC College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs are: Kelly LeRoux, Public Administration Brenda Parker, Urban Planning and Policy Rachel Webber, Urban Planning and Policy The Brown Bag Series provides brief but substantive overviews of the research on race, ethnicity, and public policy being produced by UIC scholars and funded by IRRPP. The panelists will discuss their…
Find out more »Just sustainabilities: re-imagining e/quality, living within limits
Julian Agyeman, Professor of Urban, Environmental Policy, and Planning at Tufts University
Find out more »November 2015
Supply Chain Trends and Challenges
Transportation plays a major role in the worldwide supply chain. Learn more about the importance of the supply chain in our global economy during "Supply Chain Trends and Challenges," a seminar November 19 hosted by the Urban Transportation Center. Feature speaker will be John Caltagirone, Founding Director, Supply and Value Chain Center, Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University in Chicago. The event begins at noon and will be held in CUPPA Hall Room 110. Visit -- utc.uic.edu/current-utc-events/.
Find out more »December 2015
CTA’s Sales Tax Bonds: An Analytical Approach
Sales tax revenue bonds differ from most transportation financing because the debt is paid from sales taxes and not from transportation revenues. Learn more about this process during “CTA’s Sales Tax Bonds: An Analytical Approach,” a seminar December 3 hosted by the Urban Transportation Center. Featured speaker will be Ted Hampton, VP and Senior Credit Officer at Moody’s Investors Service. The event begins at noon and will be held in CUPPA Hall Room 110. Visit -- utc.uic.edu/current-utc-events/.
Find out more »January 2016
The Map is Not the Territory: Documenting the Northern Gateway Pipeline through participatory mapping and collective storytelling
Ann Chen is a media artist and researcher based in New York. In 2014-15 she received the Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship to travel along the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline in northwestern Canada to make an multimedia documentary. In this talk, she will present work from this ongoing project and talk about participatory mapping, civic science, and collective storytelling as tools to understanding the potential and current impacts of energy infrastructure projects on communities and geographies in the North. Ann is…
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