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The CUPPA Daily Clips are news stories on the activities or contributions of CUPPA faculty, staff and students, obtained on a daily basis from the UIC Office of Public Affairs News Bureau.

July 18
Siim Soot of the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs was interviewed by Fox News on the possible effects of reinstating a speed limit of 55 mph to save gas. The piece is tentatively scheduled to air between 5 and 6 p.m. today on Fox 32 locally and Fox stations around the country.

July 16
David Merriman, professor of public administration and in the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, spoke in a panel discussion on WTTW 11's "Chicago Tonight" on MillerCoors' relocation of its corporate headquarters to Chicago. Merriman's focus was the incentive package that the City of Chicago offered the company compared to the few hundred few jobs that it will bring and the symbolic value of the relocation. The clip can be seen at:
http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=42,8,4&vid=http://wttw.vo.llnwd.net/o16/wttw/c2n/071608a.flv

July 15
John Hagedorn, fellow of the Great Cities Institute and associate professor of criminology, was interviewed by the Chicago Reader for its Clout City politics blog on Chicago's means of stemming gang violence:
http://blogs.chicagoreader.com/politics/2008/07/15/advice-jody-weis-stop-cycle-violence/

June 14
Occupational Health & Safety magazine reported on "Emotional Labor: Putting the Service in Public Service," a new book co-written by Sharon Mastracci, assistant professor of public administration, that compares emotional labor to physical and mental labor:
http://www.ohsonline.com/articles/64360/

July 13
Joe DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the College ofUrban Planning and Public Affairs, is quoted in the Daily Herald on the tendency of the federal government to approve rail mergers like Canadian National's proposed purchase of a smaller line, potentially quadrupling freight traffic in some suburbs:
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=220615

July 12
Phil Ashton, assistant professor of urban planning and public policy, is quoted in the Daily Herald on the reasons why consumers will pay higher interest rates if national mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac become unable to provide mortgage loans:
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=220523

June 20
In an article on a new day labor center, the (Portland) Oregonian cites a 2006 study by the Center for Urban Economic Development in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs that surveyed the status and working conditions of day laborers across the country:
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/12136

June 19
Siim Soot, Associate Professor Emeritus in the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs was quoted on his response to golf carts sharing roads in the village of Wheeling in an effort to combat congestion. The full text can be read at:
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/wheeling/news1012422,wh-golfcarts-061908-s1.article

June 17
Michael Pagano, interim dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and an expert on infrastructure, is quoted in the Daily Herald on the reasons for varying estimates of cost overruns for the O'Hare expansion project:
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/id=208650&src=2

Tuesday, June 3
Joe DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, is quoted in a Medill Reports article on the lack of federal funding for CREATE, the Chicago Regional Environmental and Transportation Efficiency project, to help ease rail congestion:
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=92185

June
John Mudd, E-Learning Initiatives Specialist for Professional Education at the Great Cities Institute in the University of Chicago, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs was quoted by KSLA News on the unique benefits enrollment in a nonprofit management certificate program offers. The complete article may be found at:
http://www.ksla.com/global/story.asp?s=8353255&ClientType

Monday, May 26
Joe DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support initiative in the Urban Transportation Center, is quoted in the Daily Herald on the need to extend Route 53 to reduce congestion in the northwestern suburbs:
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=197598

Wednesday, May 21
Medill Reports quotes John Hagedorn, faculty fellow of the Great Cities Institute and professor of criminology, on the relationship between public housing demolition and continued high crime rates in certain neighborhoods. Hagedorn says the dispersed gang members fight for turf in their new neighborhoods.
The article is available at:
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=90167

Thursday, May 8
The Chicago Sun-Times cited a study by the Center for Urban Economic Development in the
College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs that looked at 14 local companies and found that in 2006, they spent about $228 million with local minority business enterprises, creating at least 4,000 jobs and an economic impact of about $425 million:
http://www.suntimes.com/business/938728,CST-FIN-min08w.article

Thursday, May 8
The Associated Press cited a study by the Center for Urban Economic Development in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs that looked at 14 local companies and found that in 2006, they spent about $228 million with local minority business enterprises, creating at least 4,000 jobs and an economic impact of about $425 million. The Chicago Tribune's version of the article appears at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-thu-chicago-united-may08,0,2

Wednesday, May 7
John Hagedorn, senior fellow in the Great Cities Institute and professor of criminal justice, was
interviewed on Chicago Public Radio's "Eight Forty-Eight" in regard to Chicago's gang violence
and methods that have curbed violence in other cities. Hagedorn's latest book is "World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture."
The interview can be heard at:
http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/content.aspx?audioID=22324

Tuesday, March 4
Michael Pagano, interim dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, was interviewed on Chicago Public Radio's "Eight Forty-Eight" on the various means to turn vacant city land to tax revenue-generating uses. The audio is available at:
http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Content.aspx?audioID=19096

March 2008
The City Design Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs was featured by the City of Chicago’s Department of Environment on it’s concepts for green development. The full ninety page electronic publication Green Schemes: Sustainable Urbanism in Garfield Park is available at:
http://www.cityofchicago.org/Environment

Monday, April 21
Joe DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative, was quoted in a Daily Herald story on the cause and effect of poor enforcement of the violations system on Illinois toll roads:

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=176297#storycomments

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=176481

Sunday, April 20
In an op-ed in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Rep. Neil Abercrombie cites a study by the Center for Urban Economic Development in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs showing that many employers have intimidated employees during union organizing drives:
http://starbulletin.com/2008/04/20/editorial/commentary3.html

Tuesday, March 4
Joe DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, was interviewed by the Columbia Cronicle on the need for more state funding of transit:
http://www.columbiachronicle.com/paper/citybeat.php?id=4825

February 17
The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on an ongoing study by Eric Welch, associate professor of public administration, and Julia Melkers, former associate professor of public administration, that will indicate the effect of social networks on the careers of women in science and engineering:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/conference/1697/social-network-analysis-provides-

February 08
David Perry, Director of the Great Cities Institute in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, was among the speakers addressing some 200 people from around the globe at the Arizona State University for a panel discussion about the economic, social and cultural momentum universities can create in major metropolitan areas:
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/02/04/daily63.htm

The Chicago Defender, in a story on homeless youth, cites a study by the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs that indicated the reasons why about 25,000 people under 21 are homeless in Illinois:
http://www.chicagodefender.com/view.php?I=366

The study is cited also in a column item about a youth program:
http://www.uic.edu/depts/paff/clips/02-04-2008.pdf

Sunday, January 27
Joe DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban Transportation Center, is quoted in Sunday's Chicago Tribune on the causes of the Chicago Transit Authority's recurring budget crises:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/autocorner/chi-mxa0127ctajan27,0,821199.story

Corrected Items:

Friday, December 20
In a story on homeless teenagers, the Chicago Tribune cited a 2005 study of homeless youth in Illinois conducted by the Survey Research Laboratory in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-runaway_20dec20,0,5971847.story

Tuesday, January 15
Crain's Chicago Business published an op-ed by Joe DiJohn, director of the metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative, on the need to reduce traffic congestion on streets by fully funding a program that expedites rail freight traffic. The op-ed is available online in the UIC daily clips:
http://www.uic.edu/depts/paff/clips/01-15-2008.pdf

Monday, January 14
Joe DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, was interviewed by ABC Channel 7 about Gov. Blagojevich's plan to require free transit for senior citizens, regardless of need, as part of a transit funding package:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=5888841&id=5888841

Sunday, January 13
Martin Jaffe, associate professor and director of the Urban Planning and Policy program, is quoted in the Chicago Sun-Times on the feasibility of the city's Green Alleys program to repave Chicago's alleys with a permeable material:
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/athome/739249,HOS-News-greenalleys13j.article#

Monday, January 07
Michael Pagano, interim dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, is quoted in the Gotham Gazette on the levying of higher property taxes on vacant lots in New York City to encourage more productive land use:
http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/issueoftheweek/20080107/200/2394

Thursday, December 20
In a story on homeless teenagers, the Chicago Tribune cited a 2005 study of homeless youth in Illinois conducted by the Center for Urban Economic Development in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chirunaway_20dec20,0,5971847.story

Wednesday, December 12
Fort Wayne Business Weekly refers to a 2004 study by the Center for Urban Economic Development in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs showing that the Social Security Administration's "no match" letters encourage employers to discriminate against the cited workers:
http://www.fwdailynews.com/articles/2007/12/21/greater_fort_wayne/news/

The Chicago Reader cites a 2003 study by the Center for Urban Economic Development in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs that concluded that many employers fire or exploit immigrant workers who are named in no-match letters from the Social Security Administration:
http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/homelandsec/

Joe DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, was interviewed by WLS 890-AM on the state's current transportation bill, the transit system's need for capital, and the issue of free rides for seniors or other populations. The clip will air during news breaks throughout the day at:
http://www.wlsam.com/article.asp?id=152352

Wednesday, November 07
Phil Ashton, assistant professor and Janet Smith, associate professor and co-director of the Nathalie P. Voorhees Center Neighborhood and Community Improvement moderated an informed panel discussion with experts on the topic “Mortgage Lending Crisis and it’s implications for our communities”. The discussion was hosted by the College of Urban Planning and Public affairs Community Economic Development Research Cluster of the Great Cities Institute. The audio is available at:
http://www.nlcn.org/print.php?a=1349

Thursday, October 18
Siim Soot of the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs is quoted in the Seattle Times on the potential ridership of a proposed rail transit line. Soot chairs an expert review panel on transit for the State of Washington. The article can be read at:
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=elexprop1brochure18m&date=20071018&query=siim+soot

Friday, October 05
Rachel Weber, associate professor of Urban Planning and Policy, was interviewed on Florida Public Radio about the tradeoffs of cities using economic incentives to attract employers in return for job creation. Weber co-authored “The Ideal Deal”, a handbook telling city planners how to ensure that the expected jobs are created. The audio is available at:
http://www.wmfe.org/site/News2?news_iv_ctrl=1&page=NewsArticle&id=7009

Thursday, November 08
Janet Smith, associate professor of Urban Planning and Policy and co-director of the Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement, is quoted in the Chicago Tribune on the use of incentives for behavioral changes among public housing residents:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/services/newspaper/printedition/thursday/chi-hornerwork_08nov08,0,3985403.story

Wednesday, November 07
Abe Lentner, assistant director of the City Design Center, was quoted in the Chicago Tribune on pedestrian-friendly development in the suburbs:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-sidewalks_07nov07,0,757823.story

Friday, November 02
Philip Ashton, associate professor of Urban Planning and Policy, was quoted extensively in the cover story of the Congressional Quarterly Researcher on the effects of a government bailout for sub-prime mortgage borrowers:
http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/search.php?fulltext=should+the+government+bail+out+mortgage+companies+in+trouble+by+marcia+clemmitt&action=newsearch&sort=custom%3Asorthitsrank%2Cd&go.x=10&go.y=14

Friday, October 19
Abe Lerner, assistant director of the City Design Center, was featured in a Chicago Sun-Times article on programs to finance the rehab of historic Chicago bungalows:
http://www.suntimes.com/business/bungalows/611241,newbungs19.article

Thursday, October 18
The Seattle Times quotes Siim Soot of the Urban Transportation Center on the planning and financing of a transit line from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to downtown Seattle. Soot chairs an expert panel advising Sound Transit on the line.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003944318_elexprop1soundtra

Tuesday, October 16
The Christian Science Monitor quoted Nik Theodore, professor of urban planning and policy and director of the Center for Urban Economic Development, on a 2003 study showing that employers fired employees named in the Social Security administration's "no-match" letters without giving the employees a chance to correct errors in the SSA database:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1016/p03s03-uspo.html?page=2

Sunday, October 07
Joe DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban Transportation Center, was interviewed on ABC 7's "News Views" about Chicago's worsening traffic congestion. The video and podcast are available at:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=ontv
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=ontv&id=5696294

Wednesday, September 26
Joe DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban Transportation Center, was quoted in the New York Post on the potential loss of ridership due to a proposed fare hike:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09262007/news/regionalnews/tripped_up.htm

Wednesday, September 26
A study by James Thompson, interim director of the graduate program in public administration, was cited in the Washington Post's Federal Diary column on government agency budgets. Thompson's study found significant support for the use of pay band systems to compensate government employees:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2007/09/20/DI2007092001278.html

Saturday, September 22
The Springfield Journal-Register quoted David Merriman, professor of public administration, in an article on the causes and effects of the Federal Reserve Bank's half-point reduction in interest rates:
http://www.sj-r.com/News/stories/16753.asp

Sunday, September 16
Philip Ashton, assistant professor of urban planning and policy, was quoted in the Lafayette (Ind.) Journal and Courier on the multiple causes of an increase in mortgage loan foreclosures:
http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007709160336

September
A story on immigration in the Chicago Reporter cites a study by the center for urban economic development in the college of urban planning and public affairs. The study found that undocumented immigrants are disproportionately injured on the job and earn less than documented immigrants:
http://www.chicagoreporter.com/

Monday, September 03
The Oregonian quoted Nik Theodore, associate professor of Urban Planning and director of the Center for Urban Economic Development, on the reluctance of temporary workers to complain about working conditions for fear of losing their jobs:
http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/stories/index.ssf?/base/business/1188788124232520.xml&coll=7#continue

Wednesday, September 05
Joe DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban Transportation Center, was quoted by Governing magazine on the Chicago Transit Authority's cost cuts and budget requests:
http://www.governing.com/archive/2007/sep/player.txt

Wednesday, September 05
Nik Theodore, associate professor of Urban Planning and director of the Center for Urban Economic Development, was cited in a TMCnet article on the extent to which temporary workers may exercise their rights in the workplace:
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2007/09/05/2913442.htm

Wednesday, September 05
The Twin Cities Daily Planet cited a study by the Center for Urban Economic Development indicating that many immigrant workers who received no-match letters from the Social Security Administration were fired without being given time to correct possible errors by the SSA:
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2007/09/05/minnesota-union-leaders-denounce-new-homeland-security-social-security-initiative

Monday, August 06
Syndicated columnist Jesse Jackson quoted a study by the Survey Research Lab in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs that compared drug use among racial groups.The column as it appeared in the Xenia (Oh.) Daily Gazette is online at:
http://xeniagazette.1upmonitor.com/main.asp?SectionID=17&SubSectionID=452&A

Thursday, August 16
Phillip Ashton, Assistant Professor in Urban Planning and Policy, was quoted in the Medill Reports Chicago on the national foreclosure credit crisis and the direct effects posed on Chicago residents.
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=46965

Thursday, August 16
The Washington Post quoted Nik Theodore, director of the Center for Urban Economic Development, on the mission of day labor centers to find jobs for workers, not to verify their legal status. Theodore conducted a 2005 national study of day labor with faculty at UCLA and New School University.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/16/AR2007081602
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/NewsSearch?sb=-1&st=Nik%20Theodore& <http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/NewsSearch?sb=-1&st=Nik%20Theodore&>

Thursday, August 9
Max Dieber, co-director of the Urban Data Visualization Lab, was quoted by the Belleville News-Democrat on the latest census figures on cook county migration of the black population.
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/v-print/story/100423.html

Thursday, August 9
Siim Soot, associate professor emeritus in the Urban Transportation Center,
is quoted in the Chicago Tribune on the changing demographics of the
six-county Chicago area:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/northwest/chi-census_09aug09,0,3643924.story

Tuesday, August 7
Edmunds.com, an automotive website, quoted Joe DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban Transportation
Center, on the value of high-occupancy toll lanes to reduce traffic congestion:
http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/driving/articles/121971/article.html

Monday, August 6
Siim Soot, associate professor emeritus in the Urban Transportation Center, is quoted in a Crain’s Chicago Business story on residential and associated retail development in Streeterville:
http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/article.pl?article_id=28233

Saturday, August 4
A Boston Globe story on the growth of open-air day labor markets cites a study by the Center for Economic Development (with UCLA and New School University) that measured the size of the day labor market and abuses by employers:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/08/04/laborers_lining_up_on_mass_streets/?page=1

Sunday, July 22
The Chicago Tribune's lead story for July 22 cited a study by the Survey Research Laboratory of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and quoted Young Ik Cho, research assistant professor in the SRL, in regard to the disproportionate number of African Americans imprisoned for drug use compared to actual drug use among races:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/services/newspaper/premium/printedition/Sunday/chi-drugs_bd22jul22,0,7864448.story

Thursday, August 09
Siim Soot, associate professor emeritus in the Urban Transportation Center,
is quoted in the Chicago Tribune on the changing demographics of the
six-county Chicago area:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/northwest/chi-census_09aug09,0,3643924.story

Monday, August 06
Brent Ryan, co-director of the City Design Center, is quoted in Crain's Chicago Business on the lack of retail development in the West Loop due to low density in parts of the neighborhood.
http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/article.pl?article_id=28230

Monday, August 06
Brent Ryan, assistant professor of urban planning and public affairs, was quoted by Crain's Chicago Business on the lack of retail development following rapid residential growth in four neighborhoods adjacent to the Loop:
http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/article.pl?article_id=28229

Friday, July 27
The Chicago Reader interviewed Nik Theodore, associate professor of urban planning and policy and director of the Center for Urban Economic Development, along with two researchers at the center, about city police departments hiring private security companies for surveillance of city neighborhoods.
http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/feelsafeyet/surveillance/

July/August
The Chicago Reporter quoted Nik Theodore, associate professor of urban planning and policy and director of the Center for Urban Economic Development, on the difficulties undocumented workers face in seeking restitution for injuries sustained on the job:
http://www.chicagoreporter.com/2007/7-2007/disability/disability.htm

Thursday, July 19
UIC News featured Albert Schorsch III, associate dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs who partnered with others in an effort to rebuild Pass Christian, Mississippi and other surrounding communities affected by Hurricane Katrina. Schorsch hopes to further strengthen relationships between UIC and Katrina victims:
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/uicnews/articledetail.cgi?id=11384

Monday, July 16
The Chicago Tribune quoted Brent Ryan, co-director of the City Design Center, on the need for south suburban Robbins, a low-income community, to manage the supply of new housing and developer incentives in its plan for redevelopment:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-revival_16jul16,1,2112423.story

Thursday, July 05
Medill Reports quoted John Betancur, acting director of the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, on the aftermath of the murder of children in Chicago:
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=40463

Friday, June 29
The Chicago Sun Times recognized John Devries, UIC Urban Planning and Policies alumni, for his contribution to real estate as it relates to economic development and planning strategies:
http://www.suntimes.com/business/duros/447945,HOF-News-righ29.article

Thursday, June 28
Chicago Public Radio, WBEZ 91.5 FM, hosted a discussion with Brent Ryan, Assistant Professor for Urban Planning and Policy, on the rapid growth of Illinois cities addressing the keys to municipal growth and development. Podcast available at:
http://chicagopublicradio.org/Program 848 asnx

Tuesday, June 26
Government Executive magazine featured a report by James Thompson, associate professor of public administration, who recommended better training for front-line supervisors to improve employee performance in government agencies. Thompson presented the report to the Partnership for Public Service. The article, with a link to the report, is online at:
http://govexec.com/story_page.cfm?filepath=/dailyfed/0607/062607b1.htm

Monday, June 25
Chicago Business quoted Joseph DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban Transportation Center, on the obstacles that face the Chief of Staff to Chicago Transit Authority President Ron Huberman in tracking CTA performance:
http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/search.pl

Friday, June 8
In an article on several studies linking weight to home location, the Chicago Tribune cited a study completed by Siim Soot, associate professor emeritus in the Urban Transportation Center, which showed weight to be related to level of education more so than to home location.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-fri_fat_06-08jun08,1,3673484.story?ctrack=2&cset=true http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-fri_fat_06-08jun08,1,3673484.story?ctrack=2&cset=true

Wednesday, June 6
Crain's Chicago Business quoted Joe DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban Transportation Center, on a plan by the Chicago Transit Authority to evaluate its customer service.
http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=25266

Friday, June 1
The Chicago Tribune covered a study by the Center for Urban Economic Development that showed which Chicago neighborhoods were most in need of food from a charitable pantry. The Chicago Food Depository is using the data to plan its mobile pantry program in the 10 neediest areas on the West and South sides.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-hunger01jun01,1,7011446.story

Thursday, May 31
Chicago Public Radio interviewed Janet Smith, co-director of the Nathalie P. Voorhees
Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement, on what constitutes affordable for entry-level professionals and others. The story focused on the need to rehab old apartment buildings, rather than raze them.
http://www.wbez.org/Cityroom_Story.aspx?storyID=11127

Week of May 20-26, 2007

Monday, May 21
The online public affairs journal Tompaine.com cited a labor organizing study by the Center for Urban Economic Development in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs. The study indicated that most employers had required employees to attend anti-union meetings.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/05/21/an_agenda_for_labor.php

Week of May 13-19, 2007

Wednesday, May 16
Siim Soot, associate professor emeritus in the Urban Transportation Center of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, was interviewed for the May 16 5 p.m. newscast on ABC Channel 7. The topic was the effect of rising gas prices, particularly Chicago cab drivers' request for a $1 surcharge per fare to defray gas expenses.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=5311363

Monday, May 14
Crain's Chicago Business covered a report released on May 14 by the Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement showing that Illinois has a severe shortage of housing for people with disabilities.
http://chicagorealestatedaily.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=24975

Week of May 6-12, 2007

Monday, May 7
Crain's Chicago Business quoted Joe DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan
Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban Transportation Center, on the working style of Carole Doris, the newly appointed chair of Metra.
http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/article.pl?article_id=27747
http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/article.pl?article_id=27747&bt=dijohn&arc=n&searchType=all&bt=dijohn&arc=n&searchType=all

Friday, May 4
The Indianapolis Star quoted Rachel Weber, associate professor of urban planning and policy, on the growing use of tax increment financing in some cities. Weber's most recent report on TIF indicated that a TIF district raises the value of nearby housing only if it supports both residential and commercial development.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070504/LOCAL/705040345/1015/LOCAL01

Tuesday, May 1
Nikolas Theodore, director of the Center for Urban Economic Development and associate professor of urban planning and policy, was interviewed on Chicago Public Radio's "848" on the roles of immigrant workers and employers in driving down wages in low-skilled jobs, and how labor organizing among immigrants might address the situation:

Week of April 29 - May 5, 2007

Wednesday, May 2

Karen Mossberger, associate professor and director of graduate studies in public administration, was quoted in Black Enterprise magazine on variations in Internet use by African Americans, Latinos, and whites. Mossberger is working on a book, "Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Participation and Society."
http://www.blackenterprise.com/cms/exclusivesopen.aspx?id=2730

Monday, April 30

The working paper "Does Urban Design Influence Property Values in High-Density Urban Neighborhoods?," written by Brent Ryan, assistant professor of urban planning and policy and Rachel Weber, associate professor of urban planning and policy, is featured in the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy's Report from the President, published in the April 2007 Land Lines quarterly magazine. The report presents benefits shown to arise from development in high-density environments. http://www.lincolninst.edu/pubs/PubDetail.aspx?pubid=1219

Week of April 22 - 28, 2007

Friday, April 19

The Chicago Defender ran coverage of a talk given by Brent Ryan, assistant professor of urban planning and policy, at the Chicago Cultural Center's "Preservation Snapshots" monthly discussion series on Thursday, April 19. Ryan discussed the unique role Chicago's greystone buildings have played in the city's history and the importance of their preservation. The original article, released by Medill News Service, can be viewed at:
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=34541

Week of April 15 - 21, 2007

Thursday, April 19

Joe DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative
in the Urban Transportation Center, was quoted by Crain's Chicago Business on the replacement of Frank Kruesi as president of the Chicago Transit Authority: http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=24641

Monday, April 16

James Thompson, associate professor of public administration, is quoted by Federal Computer Week in an article on the difficulty of modernizing and standardizing Internal Revenue Service software and processes. http://www.fcw.com/article98218-04-16-07-Print

Sunday, April 15

The New York Times mentioned Nikolas Theodore, director of the Center for Urban Economic Development in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, as one of three researchers across the country collaborating to reach unregulated low-wage workers through a "snowball sampling" method, in which workers recruit other workers for the sample, and so on. The sample then is corrected mathematically for its lack of randomness. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/nyregion/15sage.html

Chicago Magazine's "Deal Estate" reported on a study of new housing
conducted by Brent Ryan, assistant professor of urban planning and policy, and Rachel Weber, associate professor of urban planning and policy. Looking at the value of three basic designs, they found that buyers in redeveloping neighborhoods prefer homes that are integrated into the neighborhood, with front entrances, rear parking, and moderate setbacks from the street. http://chicagomag.com/ME2/Default.asp

Week of April 8 - 14, 2007

Wednesday, April 11

The Chicago Journal reported on the April 5 Inaugural Wiewel Lecture in Urban and Economic Development titled The University and the City: Real Estate Development by the Knowledge Industry, presented by Wim Wiewel, former dean of CUPPA and current provost and senior vice president of academic affairs at the University of Baltimore, and David Perry, director of the Great Cities Institute.
http://www.chicagojournal.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID
=60&ArticleID=2892&TM=48968.16

Kheir Al-Kodmany, associate professor in urban planning and policy, is quoted on the impact of an Olympic Village on the city of Chicago in the Chicago Journal.
http://chicagojournal.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=60
&ArticleID=2890&TM=49126.92

Tuesday, April 10

CCNews reported on The Ideal Deal: How Local Governments Can Get More for Their Economic Development Dollar, co-authored by Rachel Weber, associate professor of urban planning and policy at UIC, and David Santacroce, professor of Clinical Law at the University of Michigan.
http://www.ccnmag.com/news.php?id=5016

Week of April 1 - 7, 2007

Thursday, April 5

Kheir Al-Kodmany, associate professor in urban planning and policy, is quoted on the impact of an Olympic Village on the city of Chicago in an article on nwi.com.
http://nwi.com/articles/2007/04/05/news/illiana/doc17c643286c0d6f
e0862572b40007c403.txt

Monday, April 2

The Wall Street Journal quoted Rachel Weber, associate professor of urban planning and policy, on the need to attract retailers to the planned Metropolis development in Bronzeville. The article is available to subscribers at:
http://online.wsj.com/public/search/page/3_0466.html?KEYWORDS
=capri+capital

Siim Soot, former director of the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, is quoted in the Northwest Indiana Times on the reasons why increasing numbers of commuters drive long distances alone to their workplaces.
http://nwitimes.com/articles/2007/03/07/news/illiana/doc9680e1601
37145fe86257297000d26b2.txt

The News-Star, Edgewater's weekly newspaper, covered the first two of four community workshops in which UIC's City Design Center has used a game format to gather residents' ideas for improvement of two CTA Red Line stations and surrounding retail.
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/newsstar/news/305400,SN-RedLineCh
arrette-032107-s1.article

Sunday, April 1

American Prospect Online cited a study on employer reactions to union organizing that was completed by Chirag Mehta and Nikolas Theodore, director of the Center for Urban Economic Development.
http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewW
eb&articleId=12613

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