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December

December 6 , 2005
Alumni Holiday Party

6:00 - 8:00 pm at Jaks Tap
901 West Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL

Complimentary hors d'oeuvres, Cash Bar

To RSVP and for more information: (312) 996-2569 or kknack2@uic.edu

November

November 18, 2005
Urban Planning and Policy Friday Forum:
Planning in China (Not Confirmed)

12:00 - 1:30 p.m. in 110 CUPPA Hall

November 11, 2005
Urban Planning and Policy Friday Forum:
Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage

12:00 - 1:30 p.m. in 110 CUPPA Hall

November 5 , 2005
CUPPA Alumni Association's fifth annual Life Long Learning Day: Critical City Infrastructure and Economic Development: Financing and Budgeting

University of Illinois at Chicago Student Center East (formerly Chicago Circle Center)
Room 302
8 :00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
To register, contact:
David Morley at (312) 413-9127 or dmorle2@uic.edu.
Pre-registration is necessary because space is limited.

For more information click here>.

November 4, 2005
Urban Planning and Policy Friday Forum:
The Challenges of Capitalism:
Emerging Planning Issues in St. Petersburg Russia

12:00 - 1:30 p.m. in 110 CUPPA Hall

October

October 21, 2005
Urban Planning and Policy Friday Forum:
From Residential Segregation to Social Disorder

12:00 - 1:30 p.m. in 110 CUPPA Hall

October 21, 2005
Urban Transportation Center's 6th Annual Fall Symposium:
Technology Impacts on Regional Mobility

9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Student Services Building
Rooms A and B
1200 West Harrison Street
Chicago, IL 60607

For more information click here>.

October 12, 2005
Urban Planning and Policy Open House

6:00 - 7:30 pm in Room 110 CUPPA Hall

October 11, 2005
Public Administration Program Open House

This open house is designed to introduce the program and answer questions about admission requirements, financial aid opportunities, career placement services or any other PA matters of interest. Of course, you are welcome anytime to simply come in and visit our facilities and meet program faculty, current students, and college administrators.

6:00 - 7:30 pm in Room 110 CUPPA Hall
412 South Peoria Street
University of Illinois at Chicago

RSVPs are appreciated: (312) 996-3109 or send an email to sean@uic.edu

October 14, 2005
Urban Planning and Policy Friday Forum:
Disaster In Bayou Country

12:00 - 1:30 p.m. in 110 CUPPA Hall

October 7, 2005
Urban Planning and Policy Friday Forum:
Does Form Always Follow Finance?: Urban Redevelopment in the New Berlin

12:00 - 1:30 p.m. in 110 CUPPA Hall

April

April 22, 2005
UNIVERSALISM VERSUS SELECTIVISM IN THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL WELFARE. A CASE STUDY ADDRESSING ADVERSE SELECTION AND MORAL HAZARD IN SOCIAL POLICY IN COLOMBIA
Diego Hernandez is an Associate Professor at Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He holds Masters' degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign (Finances), Unievrsidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia (Business Administration)and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota (Economics).

He is here to comply with the semester abroad requirement to complete his PhD in economics at Unievrsidad Nacional. He teaches Economics and Finances in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota Campus. Diego is using his time here at CUPPA to research poverty policies but, most particularly, the universal approach that he believes is the only one that can make a difference particularly in countries like Colombia with high levels of poverty.

April 20, 2005
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON RACE AND PUBLIC POLICY
CRITICAL ISSUES SYMPOSIUM SERIES:
“BRIDGING SCHOLARSHIP, ENGAGEMENT, AND COLLABORATION”
Spring Semester 2005
Rm. 110, CUPPA Hall, 5 to 6:30 pm Wednesdays*

April 20: Comparative Research on Race and Public Policy: African Americans, Latin Americans, Asian Americans and Beyond  

-- Beth Ritchie, PhD, Head, Department of African American Studies, Professor of Criminal Justice
-- Suzanne Oboler, PhD, Professor, Latin American and Latino Studies, Editor, Latino Studies Journal
-- Karen Su, PhD, Director, Asian American Resource & Cultural Center
-- Edison Trickett, PhD, Professor, Psychology, UIC Immigration Working Group (invited)

April 13, 2005
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON RACE AND PUBLIC POLICY
CRITICAL ISSUES SYMPOSIUM SERIES:
“BRIDGING SCHOLARSHIP, ENGAGEMENT, AND COLLABORATION”
Spring Semester 2005
Rm. 110, CUPPA Hall, 5 to 6:30 pm Wednesdays*

April 13: Diversity, Organizations and Economic Development

-- Jacqueline Bowman, PhD, Organizational Consultant and Psychologist
-- Sharon Collins, PhD, Associate Professor, Sociology
-- Ernest Mahaffey, Director, Diversity Initiatives, Consultant, Global Chicago
-- Sharon Mastracci, PhD, Assistant Professor, Public Administration

April 7, 2005
Public Administration Spring Open House
6:00p.m. - 7:30p.m. in Room 110, CUPPA Hall
412 South Peoria St.

April 6, 2005
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON RACE AND PUBLIC POLICY
CRITICAL ISSUES SYMPOSIUM SERIES:
“BRIDGING SCHOLARSHIP, ENGAGEMENT, AND COLLABORATION”
Spring Semester 2005
Rm. 110, CUPPA Hall, 5 to 6:30 pm Wednesdays*

April 6: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Urban Health

-- Aida Giachello, PhD, Director, Midwest Latino Health Research and Policy Center (invited)
-- Ester Jenkins, PhD, Professor, Chicago State University, Community Mental Health Council
-- Richard Warnecke, PhD, Director, Center for Population Health & Health Disparities
-- Lance Williams, PhD, Assistant Director, Center for Inner City Studies, Northeastern Illinois University

April 5, 2005
CUPPA Alumni Association Spring Speaker Series 2005: Opposing Viewpoints
"Faith-Based Planning: What is the Role of Religious Institutions in Community Development?"
Location to be Announced
5:30-7:30pm
$5 U of I Alumni Association Members; $10 General Admission; Students FREE with valid ID
RSVP: Andrea at 312-996-2569 or atraud2@uic.edu

March

March 30, 2005
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON RACE AND PUBLIC POLICY
CRITICAL ISSUES SYMPOSIUM SERIES:
“BRIDGING SCHOLARSHIP, ENGAGEMENT, AND COLLABORATION”
Spring Semester 2005
Rm. 110, CUPPA Hall, 5 to 6:30 pm Wednesdays*

March 30: Race, Gender and Family Policy

-- Constance Dallas, PhD, Assistant Professor, Nursing
-- Creasie Hairston, PhD, Dean, Jane Addams College of Social Work
-- Helen Mitchell, MPA, IRRPP Strategic Policy Analyst
-- Terry Solomon, Director, African American Family Commission

March 29, 2005
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON RACE AND PUBLIC POLICY
CRITICAL ISSUES SYMPOSIUM SERIES:
“BRIDGING SCHOLARSHIP, ENGAGEMENT, AND COLLABORATION”
Spring Semester 2005
Rm. 110, CUPPA Hall, 5 to 6:30 pm Wednesdays*

March 29: Race, Attitudes and Public Policy (Time TBA at the Great Cities Institute, CUPPA Hall)*

-- Phillip J Bowman, PhD, IRRPP Director, Professor, African American Studies, Urban Planning & Policy
-- Tyrone Forman, PhD, Associate Professor, Sociology and Institute for Government & Public Affairs
-- Maria Krysan, PhD, Associate Professor, Sociology

March 16, 2005
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON RACE AND PUBLIC POLICY
CRITICAL ISSUES SYMPOSIUM SERIES:
“BRIDGING SCHOLARSHIP, ENGAGEMENT, AND COLLABORATION”
Spring Semester 2005
Rm. 110, CUPPA Hall, 5 to 6:30 pm Wednesdays*

March 16: Race, Empowerment and Urban Policy               

-- John Betancur, PhD, Associate Professor, Urban Planning & Public Policy, Co-Chair, Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Latinos
-- Nilda Flores-Gonzales, PhD, Associate Professor, Sociology
-- Doug Gills, PhD, Associate Professor, Urban Planning & Public Policy
-- Pastor Nolan Shaw, Founder, Boys to Men Rites of Passage Program, Pastors of Englewood

March 9, 2005
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON RACE AND PUBLIC POLICY
CRITICAL ISSUES SYMPOSIUM SERIES:
“BRIDGING SCHOLARSHIP, ENGAGEMENT, AND COLLABORATION”
Spring Semester 2005
Rm. 110, CUPPA Hall, 5 to 6:30 pm Wednesdays*

March 9: Race, Education, and Human Development

-- Reba Chaisson, PhD, Post-doctoral Fellow, IRRPP & American Educational Research Association
-- Angela Ebreo, PhD, IRRPP Assistant Director, Chancellor’s Committee on Status of Asian Americans
-- Danny Martin, PhD, Associate Professor, Mathematics Education, College of Education
-- Michael Toney, EdD, Urban Health Program, Co-Chair, Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Blacks

March 8, 2005
CUPPA Alumni Association Spring Speaker Series 2005: Opposing Viewpoints
"Neighborhoods and Shopping Districts: Can Big Boxes and Local Businesses Work Side by Side?"
Prairie Ave Bookshop
418 S Wabash Ave
5:30-7:30pm
$5 U of I Alumni Association Members; $10 General Admission; Students FREE with valid ID
RSVP: Andrea at 312-996-2569 or atraud2@uic.edu

March 2, 2005
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON RACE AND PUBLIC POLICY
CRITICAL ISSUES SYMPOSIUM SERIES:
“BRIDGING SCHOLARSHIP, ENGAGEMENT, AND COLLABORATION”
Spring Semester 2005
Rm. 110, CUPPA Hall, 5 to 6:30 pm Wednesdays*

March 2: Race, Crime and Social Justice
                
-- Dennis Deer, 7th Congressional District, Task Force on Incarceration and Re-entry
-- Pastor James R. Goodwin, Mt Olive Baptist Church, Pastors of Englewood
-- John Hagedorn, PhD, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice, Great Cities Institute Fellow
--
Patrick Tolan, PhD, Director, Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry

February

February 17, 2005
The Challenge of the Dean's
Pre-Game Party 5:30pm
Men's Basketball Game 7:00pm
Tickets are $5 (includes pizza and soda at the pre-game party) and can be purchased at CUPPA Hall, Room 115 until Friday, February 11, 2005

January

January 1, 2005

The College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs (CUPPA) is currently undergoing an intensive recruitment for faculty to serve in both our Public Administration and Urban Planning & Public Policy Programs. These new positions form part of a new, multi-year expansion of the College.

To learn more about these positions, please follow the links below:

--Positions in the Public Administration Program
--Positions in the Urban Planning and Public Policy Program

More information on employment at the University of Illinois can be found at https://hrnet.uihr.uillinois.edu/panda-cf/employment/index.cfm.



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