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Neighborhoods Initiative Urban Affairs Review Chicago
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Mission"The mission of Great Cities Institute (GCI) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is to support institutional engagement in urban research through the creation, dissemination, and application of interdisciplinary knowledge that will improve the quality of life in metropolitan Chicago and other urban areas. GCI aims to be a unique and responsive center of urban research that will help UIC achieve its larger goal of being the premier public urban research university." GCI supports engaged research and partnerships that address key urban issues on a local and global scale. The institute is the focal point of the university’s Great Cities Commitment – a commitment to interdisciplinary urban research in and for the great cities of the world through partnerships with civic, community, and governmental organizations. GCI programs and researchers partner with a wide array of UIC faculty, community and institutional partners, and researchers in Chicago and across the world to generate interdisciplinary, high impact research on urban issues. The GCI 'extended family' includes Faculty Scholars from all UIC colleges, graduate students, staff, and research fellows. |
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