Nik Theodore of CUED quoted in the Chicago Tribune Read More>>

Rapid Urban Growth Forum with George Martine Read More>>

James Compton awarded the Vernon Jarret Fellowship Read More>>

U.S. Congress cites CUED in Labor Study Read More>>

CUPPA Dean's Search committee launched by Provost Michael Tanner Read More>>

CUPPA will serve as the local host for the 2008 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) and the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) 2008 annual conferences July 6 -11 in Chicago. More information: http://tigger.uic.edu/cuppa/upp/congress/index.htm

April CUPPA Briefing

Thursday, April 24
Sharon Haar, associate professor of architecture, and Joe DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban Transportation Center, are quoted in a Chicago Tribune RedEye story on future development in Chicago.

The article appears on page 21 of today's UIC news clips:
http://www.uic.edu/depts/paff/clips/04-24-2008.pdf

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

February 9, 2007
UIC Podcast

Presenter
Brent Ryan, assistant professor of urban planning and policy

Topic
Professor Ryan discusses three basic housing design models common to many cities.

Download .mp3 (4.51 MB)

RAPID URBAN GROWTH: MISCONCEPTIONS AND POLICIES

George Martine
President, Brazilian Association for Population Studies
Consultant, United Nations Population Fund

Wednesday, April 30, 1 - 2:00 p.m.

CUPPA Hall 110

The next few decades will witness a scale of urban growth unprecedented in human history. The very force and magnitude of this process will have enormous implications for development as well as for sustainability. The recent literature is optimistic about the potential benefits of urbanization – particularly if proactive approaches to it are adopted. Nevertheless, various misconceptions induce increasingly negative mindsets on urbanization among policymakers in developing countries. Thus, rapid slum growth and environmental degradation seem to be undermining the positive features of urban growth. A novel approach to these problems, based on the primacy of social and environmental initiatives, is suggested.

Illinois Reception at APA
APA National Planning Conference Las Vegas

You’re invited to attend the Illinois Reception.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
7:00 9:00 p.m.
Bally’s Skyview 2 - Bally's Las Vegas
3645 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV

Co-sponsored by the following:
Department of Urban & Regional Planning
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urban Planning and Policy Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
APA Illinois Chapter

"Reinventing Race, Reinventing Racism: The 40th Anniversary of the Kerner Commission"

In Chicago on June 5-6, 2008 (Location TBA)

Organized by the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy of the University of Illinois at Chicago and by the Institute for Government and Public Affairs of the University of Illinois, this is a unique opportunity to join prestigious scholars, activists and others in the discussion of neo-racism and possible new directions in the struggle of racialized communities. Please feel free to share this call with others whose interest and commitment to these issues can make a difference.
http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/irrpp/activities/conference.htm

GCI Seminar on A World of Gangs:

John Hagedorn,

April 22 3:00 p.m., GCI

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