CUPPABriefing

June 2005

Announcements:

Vonu Thakuriah Appointed
Professor Vonu Thakuriah has been appointed interim director of the Urban Transportation Center commencing her duties on August 16, 2005. A national/international search for a new permanent director for UTC will take place in the Fall.  Professor Tim Johnson, director of the Survey Research Laboratory, will chair the search committee. 

UPP and APA Mentors
The Urban Planning and Policy program and the Illinois Chapter of the American Planning Association have partnered on a student mentoring program beginning this Fall.

Mayor Daley to Speak
CUPPA's new student orientation on August 18 will feature Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. Daley will address CUPPA students, faculty, and staff at 5:00 p.m. at Student Center East (formerly known as CCC).

GCI Receives Funds
GCI received a grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to provide technical assistance around community technology centers. The Field Foundation has also awarded a grant in support of GCI's Latino Urban Leaders Project.

Mier Award Reaches $27,447!
Through special fund-raising efforts, the Rob Mier Memorial Award Fund endowment has grown to over $27,000. To make your contribution today, see http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/onlinegiving.html.

Winter Forum Focusses on the Healthy City
Save the date for GCI's 2005 Winter Forum on the topic of "The Healthy City - People, Place, and Policy" to be held on December 2 at the Student Center West (formerly known as CIU).

Johnson Looks at Social Security
The National Academy of Sciences has appointed SRL Director and PA Professor Tim Johnson to a new committee charged with reviewing the Social Security Administration's Representative Payee system.

Alumni Speak Out
This summer over 25 CUPPA Alumni will speak to students in PA and UPP's Field Experience and Professional Practice courses. This is an ongoing program coordinated by the CUPPA Alumni Association to bring practical alumni experience and advice into the classroom. Since the program's inception in Spring 2003, nearly 150 public administration and urban planning alumni have returned to campus to talk to students.

European Scholars Study Race and Public Policy in IRRPP
Yasminah Beebeejaun and Adiam Tedros will visit IRRPP this fall. Beebeejaun, a junior faculty member in the Faculty of the Built Environment, the University of England, holds a PhD from the University of Sheffield, UK, and was a post-doctoral research fellow at UIUC.  Her research interests are in ethnicity and its linkages with affordable housing. She will be here August 1 through 26. Tedros is a PhD student at Goteborg University, Sweden and is currently researching a PLUS project funded by the European Union.  Her research interests focuses on city planning and social exclusion.

Largest CUPPA Alumni Board Elected
CUPPA's nine year old alumni association elected it's largest board ever at the June 21 annual board meeting and election. The group elected Carrie Makarawicz, MUPP 01, president. Board members include: Nannette Banks, MUPP 01, Helene Berlin, MUPP ‘01, Stephan Bitter, MPA 93, Nancy Cohen, MPA ‘90, Marcus Davis, MUPP 05, Abraham Deletioglu, MUPP ‘03, Mark Dwyer, MUPP ‘97, Matthew Hickey, MUPP 01, Noah Temaner Jenkins, MUPP ‘95, Catherine Kannenberg, MUPP ‘00, Dwan Kaoukji, MUPP 05, David J. Kralik, MUPP ‘03, Lisa Kremer, MPA 05, Peggy Laemle, MUPP ‘01, Abraham Lentner, MUPP 05, Carrie Makarewicz, MUPP ’01, Rebecca Mix, MPA 02, William Neuendorf, MUPP ’04, Courtney Owen, MUPP 04, Kimberly Porter, MUPP ‘00, Elvira Reyes, MUPP ‘03, Bob Rice, MUPP ‘01, Joe Selbka, MPA ‘01, Peter Skosey, MUPP ‘93, Doug Sullivan, MPA ‘03, Jennifer Tammen, MUPP ‘99, Audrey Wennink, MUPP ’04, Cheryl Wilson, MUPP 00.

Hyeon-Shic Shin Receives Award
PPA Student Hyeon-Shic Shin was awarded a second place prize in the Transport Chicago Conference paper competition.

CUED and Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation is sponsoring a joint project between CUED and the Institute for Labor and Employment at UC Berkeley, the Center on Wisconsin Strategy at UW Madison, and the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU, to examine the extent to which low-road employers push the costs of low-paid work onto the public sector.

Comings and Goings:

T. Abraham Lentner, MUPP '05, will join the City Design Center in July as visiting coordinator for research programs.

Jennifer Rios will be leaving her post as assistant to associate dean in the CUPPA Dean's office as of July 11 taking a new position on campus as assistant to the director of the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Division of the School of Public Health. (There will be a farewell party for Jennifer in Rm. 110 of CUPPA Hall at 2PM on Friday, 7/8/05.)

Preyal Patel left the finance division of the Dean's Office in mid-June to accept a new position in the College of Medicine's Department of Pathology.

Diana (Yi) Dong will be leaving the finance division of the Dean's Office in July for a new post in the College of Pharmacy. More information forthcoming.

Save the Date:

July 22: Summer Session Ends

August 18: CUPPA New Student Orientation

August 22: Classes Begin - Fall Semester 2005

October 21: UTC Fall Symposium

November 24-24: Thanksgiving Break

December 2: GCI Winter Forum

December 5: Final Exam Week Begins

December 12- January 8: Winter Break

CUPPABriefing is an electronic publication by the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs for faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Published and distributed via email monthly during or after the week following the meeting of the CUPPA Cabinet, CUPPABriefing will contain announcements, updates, and facts that are important to those working and/or studying in CUPPA. Questions, comments, or announcements may be sent to Jodi White Jones, Assistant Dean for Communications, jmwhite@uic.edu, 3-9127.