April 28, 2008

CUPPA Briefing

April 2008. An E-Newsletter for Faculty, Staff, Students, and Alumni.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

UIC's Brilliant Futures Capital Campaign Update
CUPPA Goal: $$3,496,273 as of March 31, 2008

Daley Forum April 29
The 2008 Richard J. Daley Forum on April 29 at UIC will feature mayors from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Lithuania, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, the United States and other countries. This international forum of municipal leaders will weigh the social and economic effects of this mass urbanization, and also consider the creative human potential it can unlock. The forum will be held from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on April 29 in the new UIC Forum at Halsted and Roosevelt. Parking is available one block west in Lot 5, 1135 S. Morgan St. UIC faculty, students and staff receive complimentary admission but registration is required; to register or for more information, please visit www.rjdurbanforum.uic.edu.

UPP Hires Two New Faculty
Joshua Drucker and Sanjeev Vidyarthi will join the UPP faculty in fall 2008 subject to BOT approval. Drucker specializes in urban economic development. Vidyarthi specializes in physical and land use planning. (See MayBriefing for bio details.)

IMPORTANT! Proposed College Bylaw Changes
All CUPPA faculty and staff are encouraged to read the proposed CUPPA bylaw changes (attached). CUPPA Faculty will vote on the proposed changes at the college-wide faculty meeting on Friday, May 2, 2-4:00 p.m., CUPPAH 110. Faculty will also vote on the proposal to add to the list of academic and research units in Article One of the college by-laws: “Urban and Public Affairs program.” Please share comments with voting faculty prior to the meeting.

CUPPA Commencement
Friday, May 9, 2008, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon, UIC Forum, 725 Roosevelt Road (Corner of Halsted Street and Roosevelt Road), Chicago, Brief reception to follow. Special guests include University of Illinois President Joseph D. White, Commencement Speaker and 18th District Illinois State Representative Julie Hamos, and University of Illinois Lou Liay Spirit Award Winner Carrie Makarewicz, MUPP '01. For more information, see www.uic.edu/cuppa/news_08/2008_commencement.htm.

Congrats to First CTA President's Fellows from CUPPA
MUPP Students Emily Ziring, Matt Smith, and Crispina Ojeda were selected to be fellows of the inaugural 2008 CTA Presidential Fellowship program!

Eisenhower Fellow
PhD candidate Caitlin Cottrill has been awarded the Eisenhower Fellowship through the US Department of Transportation!

Congratulations New PASA Board
Chair: Lauren Bowman
Co-Chair: Grace Kole
Professional Development Committee: Dean Constantino, Danielle Barnes,
Basia Bhojraj
Communications Chair: Danielle Barnes
Recruitment Chair: Tracy Cao
New Student Chair: Claudia Cortes
Events Planning Chair: Reggie Spears
Treasurer/Development Chair: Ben Ekelund
Public Service Chair: Jeanne Chiu

And Just Who INSPIRES You?
Sean Kennelly, Assistant Director of Public Administration, was one of twelve recipients of UIC's INSPIRE Award at a ceremony on April 2, 2008. The award was given to Sean for demonstrating Integrity, Nurture, Service, Pride, Intellect, Respect, Excellence in the conduct of his duties.

Hablas español?
At the invitation of the Ayuntamiento de Madrid (city government) and the Autonomous University of Madrid, iDean Michael Pagano presented three seminars to the senior executives of Madrid's government convened by the Department of Finance and Public Administration: 1. Local Governments in the US: A Patchwork Quilt (Gobiernos Locales en los EEUU: Una Tela de Remiendos) on April 1; 2. Local Government Finances in the US (Financiación Local en los EEUU) on April 2; and 3. Service Delivery in the US and Chicago (Gestión de servicios públicos: el caso de Chicago) on April 3.

Mossberger Studies Youth Digital Media
Public Administration Associate Professor Karen Mossberger participated in a conference at Northwestern University on the Youth Digital Media Study funded by a MacArthur Foundation planning grant to create a longitudinal survey of digital media use by young people.

Merriman and TIFs
Public Administration Professor David Merriman co-organized a conference entitled "Tax Increment Financing: New Evidence and Ideas for Reform" held at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy on March 21, 2008. The conference brought together experts on TIF from around the country to discuss the latest research. Professor Merriman will be presenting some of his research on tobacco tax avoidance in Warsaw, Poland in April at the “Summit of tobacco control leaders from Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union Countries."

Perry On Change
David Perry, Director of the Great Cities Institute, delivered the inaugural Chancellor’s Seminar Lecture on March 4 at the Washington State University, Vancouver. The title of his talk was “Anchoring Urban Change: Universities, their Cities and Land.” Perry also delivered a talk as part of the Arizona State University meeting on “From Enclave to Institution: The Changing Role of the University in the City,” in late February.

Makarewicz, MUPP ’01, awarded UIAA Lou Liay Spirit Award for Extraordinary Alumni Service
Carrie Makarewicz, MUPP ’01, Past President CUPPA Alumni Association, has been awarded the University of Illinois Alumni Association's Lou Liay Spirit Award for Extraordinary Alumni Service. The award is bestowed upon one alum per year of the University of Illinois at Chicago who has consistently demonstrated extraordinary loyalty, commitment, dedication and service to the UI Alumni Association for the betterment of the University of Illinois, and whose name and achievements have become synonymous with their Alma Mater. Makarewicz is currently a doctoral student in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California Berkeley and a Dwight D. Eisenhower Graduate Fellow. She previously served as president of the CUPPA Alumni Association where she saw membership of the group’s board of directors more than triple since its founding in 1997. As president she also spearheaded several new board initiatives including a distinctive Life-long learning professional education series and class speakers series.

CUED Analyzes Green
CUED is conducting an analysis of economic development opportunities and workforce development needs associated with the City of Chicago’s Climate Change Action Plan. CUED’s activities include identifying career pathways in “green jobs,” assessing Chicago’s capacity to train workers for green jobs, and analyzing the business development potential of the initiative. This project is being conducted on behalf of the City of Chicago.

Voorhees Looks at Rental Market In South Chicago
Claritian Associates, Inc. is working with CUPPA's Voorhees Center to examine conditions in the rental housing market, the profile of renting households and the demand/supply mismatch and trends in South Chicago. The study begins in May/June and is expected to be completed in the summer.

Headed to APA 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

CUPPA Dean's Search Committee Information
For the CUPPA Dean Search advertisement and regular search updates, candidate information, and candidate evaluation form, please see http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/search. For more information regarding the search, email cuppasearch@uic.edu.

CUPPA Alumni Association Board Meeting and Annual Elections June 10
The annual meeting and election of the CUPPA Alumni Association will be held in CUPPA Hall room 110 on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. Those interested in joining the board or those in need of more information should contact Jodi White Jones, jmwhite@uic.edu, by May 19. The slate of nominatees will be posted on the CUPPAAA website, www.uic.edu/cuppa/alumni, and will be distributed on the alumni listserve after May 26.

COMINGS:

GCI and IRRPP Announce 2008-09 Faculty Scholars and Fellows

GCI Scholars:
Philip Ashton, Assistant Professor, Urban Planning and Policy Program

College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
Differential Citizenship in the Subprime Mortgage Market
Nilda Flores-Gonzalez, Associate Professor, Department of Latin American and Latino Studies

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Reconceptualizing Citizenship and Democratic Rights: Latino Youth in the Immigrant Movement
Eric Gutstein, Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

College of Education
Learning Mathematics through Investigating Urban Social Reality
Karen Mossberger, Associate Professor, Public Administration Program

College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
Comparative Insights on Neighborhood Regeneration in Chicago and Beyond
Amalia Pallares, Associate Professor, Departments of Latin American and Latino Studies and Political Science

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Denizens and Citizens: Urban Immigrant Activism and the Family Separation Issus
Katrin Schultheiss, Associate Professor, Departments of Gender and Women’s Studies and History

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Local Knowledge, Global Vision: A Collaborative Learning Project with Chicago-Area High Schools
Maria Varelas, Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

College of Education
Ecologies of Learnerhood in Early Elementary School Classrooms: African American Young Children and Science

IRRPP Fellows:
Noel Chavez, Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Qualitative Analysis of Community Food Security Interviews
Elena Gutierrez, Gender & Women's Studies / Latin American & Latino Studies
College of Liberal Arts and Scineces
The Reproductive & Sexual Health of Latinas in Chicago: A Community Assessment
Pamela A. Quiroz, Policy Studies
College of Education
No Hablan Espanol: Ethnic Authenticity Among Latinos Who don’t Speak Spanish
Valerie Borum, Social Work
Laying a Foundation for an Afro-centric Evidence-based Practice Paradigm on Suicidal Behavior Among African American College Young Adults
H. Steven Sims, Otalaryngology
College of Medicine
Expanding the Indications for Early Screening for Esophageal Cancer in African Americans
Anna Guevarra, Sociology / Gender & Women's Studies
Liberal Arts and Sciences
U.S. Immigrant Women & Labor (Book & Conference)

SAVE THE DATE:

May 5 - 9
Final examinations.

May 8
A Book Signing Event by John Hagedorn, Associate Professor, UIC Department of Criminology, Law and Justice and UIC Great Cities Institute Fellow featuring his new book: A World of Gangs Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 6:00 pm, 57th Street Books, 1301 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, 773-684-1300.

May 9
CUPPA Commencement, Friday, May 9, 2008, 10:00 a.m., UIC Forum. See live webcast at http://www.vcsa.uic.edu/MainSite/departments/commencement/home/web08.htm

June 5-6
Reinventing Race, Reinventing Racism: The 40th Anniversary of the Kerner Commission, http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/irrpp/activities/conference.htm

June 10
CUPPA Alumni Association Board of Directors Annual Elections and Annual Meeting, 6:00 p.m., CUPPA Hall 110.

READ AND HEAR MORE ONLINE:

Archived CUPPA Briefings
CUPPA Daily Clips (faculty who have appeared in print and broadcast media on a weekly basis)
CUPPA Podcasts (various lectures or events audio recorded and available for download)
CUPPA Events (http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/news.html#events)

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 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, 312.413.9127