All Chicago

Displacement-1090x595 Credit: Nidhi Sharma, research assistant for “Dis/Placements” project

June 16, 2021

UIC project details history of urban displacement in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood

Features walking tours, interactive 3-D timelines, podcasts, artwork, photo essays, and storymaps

May 13, 2021

Chicago’s health database moves to UIC

School of Public Health unveils new platform, analytics capabilities for Chicago Health Atlas

Chicago’s Racial Wealth Gap: Legacies of the Past, Challenges

February 24, 2021

Chicago’s racial wealth gap examined in new UIC report

Interviews highlight the precarity of many Black and Latino families who have ‘made it’

Chicago neighborhood scene

December 3, 2020

Chicago neighborhoods with barriers to social distancing had higher COVID-19 death rates

Neighborhood characteristics include low internet access, health insurance

body of water surrounded by trees at night

May 18, 2020

UIC study examines impact of Chicago River reversal on region’s aquatic environments, fauna

Graduate students have quantified over a century of changes

Northbound traffic on Kennedy Expressway looking South

March 2, 2020

Traffic increase contrasts population declines in Illinois, Chicago

A growing number of workers and households have led to an increase in road travel, according to UTC study

The Future of Black Chicago ad

January 30, 2020

UIC report examines black population loss in Chicago

Data, analysis provide context to the dynamics impacting where black Chicagoans live

July 26, 2019

New buildings, law school acquisition reflect UIC’s momentum as a driver of innovation, opportunity in Chicago

Campus expands footprint, furthers city’s efforts to remain globally competitive, mayor says

Calumet River with bridge above. (Photo: Great Cities Institute)

February 19, 2019

Report presents economic, environmental strategies for Chicago’s Calumet River area

Study area includes portions of the South Chicago, East Side, and South Deering communities

Chicago skyline

February 1, 2019

Report calls for new strategies to contend with Chicago gangs, violence

Researchers say policies and practices to deal with gangs, drug trade are outdated

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