Senior Associate Director, University Communications @thisisUIC
Chicago
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“Regardless of one’s perspective on reform, more work on funding needed to come earlier,” @UIC_UPP prof. @kateontransport tells @Suntimes #transit chicago.suntimes.com/transpo… @UICCUPPA
When immigrant communities suffer, the losses cascade throughout multiple sectors of the city’s economy, @UICGCI director @TeresaLCordova tells @CrainsChicago chicagobusiness.com/elevate/… @UICCUPPA
“It’s a significant crisis that is not just going to affect the traveling public,” P.S. Sriraj, director of the Urban Transportation Center @thisisUIC, tells @washingtonpost wapo.st/4fQ2xZ2 @UICCUPPA
New from @ConversationUS: @HistUIC prof. Jeffrey Sklansky writes about the origins of #Labor Day and why Americans don't celebrate May Day like most other industrial nations, even though May Day commemorates a workers' uprising here in Chicago theconversation.com/labor-da… @UICLAS
Via @CourthouseNews, @uiclaw prof. Arthur Acevedo provides analysis of a federal judge's recent dismissal of the case against the City of Chicago and State of Illinois courthousenews.com/legal-exp…
Illinois could have four open congressional seats and an open Senate seat all at once. E.J. Fagan, asst. prof. @uicpols, talked to NBC 5 Chicago about the significance of the changes. nbcchicago.com/news/local/bi…
ICYMI: @WBEZreset welcomed @uiclaw prof. Steven Schwinn for expert analysis on the end-of-term #SCOTUS rulings wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-an…
Alejandra Palacios, staff attorney at @uiclaw's International Human Rights Clinic, joined @wttw to discuss a possible expansion of the Trump administration's travel ban, and how it differs from a ban implemented in the administration's first term news.wttw.com/2025/06/16/tru…
.@UICCUPPA-based transportation experts P.S. Sriraj of the Urban Transportation Center and @UIC_UPP assoc. prof. Kate Lowe (@kateontransport) weigh in on the situation as Chicago region public transit awaits financial lifelines
Chicago’s Public Transit Is in Limbo trib.al/5RnAPij
Crypto companies have been able to scale and become more relevant, Mabel Oza, adjunct lecturer of finance @UICBusiness, tells @CrainsChicago chicagobusiness.com/finance-…
.@UICCUPPA-based transportation experts continue to be featured subject matter experts related transportation funding and policy in Illinois. @kateontransport, assoc. prof. @UIC_UPP, weighs in w/ @Suntimes on impact of proposed cuts chicago.suntimes.com/transpo…
.@chicagotribune talked with P.S. Sriraj, director of @thisisUIC's Urban Transportation Center, about the transit funding challenge chicagotribune.com/2025/06/0… @UICnews
Transportation expert and @UIC_UPP assoc. prof. @kateontransport weighs in on the new proposal in an interview w/ @Suntimes chicago.suntimes.com/politic… @UICCUPPA @UICnews
"If people are excluded from routine care, they may not get vaccinated for all kinds of contagious diseases, increasing the risk of disease for children and susceptible adults," Alexandra Filindra, prof. @uicpols & @UICPsychology, tells @Newsweek newsweek.com/trump-administr… @UICLAS
Howard Lapin, adjunct professor @uiclaw, recently spoke to @CNBC about the current state of the U.S. health care industry cnbc.com/2025/05/22/unitedhe…
“Imagine a pipeline or any other piece of infrastructure running through your yard with no easement and no permission to be there,” said Rachel Havrelock, founder and director of The Freshwater Lab @thisisUIC chicagotribune.com/2025/05/1…
.@uiclaw prof. Steve Schwinn also told @Reuters that upcoming religious rights rulings will likely continue #SCOTUS' trend of limiting the application of the establishment clause & dramatically expanding the application of the free exercise clause reuters.com/world/us-supreme…
.@uiclaw Steven Schwinn joined @WBEZreset to discuss how the Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision on birthright citizenship could affect people without legal status in Illinois wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-an…
.@uiclaw Steven Schwinn joined @WBEZreset to discuss how the Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision on birthright citizenship could affect people without legal status in Illinois wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-an…
Chicago’s population peaked in 1950, and the recent increase is likely to be temporary, if the Trump administration continues to severely limit immigration, Rob Paral, @UICGCI senior researcher, tells @chicagotribune chicagotribune.com/2025/05/1… @UICCUPPA @UICnews
Via @chicagotribune: Max Berkelhammer, assoc. prof. @EaES_UIC, explains partnering with community members and using new types of models to "really capture what’s happening in cities" chicagotribune.com/2025/05/1… @UICLAS
