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September 2008

Tuesday, September 2 at 3:00 pm
Fu-Chuan Lai
Co-sponsored with the Department of Economics and the Department of Public Administration
Urban Configuration With A Monopoly Vendor and Two Income Groups

Friday, September 5 from 9:00 a.m. – noon
GCI Welcome

Thursday, September 11 at 3:00 pm
Karen Mossberger Faculty Scholar Presentation
How Do Poor Neighborhoods Fare? Public and Civic Attention to Neighborhood Revitalization in Chicago

Friday, September 12 at 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m . (Illinois ResourceNet event)
Introduction to Federal Grants – A One-day Workshop for Non-profit Faith-Based and Community Organizations
UIC Student Center East
This event is a collaboration of Illinois ResourceNet*, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Administration for Children and Families.

Tuesday, September 16 at 3:00 pm
Michele Kelley
Co-sponsored with the School of Public Health and Child Health Program
A Culturally Grounded Alternative to After School Programming: The Barrio Arts, Culture and Communication Academy

Tuesday, September 30 at 3:00 pm
Richard Kordesh and Alice Johnson-Butterfield
University-Community Engagement in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia


October 2008

Thursday, October 16 at 3:00 pm
Philip Ashton Faculty Scholar Presentation
Differential Citizenship in the Subprime Mortgage Market

Tuesday, October 21 at 3:00 pm
Marc Atkins, Elisa Shernoff and Tara Mehta
Stress and Coping Among Urban Teachers: An Exploratory Study


November 2008

Thursday, November 6 at 3:00 pm
Excellence in Nonprofit Management Series
Deborah Strauss
Executive Transition in Nonprofits: Threat or Opportunity?

Thursday, November 13 at 3:00 pm
Amalia Pallares Faculty Scholar Presentation
Denizens and Citizens: Urban Immigration Activism and the Family Separation Issue

Tuesday, November 18 at 3:00 pm
Steven McCullough, President and CEO, Bethel New Life, Inc.
Building a Community of Choice

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY THURSDAY & FRIDAY 11/27 & 11/28


December 2008

Thursday, December 4 at 3:00 pm
Nilda Flores-Gonzalez Faculty Scholar Presentation
Reconceptualizing Citizenship and Democratic Rights: Latino Youth in the Immigrant Movement

FINAL EXAMS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 12/8 – 12/12

Tuesday, December 9 at 3:00 pm
Excellence in Nonprofit Management Series
Kate Pravera

SEMESTER BREAK 12/13/08 – 1/11/09


January 2009

SPRING SEMESTER 2009  
INSTRUCTION BEGINS MONDAY 1/12/09

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY HOLIDAY MONDAY 1/19    

Tuesday, January 20 at 3:00 pm
Tingwei Zhang
Mixed Land Use – the Case of Chicago’s Downtown Area  

Tuesday, January 27 at 3:00 pm
Rachel Weber
, UIC, Urban Planning and Policy
Title Forthcoming


February 2009

Tuesday, February 17 at 3:00 pm
Eric Gutstein Faculty Scholar Presentation
Learning Mathematics through Investigating Urban Social Reality


March 2009

Tuesday, March 10 at 3:00 pm
Katrin Schultheiss Faculty Scholar Presentation
Local Knowledge, Global Vision: A Collaborative Learning Project with Chicago-Area High Schools

Tuesday, March 31 at 3:00 pm
Maria Vareles, Faculty Scholar Presentation
Ecologies of Learnerhood in Early Elementary School Classrooms: African American Young Children and Science


April 2009

Thursday, April 2 at 12:00 noon at IGPA
Co-sponsored with IGPA
Allyson Holbrook and Tim Johnson
Title Forthcoming