Upcoming Events
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
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