Relationship between Urban Population Densities and the Carbon Efficiency of Public Transit and Private Vehicles is the title of Prof. Lee's project for the NSF's Geography Spatial Sciences (GSS) Program. Read more.

Student Planning Organization (SPO) at UIUC received an Honorable Mention in the APA 2017 Outstanding Planning Student Organization (PSO) Awards. Our SPO is the only organization that has been recognized two years in a row. These awards recognize the activities carried out by APA PSO's that enliven student life, contribute to their communities, and connect to APA chapters and divisions. Thank you to all for your involvement and support! Read more.

The Women’s Resources Center of the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations recognized 17 women earlier today in honor of International Women’s Day 2017. Congratulations to Prof. Faranak Miraftab, one of the group’s honorees! The annual celebration honors local efforts in our campus community to improve the lives of women across the globe. Faranak was recognized for her interdisciplinary research empirically based in Latin America, Southern Africa, Middle East and North American, which draws on feminist, transnational and urban scholarship. Read more.

Work on the Multimodal Corridor Enhancement Project (MCORE) gets underway. The first phase of the project will close Green Street between First Street and the Canadian National Railroad tracks. Through traffic will not be allowed, but access to properties will be maintained via alternative routes. Businesses will remain open during construction.

The $44 million MCORE project represents a significant investment in public infrastructure that will bring streets to a state of good repair while enhancing connections between the cities' downtown centers and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus. Read more.

Photos of our Convocation and Student Recognition Ceremony have now been posted on our flickr site. We anticipate posting another group of Convocation photographs by June 2. Stay up-to-date with our facebook page.