the uChicago urban network
Our Mission
With billions of people currently residing in urban areas around the world, and billions more projected to migrate to cities in the decades ahead, examining and improving urban life has never been more critical. As a global leader in urban research and impact, the University of Chicago is confronting the most significant problems cities face through rigorous scholarship and engaged practice, focused on economic development and infrastructure, public safety, public health, education, equity, and environmental sustainability.
UChicago Urban Network Members
Leaders in Scholarship & Practice
Units, Centers & Initiatives
The UChicago Urban Network brings together more than 20 schools, centers and initiatives from across campus to promote the urban ideas and programs transforming Chicago and the future of cities around the world.
UChicago Urban Network Faculty
Urban Experts
Director, Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation; leader of the Million Neighborhoods Map Project
Principal investigator of The Black Youth Project and Mobilization, Change and Political and Civic Engagement Project
Project Director, Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention
Legal scholar and expert in civilian police oversight and accountability
Director, Program on the Global Environment; Senior lecturer, Environmental and Urban Studies
UChicago Urban Network
Events
EVENT RECAP: Racism as a Public Education Crisis: Improving Equity Post-COVID 19
EVENT RECAP: Why improving vaccine access is key to addressing public health disparities
EVENT RECAP: Why racism is a public health crisis
EVENT: Why urban schools could benefit from more mental health staff, teachers of color
EVENT RECAP: In an unequal America, what should public safety look like?
UChicago Urban Network in the News
Efforts to Address Health Disparities Can’t Stop in Post-Pandemic World, Experts Say
MEDIA MENTION • MAR 25, 2021
Source: WTTW
Topics: COVID-19, Public Health, Urban Network Event
Adding social determinants gives public health maps a sense of place and time
MEDIA MENTION • MAR 31, 2021
Source: STAT News
Topics: COVID-19, Public Health
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