Reducing Poverty: How Medicaid Does More Than Just Improve Access to Healthcare in Cities

January 20th, 2014 - Nazihah Siddiqui

Recent research provides evidence supporting the poverty-reducing effects of Medicaid in urban areas. More »

Focus on Finance: Bringing Private Sector Experience to Philadelphia

January 17th, 2014 - Poppy Coleman

The Treasurer for the City of Philadelphia, Nancy Winkler, discusses applying expertise from 28 years in financial consulting to reinvent the City’s financial fortunes. More »

Focus on Finance: Conservative Budgets in a Liberal City

January 17th, 2014 - Chasse Rehwinkel

Seattle’s Director of Finance Glen Lee discusses Seattle’s conservative approach to municipal budgets and how it helped the City rebound after the recession. More »

Are Large Cities More Pollution Efficient?

January 14th, 2014 - Mattie Prodanovic

New research explores how population size relates to CO2 emissions efficiency. More »

A Desperate Customer? The Growing Trend of PPPs in American Government

January 13th, 2014 - Michael Deheeger

Recent study finds that political and ideological factors as well as increased congestion may be driving states to privatize their transportation infrastructure. More »

Focus on Finance: the Push and Pull of Los Angeles Labor Negotiations

January 10th, 2014 - Scarlett Swerdlow

Chief Administrative Officer Miguel Santana shares how the City of Los Angeles has shrunk its structural deficit, lowered its pension liabilities, and increased its reserves. More »

Focus on Finance: Funding Pensions in the Windy City

January 10th, 2014 - Eric Tawney

Chicago’s CFO explains the city’s immense financial challenges, her insights, and why she’s optimistic for the future. More »

Worlds Collide: Using Fluid Dynamics to Solve Urban Traffic Woes

January 2nd, 2014 - Chasse Rehwinkel

Researchers point to a new way to analyze traffic congestion in growing cities. More »

Rising from the Ashes: Economic Transformation in Rust Belt Cities

December 16th, 2013 - Nazihah Siddiqui

Recent research reveals that some urban rust belt cities adapted to the changing economic environment to become stable performers in their region. More »

Growing Partnerships: Public Gardens Are Helping Cities Address Urban Challenges

December 10th, 2013 - Corey Chan

A new study examines the role that public garden partnerships can play during times of urban scarcity. More »

Illinois’ 100 Billion Dollar Question: How Do We Solve the Pension Crisis?

December 2nd, 2013 - Scarlett Swerdlow

Daniel Biss, once a University of Chicago mathematician and now a State Senator, gives an inside look at the pension reform proposal in the Illinois General Assembly. More »

Modeling the Gang Ecosystem

November 13th, 2013 - Aaron Rosenberg

Researchers examine whether gang-related violence can be predicted using models taken from ecology. More »