UChicago Urban Network

@UChicagoUrban is @UChicago's home for the ideas, science, art and engagement shaping the future of cities and enriching urban life.

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WATCH the full @UChicago Urban Network panel conversation on the intersection of trauma and violence, with @MarshallProj's @lakeidrachavis, @MomsDemand's @shannonrwatts+@BrendaKMitchell, @UChicagoMed's Selwyn Rogers and @UChicagoCrown's Franklin Cosey-Gay: https://t.co/WVumfsInTM

[Big Brains Podcast @BigBrainsUC]

#NewPpodcast: Prof. Jens Ludwig discusses how @UChiUrbanLabs' research on violent #CrimePrevention identifies community programs that work—with conclusions backed by data. Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/QT8sNHEk6M

[WBEZ @WBEZ]

A University of Chicago study suggests more equitable distribution of vaccinations might have saved more than 100 lives during the deadly spring wave of 2021. WBEZ, MuckRock and Documenting COVID-19 look at the data.

https://t.co/JVBJvN7Ebw

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As Congress debates including "tree equity" in #BuildBackBetter legislation, learn about the @uchicago data scientists who developed a tool that will help the City of Chicago make a $46-million investment in trees to improve neighborhood health!

[The University of Chicago @UChicago]

Trees are associated with better air quality and healthier neighborhoods. A new mapping tool developed in partnership with #UChicago scholars will help the city of Chicago plant 75,000 over the next few years, focusing on areas with fewer trees. https://t.co/pLxcB5RNDc

[UChicago Urban Education Institute @UChicagoUEI]

🚨New research alert🚨 This thread provides a few of the key insights from a new study on CPS students' high school & college outcomes by the community area where they live, shared by @UChiConsortium & @UChiToThrough report authors at the research release webinar this morning.

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As part of @UChicagoUrban's #UrbanOctober, experts and violence prevention leaders met to discuss the intersecting crises of gun violence and the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more, and watch the full panel event: https://t.co/bVXE1f5ivo

[Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation @miurbanchicago]

Watch now Lav Varshney (@lrvarshney) of @uofigrainger Information Intelligence Group gives the Mansueto Colloquium talk on using graph augmentation to increase equitable access & using AI for good. https://t.co/5qLVBaVeKy

[WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw]

Included in the budget is a plan to send 5,000 low-income households $500 per month for a year.

It will be the nation’s largest test of a universal basic income.

https://t.co/p4PLXSM1aV

[UChicago Urban Network @UChicagoUrban]

Get smart quick before today's City Council vote on Chicago's budget by power-listening to this great, informative @CrainsChicago conversation with @HarrisPolicy Prof. Justin Marlowe on what this budget means, this year and for the next decade ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Today on the "A.D. Q&A" podcast: @HarrisPolicy Prof. Justin Marlowe in conversation with @CrainsChicago's @ad_quig on how the pandemic has forever changed how #Chicago and other municipal governments function financially.

@UChicagoUrban #UrbanOctober
https://t.co/JMqKqDVGFZ

[The University of Chicago @UChicago]

Today on the "A.D. Q&A" podcast: @HarrisPolicy Prof. Justin Marlowe in conversation with @CrainsChicago's @ad_quig on how the pandemic has forever changed how #Chicago and other municipal governments function financially.

@UChicagoUrban #UrbanOctober
https://t.co/JMqKqDVGFZ

[Crain's Chicago Business @CrainsChicago]

Does Lightfoot's budget set the right course for post-COVID Chicago? U of C Muni finance expert Justin Marlowe hashes it out with Crain's A.D. Quig on the latest "A.D. Q&A" podcast: https://t.co/UCvvmREV9g

[UChicago Urban Network @UChicagoUrban]

Urban Network director @meredithshiner will be moderating this (virtual!) book talk at @SeminaryCoop Thursday at 9 AM CT. Register using the link below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

[Seminary Co-op @SeminaryCoop]

Join us this Thursday at 9AM CT as Luís Bettencourt discusses his book, 'INTRODUCTION TO URBAN SCIENCE: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems'.

Presented in Partnership with @miurbanchicago

Register Here: https://t.co/gul0mErL9W

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Find the @ad_quig podcast wherever you listen to yours! https://t.co/Vokl2360D5

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In advance of tomorrow's city council budget vote, check out @CrainsChicago for a conversation with @HarrisPolicy and @UChicagoUrban expert Justin Marlowe and @ad_quig on the A.D.Q&A podcast: https://t.co/HEfqLGm5sX

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And read more of @uchicago finance expert Justin Marlowe's thoughts on how city budgets will not look the same post-pandemic in his @CrainsChicago op-ed here: https://t.co/ySFNs7l08F

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For #UrbanOctober and on the @BigBrainsUC Podcast: @UNHabitat’s Chris Williams and @miurbanchicago's @BettencourtLuis discuss the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals—a blueprint for addressing humanity’s challenges: https://t.co/AZRKnm5dIa

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As part of @UChicagoUrban's #UrbanOctober: @miurbanchicago's @BettencourtLuis joins @UNHABITAT's Chris Williams on the @BigBrainsUC podcast... https://t.co/WDLzzYT1gy

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Next week!

[Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation @miurbanchicago]

Join @BettencourtLuis in discussion with @ortman_scott for a virtual conversation with @SeminaryCoop Oct. 28, 9-10, on Luis's new book Introduction to Urban Science: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems https://t.co/4YQNVqnsoq

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Read more about our event yesterday in @BlockClubCHI: Survivors And Their Loved Ones Face Immense Trauma From Gun Violence — And Healing Must Be Prioritized, Advocates Say https://t.co/JuBmEJoiqY

[Maxwell Evans @afrodip]

“Until we deal with the issues of trauma on a personal level as well as in our communities, then we’ll continue to be a little [gerbil] wheel that continues to spin,” said Brenda Mitchell, a gun reform activist who lost her son to violence in 2005. https://t.co/dgS7OdjwxS