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RICP All Animals - All Disasters Workshop Announcement

IGPA’s Regional Institute for Community Policing (RICP) will conduct an All Animals – All Disaster Workshop in Charlotte, North Carolina on Wednesday, Oct. 29. The workshop will promote the importance of planning to deal with animals as part of all emergency management plans.

 

Monday, October 27, 2008 - 6:47am
IGPA electoral index analysis indicates continuing shift toward Obama

An analysis by IGPA researcher Michael Cheney looks at the electoral vote count in the presidential campaign, based on public opinion poll data in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 3:24pm
Bazzani Lecture program to discuss policies for dealing with climate change

IGPA presents the Sixth Annual Craig S. Bazzani Lecture in Public Affairs at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22 in the auditorium of the Beckman Institute, 400 N. Mathews, Urbana. The program will feature a discussion of developing policies to deal with climate change.

                                   

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 3:25pm
Campus forum to focus on constitutional convention question; Lt. Gov. Quinn to attend

IGPA will co-sponsor a debate on the constitutional convention question that goes before Illinois voters in the November election. The debate, which features Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn and Kevin Semlow of the Illinois Farm Bureau, will be at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 15, in Room 100 of Gregory Hall, 810 S. Wright St., Urbana.

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 10:04am
U of I Flash Index drops 1.2 points in September, reaches lowest level since 2004

The University of Illinois Flash Index dropped to 101.1 in September from 102.3 in August. The index has reached its lowest level since August 2004.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 12:46pm
Conference marks 40th anniversary of Fair Housing Act

IGPA and Jane Addams Hull House Association will present a conference in Chicago to mark the 40th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act of 1968. The conference will be Tuesday, October 7 at Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted, on the UIC campus. It begins at 9 a.m.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 8:58am
IGPA forums to focus on economic crisis

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The events within America’s financial system in the past couple of weeks have many people wondering about their own financial future. Two forums sponsored by IGPA -- on September 30 in Chicago and October 1 in Urbana -- will try to provide answers.

Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 10:08pm
State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias to visit IGPA on Sept. 23

 Photo of Illinois Treasurer Alexi GiannouliasIllinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias will visit the Institute of Government and Public Affairs in Urbana on Tuesday, September 23.

Friday, September 19, 2008 - 3:28pm
Critical Issues forum to focus on health care reform

Two top experts on health care reform will discuss this important issue at an IGPA forum on Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Sangamo Club in Springfield.

Friday, September 12, 2008 - 10:22am
Giertz Conference Room dedicated at Urbana IGPA

In recognition of a generous gift and support from longtime faculty member J. Fred Giertz, IGPA has dedicated the conference room in its Urbana office building in his name.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 1:48pm