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In the heart of Chicago, we offer degrees in fields of study that can change your life and change the world. CUPPA students and alumni are uniquely skilled to build and transform sustainable urban neighborhoods and communities and to address the challenges presented in the 21st century. Find our more about our Bachelors, Masters, and Doctorate degrees at cuppa.uic.edu.
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Thursday, March 6, 2025
Planning Intern Community Development - Western Springs
Monday, March 3, 2025
GIS Summer Intern - City of Joliet
Economic Development Summer Intern - City of Joliet
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
*PAID* Summer Research Intern, ACEEE - Remote
Job Type -Internship
Are you a student with a passion for environmental issues and fighting the climate crisis? Are you ready to apply your skillset to help create positive climate impacts? Join us for an exciting paid internship program featuring hands-on research experience and networking opportunities.
Each summer, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) runs an 8-week program specifically designed for a small cohort of students with a passion for environmental issues and climate change. In addition to research experience, the ACEEE internship program places a strong emphasis on developing our intern cohort through a series of networking events and professional talks, setting our intern alumni up for success in the environmental field.
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Chicago Metropolitan Planning Agency Internships
Community Development Intern: Wilmette
Monday, January 20, 2025
Transportation Planning Intern: Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates
Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates is seeking Transportation Planning Interns to join our team during the summer of 2025. We’re looking for students who are eager to gain hands-on experience in the transportation planning field. This is an outstanding opportunity to be involved in the firm’s nationally recognized work in planning for more equitable and livable communities.
Our summer intern program is designed to give current students an opportunity to gain experience with planning work that helps shape our communities. You will work on and produce deliverables for some of our most exciting projects, supporting junior and senior planners with writing and research, data analysis and mapping, and client and community engagement activities.
Apply on our website here. To ensure their application is considered, candidates MUST submit the following items:
- Cover letter
- Resume
- Work Samples (no larger than 6MB) - optional but preferred
The deadline to apply is January 31, 2025.
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Research Assistant (Research and GIS for our Zoning and Land Use Assessment Project) - MPC Chicago
- Primary responsibilities will be supporting the Research Team on a longitudinal examination of Chicago’s zoning policies and their impacts on several outcomes, primarily climate change adaptation and productive land use. Potential research questions on these outcomes could include:
- How has zoning over time contributed to climate harms/mitigation? How is zoning conducive (or not) to climate adaptation?
- How is the distribution of vacant land and parking uses related to zoning and demographics? Does the distribution of vacant land and parking uses have implications for racial equity, public health, and sustainability? How are productive uses defined and how do they relate to zoning?
- Secondary responsibilities include supporting the Research Team on other zoning and land use-related research tasks. Potential projects could include scanning and georeferencing defined geographies in historic zoning maps, and GIS mapping of case studies focusing on the relationship between zoning and both pollution exposure and business corridors, as well as the other four outcomes identified as part of the initiative
Kris Tiongson (he, him, his)
Manager, Research & Evaluation | Metropolitan Planning Council
140 S. Dearborn St. | Suite 1400 | Chicago, IL 60603
224.645.7149 | ktiongson@metroplanning.org
MPC advocates for policies and practices that support thriving communities, equitable infrastructure, and just public systems. Explore the 2024 policy objectives for the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois today.
Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellowship
Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellowship, a prestigious year-long service-learning program for graduate students from a range of professions who wish to collaborate with communities to address health equity. Annually, the Fellowship selects 26 graduate students from diverse fields to become Fellows. They are seeking UIC Department of Urban Planning and Policy students to join the next cohort.
The Schweitzer Fellowship program provides support for you to demonstrate leadership by designing, implementing and evaluating your own community collaboration project as a part of the 2025-2026 cohort. In addition to the service projects, the Program includes supportive mentors, trainings, and monthly meetings with an interdisciplinary cohort of graduate students focused on humanitarian contributions. Fellows receive a $2,750 stipend for their participation.
The Fellowship is recruiting graduate students in health, social service, and public interest professions to apply for the 2025-2026 Schweitzer Fellowships. To learn more about the Fellowship, please attend an informational session. You will find sessions listed on the Application webpage. You will also find a link on this page to a listing of past Chicago Area Schweitzer Projects to give you inspiration.
The deadline to apply is February 1st 2025. The application for the Fellowship is here. The program has provided the rubric that will be used to review applications.
Join the 2025-2026 cohort of outstanding interdisciplinary Fellows and a network of over 4,000 Fellows nationwide! Apply by Feb 1, 2025.
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Montgomery County Council Summer Fellows Program - MD
- Program dates: June 2 - August 8, 2025
- Positions available with the Montgomery County Council and Montgomery County Executive Branch
- Self-selected research project & presentation to the Council
- $8,000 stipend for the 10-week program
- Weekly programming to explore Montgomery County, MD and Washington D.C.
Please contact summerfellows@montgomerycountymd.gov with any questions.