Blog Description

The College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at UIC is the University of Illinois System's home for the study of public policy and contemporary urban challenges. We are CUPPA.

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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Have a job or internship to post? Send an email with the title, location, job description, and contact information to cuppa@uic.edu.

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Intern - Enterprise Advisors

Job Type: Internship, Full-time

Location: Washington D.C.


Job Description Summary

Enterprise Advisors is the mission-based consultancy of Enterprise Community Partners Inc. focused on delivering capacity building and technical assistance in partnership with Federal agencies, units of local government, public housing authorities, nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, and other sources. We work with partners to improve the capacity, outcomes and impacts of community development and housing programs and organizations nationwide so that all people have a place to live, grow and thrive. We are looking for interns to support the following platforms; Technical Assistance and Capacity Building and Strategy and Implementation covering the following focus areas:

  • Equitable Housing Solutions
  • Equitable Recovery and Revitalization 
  • Public Housing Revisioning 
  • Equitable Economic Development 
  • Incubation, Cultivation and Acceleration 
  • HUD Local Partners and Grantees  
  • U.S. Caribbean Recovery and Partner Capacity Building  
  • Business Processes Management   
Full post and instructions for applying are available here.

Friday, December 8, 2023

Progress of Ideas Scholarship - Robert Schalkenbach Foundation (RSF)

For the third consecutive year, the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation (RSF) is offering the Progress of Ideas Scholarship. I hope you will share this with college and graduate students affiliated with your organization.

  • Who is eligible? Students studying a variety of disciplines related to the Foundation's mission, including Economics, Environmental Studies, Environmental Science, Finance or Real Estate, History, Geography, Philosophy, Political Science, Public Administration, Public Policy, Sociology, Urban Analytics, and Urban Studies.
  • When can funds be used? Junior and senior years of undergraduate study and throughout graduate school.
  • What is covered? The scholarship can be used to support all costs of attendance as defined by the IRS.
  • How much is the award? Scholars are eligible for $5,000 per academic year for up to two years.
  • When will awards be made? Funds will be distributed to support studies in the 2024-25 academic year.
  • How do I apply? Visit https://learnmore.scholarsapply.org/schalkenbach/ to apply today!

 Up to five scholarships will be awarded. The application deadline is January 31, 2024.


Thursday, December 7, 2023

GIS Intern - Village of Roselle, Illinois

The Village of Roselle is seeking self-motivated individuals with a positive work ethic to fill the position of GIS Intern, which is geared toward undergraduate and/or graduate level college students seeking to supplement their academic training and expand their professional knowledge and skills in the engineering and GIS fields.

The GIS Intern will be responsible for supporting the Public Works Department in a wide variety of GIS related functions including data collection of assets in the field, revisions and updates to existing GIS data based on plans and field conditions and general office work, such as scanning and filing. Work may involve assisting the engineering staff with review and interpretation of construction plans, utility investigation, preparing maps, research, other related tasks.  

Full description and application are available here.

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Council Summer Fellows Program - Montgomery County Council, MD

Program Background

The Montgomery County Council’s paid ten-week Summer Fellows Program is a unique opportunity that enables graduate students to gain real world local government experience across multiple fields. Summer 2024 will be our eight consecutive year hosting the program. We welcome students in policy-related graduate programs (policy, public administration, planning, public health, law, etc.) who will have completed their first year of study by summer 2024 to apply. Individuals who will have graduated by summer 2024 are not eligible for this program, but please check out our Year Long Fellows Program for recent graduates.

Full description and link to the Stage 1 application are available here.