Egan Urban Center
Director: Michael I.J. Bennett, Ph.D.

Telephone: 312/362-6000
Fax: 312/362-5988
Email: Egan Urban Center
Web site: Egan Urban Center


The mission of the Egan Urban Center is to extend the opportunities for DePaul University to collaborate with its metropolitan community to address critical urban problems, alleviate poverty and promote social justice through teaching, service and scholarship.

CURRENT EGAN CENTER EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

Jan. 26, 2007
Kiljoong Kim conducts workshop on professional job search, interview and resume preparation techniques for sociology grad students.  Contact Casey Oberlin at 54916 for information.

Jan. 29, 2007
EUC presents report to Congress for New Urbanism (CNU) analyzing the results of a membership satisfaction survey.  The web survey designed and administered by the EUC assessed the satisfaction of the Chicago-based organization’s 3,000 urban planners, architects, public officials, engineers, community activists and other members involved in the built environment with CNU’s services and performance.

On-going
Through our Michael L. Mezey Faculty & Community Research Center Lab, the Egan Center is helping Sociology Professor Richard Schaefer with data analysis and maps for his book project on racial concentrations in the U.S.

The Lab, located on the third floor of the 990 Fullerton building, offers the DPU community training, technical and research assistance and access to census, crime, housing, education, environmental, transportation and demographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the City of Chicago, the Chicago Public Schools, the Chicago Housing Authority, Metro Chicago Information Center, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Homeland Security and ESRI.  It has 16 Dell workstations, a server with capacity to host our own and community Web sites, and is equipped with digital camera, portable projection, scanning and printing equipment.  It includes mapping (Geographic Information System/GIS), statistical and graphic design software.