October 25, 2024 Block Club Chicago wrote about the 2024-2025 Harris Policy Innovation Challenge. This year's prompt is to create proposals for a thriving downtown Chicago. Ensuring the long-term vitality of the Loop is a crucial issue, and not just for Chicago,” Prof. Justin Marlowe, the initiative’s faculty lead and the faculty director of the Harris School’s Center for Municipal Finance, said in a statement. “The solutions that our student teams will present next spring could easily serve as models of creative urban planning and financial strategizing for other U.S. cities to follow. Read the full story here: https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/10/25/how-would-you-revitalize-downtown-university-of-chicago-launches-student-competition/ Faculty Spotlight Justin Marlowe Research Professor Justin Marlowe is a Research Professor in the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, where he also serves as Director of the Center for Municipal Finance. His research and teaching are focused on public finance, with emphasis on public capital markets, infrastructure finance, state an... Upcoming Events More events Berkeley Harris Alumni Hike and Gathering Sun., July 13, 2025 | 10:30 AM Stonewall-Panoramic Trailhead 99 Stonewall Rd Berkeley, CA 94705 United States Harris Summer Campus Visit Mon., July 14, 2025 | 10:00 AM Harris School of Public Policy 1307 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 United States Get to Know Harris! MACRM and PhD Information Session Mon., July 14, 2025 | 12:00 PM