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 Get to Know Harris! A Virtual Information Session Wed., July 09, 2025 | 8:30 AM Harris Alumni Roundtables in Washington, DC: Transitions between public and private sector roles Wed., July 09, 2025 | 8:30 AM Office of Federal Relations 1730 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20006 United States Harris Summer Mixer in Washington, DC: Cultivating Policy Connections Thu., July 10, 2025 | 5:00 PM Harris Summer Mixer in Washington, DC: Cultivating Policy Connections Office of Federal Relations 1730 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington,, DC 20006 United States