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Upcoming Events

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​For highlights and photos of recent Chaddick programs, please click here.   Interested in joining our listserv? Email chaddick@depaul.edu to learn about the options (e.g., student, municipal planning, transportation).​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Saturday, April 20, 2024, 1 - 5 pm
The LAS Graduate Arts and Scholarship Conference
Join the Chaddick Institute group attending this notable annual conference featuring graduate student research at DePaul.  To be held in the Student Center on the Lincoln Park Campus.  For event details, click here​.  To RSVP to join the group, email chaddick@depaul.edu.  We welcome you to join us even if you can’t stay for the entire event.​

Friday, May 3, 2024, 1 - 7:30 pm​
Chaddick Study Trip to Chicago Neighborhoods for DePaul Students
Visit Chicago neighborhoods and community organizations along with the Chaddick team, with travel on both CTA and Metra.   Our day will end with a group meal.  The cost is $10, inclusive of transportation and dinner.   Click here to register.   Email chaddick@depaul.edu if you would like more information.   

Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 6 p.m. (tentative)
Great Rivers Evening Symposium
Check back in mid-March for the special evening on the role of rivers and other waterways on cultural life, placemaking and recreation in communities.  To be held on the Lincoln Park Campus. Email chaddick@depaul.edu to the notified when details become available.  Free.

Thursday - Friday, June 6 - 7, 2024
Chaddick Graduate Student Trip to Alton, IL to Explore Planning in River Communities
Join our graduate student delegation on an overnight trip via Amtrak to Alton, IL (near St. Louis) for discussions with the National Great Rivers Research & Education Center and a minibus outing to notable river towns.  We will depart Union Station around 5:15 p.m. on Thursday and return at 10:45 p.m. on Friday   The $20 fee includes accommodations at the Alton Best Western hotel, train fare, minibus trip and Friday breakfast and lunch.  Email chaddick@depaul.edu for more details.