Doug Dobmeyer, as one of the first CURL Community Fellows, prepared lectures for presentation at Loyola and at community locations. The subject was public policy creation at the local, state, and national levels. Three lectures were given.

This conference was sponsored by the Urban University Collaborative and organized by the Policy Research Action Group (PRAG). Loyola/CURL hosted this first bi-annual conference attended by 400 people. A report on proceedings, "Linking Chicago Locally and Globally: Report on Chicago Research and Public Policy," was published.