
UChicago Urban Labs
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#Tutoring can help #students and #schools reduce some pandemic-related slides in achievement. Our research on Saga Education cited in the The New York Times: nytimes.com/2022/10/06/edu…

Congrats to Dar’tavous Dorsey from UChicago Urban Labs Crime Lab & Education Lab for being recognized as one of Chicago’s 40 Under 40 Game Changers by WVON 1690AM and Ariel Investments! Check out this Q&A where Dorsey shares his story and work in the community: bit.ly/3D8HaiR.




As many as 38% of high school girls in Chicago exhibit signs of PTSD. New #EducationLab research found Youth Guidance Chicago's Working on Womanhood is an effective and scalable solution to reduce PTSD in these girls. Read more about our study in Science Advances: tinyurl.com/yfbp82bf

WEBINAR 10/3 Learn about new behavioral science-informed police training program that made policing more effective & fair. Hear from Crime Lab team & expert panel, opening remarks from Chicago Police Superintendent Snelling. Register: crimelab.uchicago.edu/2023/09/webina… #policetraining


In a new The Hill Op-Ed, Jonathan Guryan & Jens Ludwig UChicago Urban Labs discuss their new AESG paper on the education crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic & efficacy of solutions like high-dosage tutoring. thehill.com/opinion/educat…


Education Lab Senior Research Director Dr. Monica Bhatt joined a discussion with Youth Guidance Chicago's Ngozi Harris and Working on Womanhood alum Bansari Pandit about the impact of the program on young girls’ mental health. Click below to watch the conversation from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health:


It is my pleasure to congratulate the graduates of Harris Policy’s Policing Leadership Academy. Today’s graduates represent hope for a new kind of policing using data and research to keep officers and communities safe.



Can #bigdata and #machinelearning predict #policemisconduct? Join Hoover Institution fellow Steven Davis and Jens Ludwig on #EconomicsApplied, as they delve into Jens’s research on this issue.
