If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. University of Chicago President Robert J. Zimmer announced the University’s new Urban Labs initiative on March 9, 2015, as part of an event at the Chicago Cultural Center titled “Transforming Cities with Evidence-Based Policy.” The program featured remarks by US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro and a panel discussion with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, moderated by Roseanna Ander, founding executive director of UChicago’s Urban Education Lab and Crime Lab.