Prof. Jens Ludwig comments for ABC News June 12, 2024 In a piece about the growing trend of retro-fitting Glock fire-arms to become automatic machine guns and mass gun violence, Prof. Jens Ludwig, co-director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab was asked to comment: From a public safety perspective, from a public health perspective, this is a problem that, unfortunately, is disproportionately concentrated in the country's most economically vulnerable communities of color, Ludwig told ABC News. Read the full piece here. Faculty Spotlight Jens Ludwig Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor On urban poverty, Ludwig has participated in the evaluation of a HUD-funded residential-mobility experiment that provides low-income public housing families the opportunity to relocate to private-market housing. In the area of crime, Ludwig has written extensively about gun-violence prevention. Upcoming Events More events USC Graduate Schools Fair Wed., October 22, 2025 | 11:00 AM Trousdale Parkway, University of Southern California 3551 Trousdale Parkway Los Angeles, CA 90089 United States Coffee Chat in Washington, D.C. Wed., October 22, 2025 | 4:30 PM 1301 Connecticut Ave NW Washington, DC 20036-1815 United States Harris Public Policy and Crown School of Social Work Mixer in Minneapolis Wed., October 22, 2025 | 5:30 PM Tavola 823 5th Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55404 United States