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Cook County Missing Persons Day Aims to Offer Hope, Provide Closure The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office is hosting its sixth annual Missing Persons Day event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The event aims to connect people with resources to locate missing loved...

Friends and family can file a missing persons report and submit DNA samples, medical records and pictures to aid in the search. The event brings together partner agencies and counseling services with the aim of providing hope and closure. https://to.wttw.com/4cJGdR0

Thousands gather in Chicago’s Grant Park for a rally and march as part of the national “No Kings” protest on March 28, 2026. (Joel Ortiz / WTTW News)

Chicago police officers prepare for the march to step off at the “No Kings” protest on March 28, 2026. (Blake Thor / WTTW News)

Newlyweds join the thousands for a rally and march as part of the national “No Kings” protest on March 28, 2026. (Joel Ortiz / WTTW News)

A march makes its way through downtown Chicago as part of the national “No Kings” protest on March 28, 2026. (Joel Ortiz / WTTW News)

Thousands of marchers are making their way through downtown Chicago after a rally in Grant Park as part of the national "No Kings" protests.

https://to.wttw.com/3NtJquo

“Sinners” shines a spotlight on blues music, introducing a whole new generation to the genre.

While the blues may be having a mainstream moment, the Chicago blues community has long been dedicated to the art form’s preservation, history and future. https://to.wttw.com/4ut2zx1

Obama Presidential Center to Open on Juneteenth: ‘Hope Is Getting a Permanent Home’ Announced in 2015, the Obama Presidential Center will open to the public June 19 at its 20-acre campus in Chicago’s historic Jackson Park.

Members of the public will be welcomed for their first look of the Obama Presidential Center on June 19, coinciding with Juneteenth. https://to.wttw.com/4ssTK4q

Graphic promoting vacancy for a Research Assistant at the UCL Centre for Behaviour Change, apply by 19 March.

📢 Vacancy: Research Assistant

We’re recruiting a part‑time Research Assistant (0.5 FTE) to support a project investigating the feasibility and acceptability of introducing iron supplementation for blood donors in England.

👉 Apply by 19 March: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Mug of hot cocoa topped with mini marshmallows

Hot cocoa bribe for my daughter because we walked all the way up to the door of the library before seeing it's closed today for Lincoln's birthday. Tantrum averted.

If you know the difference (and me), only I get the actual hot chocolate. A 6 yr old's palate is perfectly happy with hot cocoa.

Racism is a helluva drug.

An N of 1 - New Year Episode - An N of 1 This special episode brings together the leading women in behavioral science— Steph Habif, Robin Kouyate, Chandra Osborn, Heather Watson, Natalie Hallinger, and host Matt Wallaert—for a review of BeSc...

🎙️ Episode 30 of An N of 1 with Matt Wallaert is out now! ✨

Listen to the full episode here 👇🏻
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Watch the full episode here 👇🏻
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🎙️ A special New Year episode of An N of 1!
Matt Wallaert is joined by Steph Habif, Robin Kouyate, Chandra Osborn, Heather Watson, and Natalie Hallinger for Episode 30.
🗓️ Coming out on Mon, January 5 at 8 am PT!

#podcast #AnNof1 #behavioralscience

🎙️ Episode 29 of An N of 1 with Matt Wallaert and Robin Kouyate is out now! ✨

Listen to the full episode at the link below👇🏻 www.buzzsprout.com/2369863/epis...

Watch the full episode at the link below👇🏻
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Prescription for Change: Applying Behavioral Science to Workforce Wellness

I wrote for The Wharton School Healthcare Quarterly on considering behavioral science in organizational strategy.

Shoutout to @mattwallaert.com for the course I mention in the article.

www.whartonhealthcare.org/prescription...

An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.

Two lightbulb icons representing the exchange of ideas.

I always enjoy #mentoring, but I super double down on it when things get rough or scary.

Sharing my experiences *AND* learning from someone with a different industry/perspective/generation keeps me optimistic, engaged, and fired up.

Anyone else using mentoring to stay inspired?

#MosaicMentoring

Police Misconduct Agency Identified Troubling Pattern of Stops of Black Chicagoans in Downtown Police District, Records Shows Four members of the 1863 tactical team named in COPA’s letter have been stripped of their police powers, according to a department spokesperson.

The agency tasked with investigating misconduct by Chicago police officers identified a troubling pattern of undocumented and unprofessional stops of Black people in a downtown police district, according to a document obtained by WTTW News.

https://to.wttw.com/3Lahbzd

Reuse-a-Palooza Is Back With More Ways to Choose Repair, Recycle and Repurpose Over Waste The semi-annual Reuse-a-Palooza at The Plant is happening Sunday, a one-stop shop for recycling, repairing and repurposing items that would otherwise go to waste.

The semi-annual Reuse-a-Palooza at The Plant in Back of the Yards is happening Sunday, a one-stop shop for recycling, repairing and repurposing items that would otherwise go to waste.

https://to.wttw.com/48BpxJY

... that problem is a massive work in progress, but a possible interim bandaid is a new approach to #mentoring at scale. Relationships that both parties learn and grow from.... based on the mosaic mentoring style. Standard mentoring is so engrained, though.

Need to noodle on this more.
2/2

In the dumpster fire that the job market is, my heart is drawn to the early career and pivoting folks displaced by AI performing entry level and automatable work. The corporate experimentation with LLMs as labor replacement is uninformed, shortsighted, and disrespectful. Fixing the source of 1/2

Cognitive warfare has been shown to be effective.

When it aligns a community to believe another community presents an existential threat, it can catalyze systemic risks including dehumanization, crimes against humanity, and related violence.

greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...

Pritzker Signs Legislation to Implement Universal Mental Health Screenings in Illinois Schools The bill requires all school districts to offer mental health screenings to students enrolled in grades 3-12, at least once a year, beginning with the 2027-2028 school year.

Students in third to 12th grade in Illinois will be able to take annual mental health screenings starting in the 2027-2028 school year, under a bill Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law Thursday.

Illinois Will Continue Providing LGBTQ+ Youth Support on 988 Suicide Prevention Hotline Amid Federal Cuts In Illinois, the 988 hotline’s LGBTQ+ youth specialized services program supports more than 1,600 calls and 600 chats or texts per month, according to a news release.

The 988 suicide prevention hotline in Illinois will continue to provide mental health support services for LGBTQ+ youth despite federal funding cuts.

In addition, IDHS is working to expand crisis counselor training specific to supporting LGBTQ+ youth.

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Chicago, Cook County Open Cooling Centers Amid Extreme Heat Warnings An extreme heat warning has been issued for Cook County from Saturday through Monday. Afternoon temperatures are predicted to be in the 90s. Coupled with high humidity, heat indices could reach 100-10...

As the heat dome envelops the Midwest, local officials will open cooling centers for relief.

Chicago will open more than 250 cooling centers on Saturday through Tuesday. Here's where to find one:

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Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB) The Center for Open Science (COS) is launching the Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB), which is a large-scale, multi-team effort to help support a transparent and trustworthy foundation in ...

Call for collaborators!

We are launching the Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB) to replicate a sample of findings relevant to public health, epidemiology, health policy, and behavioral science.

Teams receive funding for conducting replication studies.

Details: www.cos.io/rphb

People across the country and around the world turned out on Saturday for what organizers say has been the single biggest day of protests against President Trump and his second-term actions.

In the U.S., more than a thousand rallies were planned in small towns and major cities from coast to coast.

🎙️ Catch Bridgette Collado, MA, RD on Episode Fifteen of An N of 1! 🗓️… | Matt Wallaert 🎙️ Catch Bridgette Collado, MA, RD on Episode Fifteen of An N of 1! 🗓️ Coming out on Mon, April 7 at 8am PT!

Catch my interview with @mattwallaert.com this Monday! Check out this teaser video about my journey in applied behavioral science: www.linkedin.com/posts/mattwa...

#besci #behsci #behavioralscience #behaviouralscience

Booker protests Trump in marathon Senate speech YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

“I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the U.S. Senate for as long as I am physically able,” Sen. Cory Booker, D-NJ, said shortly after 7 p.m. ET on Monday.

He has continued, with the help of questions from Democratic senators, for more than 22 hours, as of 5:30 p.m. ET.

I have a postdoc position in Behavioral/Experimental Economics available for 6 years, at the oldest university in Germany in beautiful Heidelberg. Please forward to anyone who might be interested!

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Chicago Was a Pioneer in Violence Interruption. Cities Across the Country Are Now Evolving the Approach | FIRSTHAND: Peacekeepers Chicago violence prevention groups are credited with first approaching the work as a public health issue. Now, organizations across the country are refining that model and creating their own.

Chicago violence prevention groups are credited with first approaching the work as a public health issue. Now, organizations across the country are refining that model and creating their own.

to.wttw.com/3X58QzL

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