Health Lab Executive Director Rebecca Neusteter recently joined us for a Reddit AMA about her new book. Check out her responses here https://har.rs/4hYjbZ8, and if you're interested in learning more, join us for her book talk https://har.rs/4xYBlPd.

Join Prof. John Burrows and Travelers to learn practical tips to build connection and rewire workplace technology as a force multiplier for collaboration, innovation and performance. https://har.rs/4xuXaWm

Congrats to Zoe Dimmitt, MSCEP’27, whose work as a Marquette research assistant contributed to IceCube, the South Pole observatory at the center of this year’s @nobelprize.org in Physics. Zoe helped build a particle telescope to observe cosmic rays. https://har.rs/473C8DO

In @latimes.com, @ksonin.bsky.social says Trump’s recent ads reflect a pattern familiar from authoritarian systems: blurring the line between leader and state, so that criticism of the leader becomes criticism of the country. “There is this authoritarian scent,” he says. https://har.rs/4ho5tPc

In @gothamist.com, the Health Lab’s Rebecca Neusteter explains why 911 outages point to a national problem: “911 is core civic infrastructure,” but outdated technology and underinvestment leave systems vulnerable. https://har.rs/4hqmGq4

In @apnews.com, @durlauf.bsky.social of @ucstonecenter.bsky.social explains why the record-low official poverty rate needs context. The supplemental measure accounts for food aid, health care, housing, and other costs, giving a fuller picture of what families have. https://har.rs/46P9DcT

Don’t miss the chance to hear Nobel laureate and world-renowned economist Roger Myerson deliver his Harris School valedictory lecture, “Local Politics in Nations and Empires,” on October 7th at 5:00 pm in the Keller Center. Secure your spot now: https://har.rs/4yfZr9p

Harris’ first executive education program in China brought 40 social-sector leaders together in Beijing to learn how behavioral science and evidence can strengthen program design, evaluation, and decisions about when programs can be adapted and scaled. https://har.rs/4ABzFOl

In @nextcity.org, @justin-marlowe.bsky.social puts Providence’s divestment ballot initiative in context: growing public scrutiny of local investments reflects “just how much money is at stake and just how opaque the decision-making can be." https://har.rs/3T8k4VJ

In the @chicagotribune.com, Prof. @arielkalil.bsky.social and her coauthors examine how competitive parenting can widen opportunity gaps. Their message: parents are responding rationally to high-stakes college admissions, but a good future shouldn’t feel like a tournament. https://har.rs/3TsLZQg

In Medical Daily, economist Robert Kaestner examines what GLP-1 drugs do (and don’t) appear to change. His NBER working paper finds that among adults with diabetes, GLP-1 use did not measurably improve mental health, employment, or marriage outcomes. https://har.rs/4rnwC89

Join us on Reddit for an AMA with Rebecca Neusteter, executive director of the University of Chicago Health Lab and the author of the new book 911, What’s Your Emergency?: The Promise and Peril of Crisis Response. https://har.rs/3Vc0hFo

NEW from Harris Public Policy and Chicago Public Media: Chicago in Conversation will bring together 40 civic-minded Chicagoans for civil discourse training and faculty- and journalist-led conversations on serious policy issues shaping the city’s future. https://har.rs/4yXJXH3

In @time.com, Prof. Michael Greenstone explains what’s at stake in the debate over power-plant carbon rules: policymakers can assume climate change has no impacts, but “the atmosphere and the climate don't recognize those misstatements.” https://har.rs/4Ao586D

In TIME, @ksonin.bsky.social explains why a narrow halt on Ukrainian strikes against Russian diesel targets may be hard: Kyiv is targeting Russia’s energy sector broadly, perhaps not by choice. “When they strike a refinery, they strike what is vulnerable there.” https://har.rs/4xqrQbq

New in Midwestern Citizen, Prof. Anthony Fowler’s research complicates the “political pendulum” story: election swings aren’t just mass voter shifts. Turnout and actual moderates (voters willing to switch parties based on candidates and policy) matter. https://har.rs/4rbUQSQ

In the @chicagotribune.com, Prof. Tomas J. Philipson argues Chicago’s housing market shouldn’t have “hidden inventory”: homes marketed through private listing networks instead of the open market. His point: markets benefit when we know what’s for sale. https://har.rs/3UM50gY

The application is now open for the Master of Science in Climate and Energy Policy (MSCEP)—a one-year, full-time program designed in partnership with the Harris School of Public Policy and the UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth. Apply or learn more: har.rs/4AexbFe

In @nytimes.com, @durlauf.bsky.social helps explain what’s happening in the latest poverty and income numbers: the job market is shifting. Women’s earnings rose while men’s stayed flat, reflecting changes in who is working and what kinds of jobs are growing. https://har.rs/4hw1dNr