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SSI, SAA use basketball stats to teach math skills at Columbus Library
By Lauryn Luderman SSI Assistant Director Ryan Ruddy and the Ohio State’s Sports Analytics Association visited the Columbus Metropolitan Library Friday to help school-age children to learn how…
Iranian protest for women's rights reflected in sport
By Lauryn Luderman After the death of Mahsa Amini, killed in police custody after her arrest for improperly wearing her hijab, protests erupted throughout Iran and were even prevalent in sports. …
SSI Releases 2021 Research Productivity Summary - Cloned
SSI is honored to have supported and contributed to research in a variety of forms and over many topics. Here is our annual report of research productivity. SSI Affiliate Research Awards 2021…
Kraft writes in The Conversation about media responsibility in a sports crisis
Injuries are an unfortunate part of any sport – none more so than in the NFL, where players can be felled in front of a TV audience in the tens of millions. Typically, when a player suffers an…
SSI announces 2023-24 Student Research Grants
A limited number of SSI Student Research Grants will be awarded to graduate students who commit to conducting sports and society research with an SSI faculty affiliate from Summer 2023 through Spring…
Work of SSI affiliate featured in 2022 'State of Play' report
The Aspen Institute’s Project Play initiative today released "State of Play 2022," the seventh edition of its annual report, which this year features work from SSI affiliate Dawn Anderson…
SSI forum builds understanding of name, image and likeness
SSI hosted the first-ever “Offense and Defense of NIL” event on Monday where the Ohio State community was able to learn the ins and outs of name, image and likeness. A panel of NIL experts, including…
Hittle parlays unexpected turns into director of NIL efforts, to speak Monday at SSI event
By Lauryn Luderman Logan Hittle’s Ohio State career has been filled with unexpected turns. He started as a janitor in the Woody Hayes Athletic Center and parlayed that into a spot as a walk-on to the…
Ryan Ruddy named assistant director of SSI
by Lauryn Luderman The Sports and Society Initiative is excited to announce the appointment of Ryan Ruddy as its assistant director. Ruddy has been part of Ohio State’s Department of Economics…