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SSI Partners with Life Over Logo to Support Student-Athlete Mental Health
SSI is honored to announce a partnership with Life Over Logo, with the goal of promoting positive social media messaging and mental health support for student-athletes.
Created by mothers…
Intern Insights: What It's Like to be a 'Painted Kid' at Ohio State Football
Our Sports and Society interns have a unique perspective on many aspects of Ohio State athletics, and we are honored to share some of their game-day experiences to show what it is like behind the…
VIDEO: OSU Athletics CMO Tracy Hedrick Huddles with Students
Ohio State Athletics Chief Marketing Officer Tracy Hedrick joined students for lunch and conversation at the first SSI Huddle of the 2021-2022 academic year to discuss careers in marketing and how…
SSI-Funded Research Continues to Offer Insights about Sports-Related Public Opinions
The OSU Sports and Society Initiative has heavily invested in supporting sports and society research. Substantially, this has involved working with the College of Arts and…
SSI-funded Research finds Social Class tied to Likelihood of Playing College Sports
In new research published in the Sociology of Sport Journal, 2019 SSI Student Research Grant Award winner and sociology graduate student James Tompsett (pictured) found evidence…
Let's Talk: Kraft Coaches OSU Women's Volleyball in Art of Interviews
Sports and Society Initiative Director Dr. Nicole Kraft, a longtime sportswriter and associate professor (clinical) of journalism, spent a recent afternoon on the other side of the microphone,…
College Creatives Collective launches mentorship sessions
College Creative Collectives will launch its Mentorship Sessions Aug. 19, as industry experts gather to help student creatives secure and maximize internships, and forge a successful…
SSI-funded Research featured in SCOTUS filing
Data from the first National Sports and Society Survey, funded by the Sports and Society Initiative and executed by SSI Research Chair Dr. Chris Knoester (pictured) and faculty affiliate Dr.…
Research: Race, politics divide Americans on sports issues
Although some people may yearn for sports to be free of political or racial divisiveness, a new study shows how impossible that dream may be.
Researchers found that Americans’ views…