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Nicole Kraft

Kraft earns Faculty Champion Award for fostering student career success 

Sports & Society Director Dr. Nicole Kraft earned the Arts and Sciences Faculty Champion Award on April 13 for her collaboration and dedication to the future success of students campus-wide.…

Kristin and Janine

SSI celebrates Women's History Month with two extraordinary Buckeyes

March is Women’s History Month--a time to celebrate women and what they’ve accomplished. At Ohio State, we wanted to recognize the university for being a pioneer in gender equality in sports and…

Data Sets

Sports Analytics Conference on tap this weekend

By Lauryn Luderman

The Ohio State Sports Analytics Conference, hosted by the Sports and Society Initiative and the Sports Analytics Association, will be held this Friday and Saturday in a…

Tyler Interview

March On: Ohio State students experienced the NCAA tournament from the media front lines

By Lauryn Luderman and Tyler Boroshok

Ohio State's School of Communication and SSI were honored to connect students with the experience to work as part of the media contingent for the first…

Sports gambling

Athletic department enforcing NCAA sports gambling rules

by Lauryn Luderman

As of January 2023, sports gambling is legal in Ohio, but that same legalization does not apply to collegiate athletic departments.

The rule is, if a sport is…

SSO Conversation

Join the "SSI Conversation" with Megan Husslein for insights on athlete mental health and more

SSI is thrilled to announce the launch of "The SSI Conversation". In this new sports talk show, Megan Husslein furthers the discussion surrounding how sports and society connect.

There…

Behind the Shield SEATED

SSI, EHE screen Zirin’s “Behind the Shield: The Power & Politics of the NFL”

By Greg Wilson

SSI was privileged to screen the movie “Behind the Shield: The Power & Politics of the NFL,” which deals with the reality of politics in the NFL at the Wexner Center for…

MLK event

Malcolm Jenkins joins EHE, SSI to celebrate life, work of MLK Jr.

By Lauryn Luderman

There are few better ways to acknowledge the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr., than spending an afternoon with NFL and Buckeye star Malcolm Jenkins, Ohio State…

Damar Hamlin

SSI Supported Research Continues to Inform Discussions about Tackle Football

After Damar Hamlin’s tragic football injury, there was renewed interest in the safety and appropriateness of tackle football.

OSU sociology PhD candidate Mariah Warner and associate…