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Playing youth sports linked to better mental health in adults
Adults who continuously played organized sports through their youth have fewer symptoms of anxiety and depression than those who never played or those who dropped out, a new study finds.
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Sympathy for the villain? Matthew Grizzard explains
In answering alumni questions, the associate professor shares why we like some bad guys and despise others — and what that means about our culture.
Simple headlines attract more online news readers
Online news consumers tend to click on simpler headlines that use more common words and more readable writing, a new study finds. Researchers evaluated more than 30,000 real-world field…
Arts and Sciences graduate students awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program fellowship for 2024-2025
A record number of graduate students from The Ohio State University have been awarded prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program fellowships for 2024-2025. Seven students are recipients of the…
Gamers say they hate ‘smurfing,’ but admit they do it
Online video game players believe the behavior known as “smurfing” is generally wrong and toxic to the gaming community – but most admit to doing it and say some reasons make the behavior less…
New Buckeyes Network Abroad program connects students and international alumni
“I felt a strong connection and sense of pride in being a Buckeye,” said Debora Ghebrehiwot, a biology pre-med student who traveled to London over spring break on the new Buckeyes Network Abroad…
Mellon Foundation grant will expand women’s, gender and sexuality studies expertise at Ohio State and across Ohio
The Ohio State University Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation through its “Affirming Multivocal Humanities…
Protecting endangered monkeys from poachers, habitat loss
The Tai Forest Monkey Project has operated a research field station in west Africa’s Ivory Coast for 30 years, but on the one day since its opening that the site was unstaffed because of conflict…
Five Arts and Sciences faculty members named 2023 AAAS Fellows
The 2023 class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) includes eight investigators from The Ohio State University, with five scientists coming from the…