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Ohio State Undergrad Awarded a PRSA Foundation Scholarship
Congratulations to School of Communication undergraduate student Evelyn Kretzer for being awarded the Stephen D. Pisinski Memorial Scholarship, a PRSA Foundation scholarship.
The…

Grady Published in Media Psychology
Assistant Professor Sara Grady’s study “Early Adolescents Can Extract Distinct Moral Lessons from Narrative Media Content” was published in Media Psychology on June 6.
The research…

Ohio State PRSSA Receives 2023 Star Chapter Award
Congratulations to the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) chapter at Ohio State, which received a 2023 Star Chapter Award from the PRSSA 2023-2024 National Committee.
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Bushman Develops App to Increase Empathy in Young Teens
Professor Brad Bushman and his colleagues developed an app to increase empathy in young teens.
The Random App of Kindness (RAKi) includes nine mini-games that are scientifically proven to…

Kraft Writes for Forbes
Nicole Kraft, associate professor - clinical, wrote her first article as a contributing writer for Forbes about the public’s support toward paying college athletes.
Kraft writes that…

Liu Published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Assistant Professor Bingjie Liu’s article “Artificial intelligence and perceived effort in relationship maintenance: Effects on relationship satisfaction and uncertainty” was published in the…

Research Study Examines the Impact of “Fake News” on Facebook
Professor R. Kelly Garrett, director of the School of Communication, was the senior author of a study that examined the supply of low-credibility information (ie. “fake news”) on Facebook and its…

Research Studies Attitudes About Vaccine Skeptics Who Die From COVID
Associate Professor Matthew Grizzard was published in Sage Journals, along with recent PhD graduate Rebecca Frazer and PhD student Charles Monge, for their research on how individuals respond to…

Dispatch Praises Successful Legal Challenge By Former Lantern Editor
On July 24, the Columbus Dispatch released an editorial praising a successful legal challenge by Jessica Langer, the former editor-in-chief of The Lantern, to the university’s refusal to provide…