The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s Stanley D. and Joan H. Ross Center for Brain Health and Performance will host the second annual Global Brain Health and Performance Summit this spring. “We are thrilled to build our momentum from last year and significantly expand the summit by attracting a diverse and world-class group of [...]
Satirical news programs have real political effects on those who watch them, according to a new study. This study found that people chose satirical news that coincided with their beliefs or attitudes, and these programs reinforced such attitudes as much as serious news. “Satirical news matters,” said Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, author of the study and professor [...]
A new study led by Ohio State University researchers has found that a fecal transplant in autistic children with gastrointestinal distress eases some of the behavioral symptoms in addition to rebalancing the gut. The study, which was published in the journal Microbiome, explored the link between behavioral symptoms of autism and gastrointestinal distress and found [...]
Two Ohio State University law students are among those selected for the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation’s Class of 2017 Justice For All Fellows. The fellowship program allows four outstanding law school graduates to work on projects that focus on urgent issues facing individuals and families throughout Ohio in two-year fellowships that begin in September 2017. [...]
Ohio State University anthropology professor Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg gives a broad overview of what scientists have learned about our ancestors from studying fossilized teeth in her new book: What Teeth Reveal About Human Evolution (Cambridge University Press, 2016). She says we all should thank our dentist because our teeth were adapted for eating a very different [...]
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Professor Christopher Walker recently won the Association of American Law Schools 2017 Scholarly Papers Competition. The competition is for law school faculty members who have been teaching for five years or fewer. Walker won for his paper entitled “Legislating in the Shadows.” In a statement, Walker said [...]
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law will host the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals this Thursday for a hearing. The federal armed forces appellate court will hear oral arguments in the case of United States v. Cox in Saxbe Auditorium at 4 p.m. The case involves the 2015 California conviction of Donald [...]
A pair of Ohio State University researchers found that the food service industry and other parties interested in diverting food waste from landfills and eliminating it altogether have their work cut out for them. The results of their study, presented last week at the annual meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations in Chicago, found [...]
Recent research from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law indicates that women face a “leaky pipeline” before they are even admitted to law school. The study, co-authored by Moritz’s John Deaver Drinko/Baker Hostetler Chair in Law Professor Deborah Merritt, analyzed data collected by the American Bar Association and the Law School Admission Council [...]
PHOENIX — Clemson is back in Arizona, hoping to celebrate a College Football Playoff victory in the same stadium the Tigers came up just short of a national championship last season. Ohio State’s postseason game last season was also here, though the memories for the Buckeyes are much better. No. 2 Ohio State (11-1) and [...]