Weekly News, February 14, 2025

• Young Choi has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona, Tucson. Congrats Young!
• PhD Candidate Eva Warren recently had an Op Ed published in the Akron Beacon Journal about the impacts of restrictions on the NIH.
• Chris Knoester recently had has research on the history of youth sports participation highlighted in a Cleveland.com op-ed on necessary changes in youth sports, his research on affinities for Trump discussed extensively and recognized as being prescient in a Rádio USP podcast, and his latest article, co-authored with Kirsten Hextrum (Oregon St.), published in Sociology of Sport Journal and written up by PsyPost for public consumption. Transgender athletes’ rights was opposed by those who viewed female athletes as undeserving, study finds
• Laura Dugan was quoted in The Christian Science Monitor in a story about the January 1st attacks. New Orleans attack intensifies watch against terrorism, political violence - CSMonitor.com and interviewed in Mahoning Matters for the article, "With Trump's inauguration imminent, Ohio Jan. 6 participants prepare for pardons". https://www.mahoningmatters.com/news/state/article298634398.html?mc_cid=d7d480ad22&mc_eid=e60731b4e0. 

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