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Assistant Professor in the School of Communication - Ohio State University.

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This study demonstrates the importance of long-term & stable investments in science. Having funding today can be just as important as knowing if it will be around tomorrow because the science that helps us understand our world in meaningful ways can often require a lot of time and a lot of patience.

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Less is more: academic publishing needs β€˜radical change,’ Cambridge press report concludes Academic publishing needs β€œrenewed focus and collective action” to embrace new approaches and ensure the future of the industry, concludes a report from Cambridge University Press, released last we…

β€œWe fundamentally believe that publishing less – but better – is essential for the health of the entire research system worldwide,” the authors of the report state.

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"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public" - Theodore Roosevelt

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OpenAI’s β€˜embarrassing’ math | TechCrunch No, GPT-5 did not solve a bunch of previously unsolved math problems.

An OpenAI executive said GPT-5 found solutions to 10 "previously unsolved" math problems when in reality all it did was find online references to places where people had already solved them

techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...

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A bittersweet series about what we have lost, but also what we could regain if we lived in a country that supported basic research again.

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In grad school someone asked if I was "learning how to lie with statistics" in class. Which... no 😭

My secret agenda as a scientist is to make people's lives better.
Being science literate is more than understanding correlations, it's also understanding the ethics and training behind the science.

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Our need to belong
increases our dependence on social media feedback.

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The β€œproblem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

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Associate Professor or Professor in Journalism - School of Communication Screen reader users may encounter difficulty with this site. For assistance with applying, please contact hr-accessibleapplication@osu.edu. If you have questions while submitting an application, pleas...

OSU Comm is hiring an Assoc. or Full Prof. We are seeking someone to provide leadership for our undergrad journ program. The research focus includes journ, public opinion, audience analytics, science comm, or media economics, or other related topics.

osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...

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I doubt that there is a single family in America that hasn’t benefitted directly from the NIH.

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Excited to share my new work aimed at making algorithmic bias easier to study w/3 key contributions

β€’ Clear overview of how/where algorithmic bias arises
β€’ Workarounds as a concept for user adaptation
β€’ Framework for analyzing bias that is real, perceived, or absent

1/5 🧡πŸ§ͺ
doi.org/10.1007/s001...

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Catching Dark Signals in Algorithms: Unveiling Audiovisual and Thematic Markers of Unsafe Content Recommended for Children and Teenagers The prevalence of short form video platforms, combined with the ineffectiveness of age verification mechanisms, raises concerns about the potential harms facing children and teenagers in an algorithm-...

✨NEW PREPRINT✨ Led by the fantastic β€ͺ@hnxue.bsky.social‬, this study looked at shorts recommended to children on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Unsafe shorts had darker visuals, harmful content was framed as entertainment and harm-triggering content as ordinary. arxiv.org/abs/2507.12571

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Who is most at risk for body esteem problems after being on social media? Our recent study found 36% of teens experience negative associations between social media use and body esteem (17% positive) - and high perfectionism was among the identified risk factors.

doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...

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Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... πŸ§ͺ

25.06.2025 11:49 πŸ‘ 10312 πŸ” 6050 πŸ’¬ 314 πŸ“Œ 282

Thanks! I'm so excited to be joining you all soon! We're moving in July - but starting to get packed up now

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After 22 years of school, I am now the kind of doctor that isn't particularly handy in a medical emergency - but will talk your ear off about kids and tech.

But really, a huge thank you to the family, friends, and teachers who nurtured and supported me along the way.

Next stop is Columbus Ohio!

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