Kihl, Lu, and McSweeney from GIRSO hosted an event for representatives from the Twin Cities Sport and Foundation Communities. 

Lisa Kihl, PhD, professor of sport management in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Global Institute for Responsible Sport Organizations (GIRSO), assistant professors of sport management Landy Lu, PhD, and Mitch McSweeney, PhD, sport management lecturer Vicki Schull, PhD, and sport management doctoral and master students traveled to the North American Society of Sport Management (NASSM) Annual Conference in Montreal, Canada held on May 31-June 3 to give several presentations. 

Landy Lu, Ph.D., assistant professor of sport management in the School of Kinesiology, has recently has recently coauthored an article titled “Exploring social entrepreneurial activities at a community sport event in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic" in the journal Event Management.

Lisa A. Kihl, PhD, associate professor of sport management in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Global Institute for Responsible Sport Organizations (GIRSO), was interviewed by the Australian media to discuss racial allegations made by the Hawthorn Hawks, an Australian Football League team.

Dunja Antunovic, PhD, assistant professor of sport sociology in the School of Kinesiology, and Anna Goorevich, PhD student of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport, published an article titled “Gender Equality in Olympic Media: A Call to Action” in Media Report to Women.

Landy Lu, Ph.D., along with colleague, Dunja Antunovic, Ph.D., both assistant professors in the School of Kinesiology, received the Janet B. Parks NASSM Research Grant.