A recent study conducted by researchers from Rutgers and the University of Texas at Austin analyzed how misinformation spreads on WhatsApp, particularly in immigrant communities. Kiran Garimella, an assistant professor in the Department of Library and Information Science at the School of Communication and Information and co-author of the study, said he was interested in the research topic because he is from India and has seen firsthand how popular WhatsApp is in the country. "Celin Hidalgo, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said her experiences with WhatsApp as a Cuban American differ from how people interact with WhatsApp in Cuba