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Wealth & Poverty | Medical Supply Drive for Athens, Peru & Botswana, April 7-30

Wealth & Poverty | Medical Supply Drive for Athens, Peru & Botswana, April 7-30

The Wealth and Poverty theme launches a medical supply drive on World Health Day on Thursday, April 7, to collect over-the-counter medications, vitamins, and other health items for the underserved populations in Botswana and Peru, as well as in Athens. The items collected at Ohio University will be donated to […]

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March 23, 2016 at 3:39 pmNews

Fall 2016 | Making & Breaking the Law Theme Courses

Fall 2016 | Making & Breaking the Law Theme Courses

The Making & Breaking the Law theme announces its Fall 2016 course line-up. Theme Gateway Course CAS 2500: Breaking the Law | Duschinski | TTh 1:30-2:50 | None CAS 2500: Breaking the Law | Hoffman | TTh 1:30-2:50 | None CAS 2500: Breaking the Law | Peterson | TTh 1:30-2:50 […]

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March 22, 2016 at 11:15 pmAnnouncements

Fall 2016 & Summer 2016 | Food Studies Courses

Fall 2016 & Summer 2016 | Food Studies Courses

The Food Studies theme includes a variety of courses that can help students fill Ohio University general education requirements, as well as College of Arts & Sciences distribution requirements. Summer 2016 ANTH 4911 Field School in Ohio Archeology MTuWTh 8-3 Patton CAS 4410 Seminar: How Food Works in the Community […]

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March 16, 2016 at 5:54 pmAnnouncements

Wealth & Poverty Students ‘Had Our Eyes Opened to Both Poverty and Character of Region’

Wealth & Poverty Students ‘Had Our Eyes Opened to Both Poverty and Character of Region’

The Wealth and Poverty theme’s annual spring field trip took students to three Appalachian towns—Rendville, New Straitsville, and Nelsonville—on Saturday, March 12. Last Spring Dr. Barry Tadlock of Political Science led the theme’s first field trip to New Straitsville and Haydenville, and this time Dr. Rachel Terman, Assistant Professor of […]

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March 16, 2016 at 3:37 pmNews

Food Justice Students Set Record for Boxes Packed at Food Bank

Food Justice Students Set Record for Boxes Packed at Food Bank

Students in the ENG 3000X The Literature of Social Reflection Food Justice in Athens course set a record for the most boxes of food packed in the shortest time at the Southeastern Ohio Food Bank over spring break. They visited the food bank twice to discuss how hunger is being addressed […]

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March 10, 2016 at 3:59 pmIn Class News

Sustainability | Screening of ‘Seeds of Time,’ March 30

Sustainability | Screening of ‘Seeds of Time,’ March 30

The Common Experience Project on Sustainability Films presents Seeds of Time on March 30. The panel facilitator is Janice Brewer. Topics include agriculture, food, seeds, policy, climate disruption, and saving seeds. The Common Experience Project on Sustainability is an initiative developed by University College. Partners include the Voinovich School for Leadership and […]

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March 2, 2016 at 4:45 pmEvents

Creating Democracy and Challenging Corporate Rule, March 31

David Cobb

Several Ohio University departments have partnered to bring David Cobb to campus for a lecture on “Creating Democracy and Challenging Corporate Rule” on Thursday, March 31, at 5 p.m. in Scripps 111. Cobb, who will discuss the fundamental relation between people and government, is a lawyer and activist who has […]

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March 2, 2016 at 4:30 pmEvents