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The Common Experience Project on Sustainability Films presents Bag it. Is Your Life Too Plastic? on Feb. 10 A panel features Jennifer Cochran, Athens City Council; Heather Fuston, Rural Action; and Scott Miller, Zero Waste. Discussion topics include plastic, policy, environment, health, marine life, fossil fuels, alternatives to plastic, economics. The Common Experience Project on Sustainability is […]

The Wealth & Poverty theme hosts a two-week event—“Society and Inequality”—in February. America’s income inequality is growing again, and it is one of the nation’s most urgent problems—the “defining challenge of our time” in President Obama’s words.  Academic and policy debates on inequality have recently moved beyond income inequality and poverty […]

War and Peace Theme & Making and Breaking the Law Theme present “Genocide and Justice in Rwanda: Lessons and Perspectives” on Monday, Feb. 15 at 5:30 p.m. in Porter 104. The speaker is Hollie Nyseth Brehm, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Ohio State University, and a fellow at the Mershon […]

The Food Studies theme presents The Lunchbox on Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. at The Athena Cinema. This Food on Film: Focus on India event is sponsored by the Food Studies theme and the Atrium Café in Grover Hall. Abstract: Middle class housewife Ila is trying once again to add some spice to her marriage, this time […]

Several Ohio University themes present “The Struggle for Farmworker Justice: the Wendy’s Campaign in Ohio” on Feb. 23, at 5:30 p.m. in Morton Hall 237. In addition to the public presentation, members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) will visit classes and meet with student organizations at Ohio University. […]

The Common Experience Project on Sustainability Films presents Bikes vs Cars on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. at the Athena Cinema, 20 S. Court St. in Athens. A panel features Dr. Amy Lynch, Assistant Professor of Geography; Paul Logue, Athens City Planner: Pete Kotses, Athens City Council; and Sam Crowl, Office […]

By Oliva Cobb The Knowing the Future theme presents Dr. Glenn Dutcher on “Don’t hate the player, hate the game. The causes and consequences of strategic lying and sabotage” on Wednesday Feb. 24, at 5 p.m. in Ellis 111. Dutcher is Assistant Professor of Economics at Ohio University. This event is free and open […]