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Knowing the Future Announces Spring 2016 Events

Knowing the Future Announces Spring 2016 Events

The Knowing the Future theme announces its Spring 2016 events. Wednesday, Feb. 3, “Pay Your Workers to Quit?,” a TEDx Ohio University event, so-sponsored by the Fire to iPhone theme. Wednesday Feb. 24, at 5 p.m., Dr. Glenn Dutcher (Ohio U. Department of Economics): “Don’t hate the player, hate the […]

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January 1, 2016 at 6:00 pmEvents

Food Studies Announces Spring 2016 Events

Food Studies Announces Spring 2016 Events

The Food Studies theme announces its Spring 2016 events. Spring 2016 Events Jan. 12, 5 p.m.: Food Justice in Athens Info Sessions in Baker 233. Jan. 19, 6-8 p.m.: The Center for Law, Justice and Culture hosts a panel on immigration, refugees, and American policy in Porter 105. Jan. 26, 5 […]

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January 1, 2016 at 7:30 amEvents

Italy: Food in Sicily | Study Abroad Summer 2016

Italy: Food in Sicily | Study Abroad Summer 2016

  Through the Office of Global Opportunities, the Food Studies Theme is taking a group of students to Sicily for a 3-week program traveling around one of Italy’s treasures to experience the vibrant food culture of Sicily. Program dates are June 4-June 25, 2016. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis […]

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December 30, 2015 at 1:47 pmEvents

‘Feeding Athens’ Food Drive Finale | Drop Off at 3 p.m. Dec. 15 in Baker

‘Feeding Athens’ Food Drive Finale | Drop Off at 3 p.m. Dec. 15 in Baker

Finals are over—but there’s one more voluntary assignment for folks still in Athens. Go to your pantry or the grocery store tonight and select a few non-perishable food items to bring to campus on Tuesday. The Fall Food Drive—with a goal of collecting one ton of food—wraps up with a […]

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December 14, 2015 at 12:06 pmEvents

Spring 2016 | Course Seeks Creative Use of Old World Skills to Help with Clothing Waste

Spring 2016 | Course Seeks Creative Use of Old World Skills to Help with Clothing Waste

The Sustainability Studies theme is featuring a Spring 2016 course that combines old world knowledge with modern technology to give students the skills to reduce clothing waste. Students will gain hands-on experience in a lab setting to master sustainability skills. THAR 2360 is open to all undergraduates (non-Theater students should contact the […]

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December 2, 2015 at 10:04 amNews

Student Teams Design Their Own Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods

Student presentations in CAS 1415

Undergraduate students enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences Introduction to Sustainability (CAS 1415) course become urban planners for a day. Students in CAS 1415 recently put what they learned about sustainable urban planning into practice by designing their own sustainable neighborhoods. During the preceding two weeks of class, […]

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December 2, 2015 at 9:35 amNews

War & Peace | Li and Hill Talk about South China Sea Conflict

Dr. Jieli Li talks at a War and Peace theme event.

By Nikki Rodriguez Two Arts & Sciences professors kicked off the War and Peace theme this fall with a discussion on “Brief Thoughts About China” in September. Students “all need to understand what is going on in the world, especially in those so called flash-point regions … so you can […]

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November 19, 2015 at 12:07 pmNews