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What Does the Future Hold? Film Series Kicks Off in September

What Does the Future Hold? film series

Knowing the Future goes to the movies with the “What Does the Future Hold?” film series on four Tuesdays this fall. The Knowing the Future curricular theme hosts the movie screenings at the Athena Cinema. Screenings are free, and open to the public. The film series is sponsored by the […]

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August 23, 2015 at 1:55 pmEvents

CLJC Offers Team-Taught Law and Justice Course CAS 2500: Breaking the Law

CLJC Offers Team-Taught Law and Justice Course CAS 2500: Breaking the Law

The Center for Law, Justice & Culture invites freshmen and sophomore students to enroll in a special team-taught interdisciplinary course in Fall 2015. Seats are still available! CAS 2500: Breaking the Law focuses on law and justice in relation to citizenship, global affairs, human rights, public health, and science and technology. It […]

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August 18, 2015 at 5:03 pmNews

Food Studies Theme Kicks Off Fall 2015 Events at Paw Paw Festival

Food Studies Theme Kicks Off Fall 2015 Events at Paw Paw Festival

The Food for Thought Speaker Series kicks off 2015-16 with Dr. Gary Paul Nabhan on “New Crops from Wild Fruits: Re-Diversifying Cropping Systems” on Monday, Sept. 14, at 5:30 p.m. in Baker Theater. The event is free and open to the public. A reception follows. Watch this event live on A&S […]

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August 1, 2015 at 1:00 pmEvents

Bestselling Food Author Talks Fermentation with OHIO

Sandor Katz meets with Ohio University students and Athens fermenters.

By Rachel Komich ’17 How Food Works Intern New York Times bestselling author and fermentation advocate Sandor Katz began his talk at Ohio University by asking if anyone had eaten anything fermented that day. In response to the limited number of hands raised, he listed less commonly known fermented items […]

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May 26, 2015 at 11:57 amUncategorized

English Alum Writes About Food Studies in Restaurant Hospitality

English Alum Writes About Food Studies in Restaurant Hospitality

The April edition of Restaurant Hospitality magazine features Ohio University’s Food Studies theme in a story on Food Across the Curriculum. The magazine’s executive food editor, Gail Bellamy ’71, is an Ohio University alum. She earned a bachelor’s in English from the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO. Tomorrow’s […]

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April 22, 2015 at 3:33 pmAlumni Faculty in the News In the News

Food Justice: A Week of Lived Experience

Food Justice: A Week of Lived Experience

Students in a new Food Justice course spent spring break learning firsthand that it’s not just the distance food travels to the plate—sometimes it never makes it to the plate. Hunger. Poor nutrition. How does that happen around Athens, a fertile region once filled with farms and ranches and known […]

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April 3, 2015 at 11:18 amIn Class

War and Peace | The Soldier, the State and the Schoolhouse, April 21

War and Peace | The Soldier, the State and the Schoolhouse, April 21

The War and Peace Theme Inaugural Lecture presents Dr. Jay M. Parker on “The Soldier, the State and the Schoolhouse: The University’s Role in Peace and Security” on Tuesday, April 21, at 7 p.m. in the Baker Center Theater. Parker is Professor and Chair of International Security Studies, College of […]

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April 2, 2015 at 7:00 pmEvents