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The Food Studies theme Book Club holds its first meeting on Fall 2015 on Thursday, Sept. 10, from 5-6 p.m. in Alden 301U in the third-floor Faculty Commons. The club is reading Fresh: A Perishable History by Susanne Freidberg. (Belknap Harvard, 416pp. ISBN 9780674032910) The book discussion will be divided […]

The Environmental & Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Paul E. Patton on “The Origins of Food Production and Village Formation in Eastern North America: Evidence from the Hocking  Valley” on Friday, Sept. 25, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter 104. Patton, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Ohio University, is an […]

The Environmental & Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr. John M. MacDougal on “Passionflowers: Morphology and Patterns of Character Evolution in Passiflora, subgenus Decaloba” on Friday, April 3, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter 104. MacDougal is a professor at the Harris-Stowe State University. Abstract: Recent collaborative work has reconstructed the […]

The Food for Thought speakers series presents Sandor Katz, a fermentation revivalist, on “The Art of Fermentation” on April 2, at 5:30 p.m. in Baker Theater. A reception featuring local fermented toppings on pizzas from Avalanche follows the talk. Katz is the author of New York Times bestsellers Wild Fermentation and […]

The Environmental & Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Richard B. Thomas to discuss “A new story from old trees: possible causes of a recent anomaly in tree growth in the Central Appalachian Mountains” on Friday, April 10, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter 104. Thomas is a professor of Biology […]

The Environmental & Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Aruna Kilaru discussing “Marijuana to Moss: Discovery of Plant Endocannabinoids” on Friday, April 17, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter 104. Kilaru is an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at East Tennessee State University. Abstract: The elucidation of the binding of marijuana’s […]

The Environmental & Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Richard Vierstra, on “Autophagy, the Master of Selective Recycling” on Friday, March 27, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter 104. Vierstra is a Full Professor with the Laboratory of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Abstract: Autophagy-mediated turnover plays an essential role […]