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Food in Sicily Students Meet with Chef’s Table Star

Food in Sicily Students Meet with Chef’s Table Star

Students from the 2018 Food in Sicily study away spent almost three weeks studying the connection between food and culture on the Mediterranean’s largest island. They perfected pasta-making skills, took turns stirring vats of whey for ricotta and wove braids of mozzarella. They ate their share and then some of […]

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September 6, 2018 at 11:09 amIn Class News

Food Studies & Sociology-Anthropology Colloquium | History of Pasta and Italian Identity, Sept. 12

Food Studies & Sociology-Anthropology Colloquium | History of Pasta and Italian Identity, Sept. 12

The Food Studies theme presents a talk on the “History of Pasta and the Italian Identity” with Karima Moyer-Nocchi on Wednesday, Sept. 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. This talk is also part of the Sociology & Anthropology Colloquium Series. From our modern viewpoint, pasta seems to have always been an […]

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September 1, 2018 at 9:15 pmEvents

Joint Colloquium | Integrating Archaeology and Conservation in Southwest Madagascar, Sept. 14

Joint Colloquium | Integrating Archaeology and Conservation in Southwest Madagascar, Sept. 14

The Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies and the Geological Sciences Colloquium Series present Dr. Kristina Douglass on “Integrating Archaeology and Conservation in Southwest Madagascar” on Friday, Sept. 14, at 10 a.m. in Irvine 199. The date of Madagascar’s initial settlement has long been the subject of academic inquiry […]

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September 1, 2018 at 8:45 pmEvents

Branching Out: Flowers and Herbs at OHIO Student Farm

Two spiral pathways, emulating the design of an antique McArthur Brick Plant brick.

By Julie Anna Scott Bachelor of Specialized Studies in Sustainable Agriculture and Herbalism Just off of West State Street, down a windy gravel road, there lies an abundant garden laden with squash, tomatoes and the usual crops one might find at any good farm. But this year, something new has […]

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August 28, 2018 at 8:13 pmIn Class News

Happy Beginnings | Food and Society Alumni Are Biting into Food Careers

Joy Kostansek in the high tunnel at the OHIO Student Garden.

  Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Check out the awesome ways some of Food and Society Certificate recipients are biting into the food system, in Athens, in Columbus, in Washington, New […]

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August 26, 2018 at 11:37 amAlumni

Food Studies Kicks Off Fall with Student Farm, Brewing Course

The high tunnel at the OHIO Student Farm.

Food Studies Fall 2018 Newsletter New Name: OHIO Student Farm The Food Studies theme and the Environmental & Plant Biology Department are excited to announce the official name change of the former Plant Biology Research Gardens to the OHIO Student Farm. Located on West State Street, this site is still […]

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August 26, 2018 at 11:26 amNews

Fall 2018 | Get in on the Action with 1-Credit Theme Course

Fall 2018 | Get in on the Action with 1-Credit Theme Course

Students looking for a 1-credit course for Fall 2018 can enroll in a CAS 2300 Themes in Action course. Choose from five different courses—each focused on a different curricular theme—and get involved in activities and events around sustainability, local food, law and society, wealth and poverty, and technology and society. CAS […]

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August 11, 2018 at 9:34 amNews