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OHIO Student Farm Produce Sold at Jefferson Marketplace

Jefferson Marketplace displays sign advertising OHIO Student Farm Produce, which is for purchase in the market.

Students at the OHIO Student Farm continue to harvest bounties of produce even as the days get colder and winter months approach. Produce harvested from the OHIO Student Farm is available to students at Jefferson Marketplace, located on campus and close to student housing. Sweet and hot peppers are among […]

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October 17, 2018 at 11:11 amNews

Not Just a Box of Spaghetti | Bell and Moran do Research at Academia Barilla

Dr. David Bell at Academia Barilla

You may be more familiar with the name of Barilla from the pasta aisle of your local supermarket. The company, founded in 1877 as a bakery shop in Parma, Italy, by Pietro Barilla, has grown to a multi-national corporation with an annual revenue of more than $450 billion (2015). In […]

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October 15, 2018 at 1:03 pmResearch

Technology & Society | Free Screening of Blade Runner, Oct. 19

Technology & Society | Free Screening of Blade Runner, Oct. 19

The Technology & Society theme presents a screening and discussion of the director’s cut of Ridley Scott’s iconic Blade Runner on Friday, Oct. 19, from 7-9 p.m. at the Athena Theater. Blade Runner is an acclaimed cult film regarded as one of the all-time best science fiction movies. Admission is free, and this […]

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October 1, 2018 at 7:30 pmEvents

War and Peace | Next War: The Future of Technology, Security and Threats, Oct. 24

War and Peace | Next War: The Future of Technology, Security and Threats, Oct. 24

The War and Peace theme presents Peter Warren Singer discussing “Next War: The Future of Technology, Security and Threats” on Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Schoonover 145. “Singer is a strategist at New America and an editor at Popular Science magazine. He has been named by […]

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October 1, 2018 at 6:15 pmEvents

Sustainability | Conversation about Sustainable Pest Management, Oct. 25

Sustainability | Conversation about Sustainable Pest Management, Oct. 25

The Sustainability Studies theme presents Dr. Bekka Brodie on “Sustainable Solutions: A Conversation about Sustainable Pest Management” on Thursday, Oct. 25, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Alden Library 319 (Friends of the Library Room). Worried about the growing use of chemicals in agriculture and pest management? Come and learn […]

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October 1, 2018 at 6:00 pmEvents

Frankenreads, a Marathon Live Reading of the Entire Novel, Oct. 31

Frankenreads, a Marathon Live Reading of the Entire Novel, Oct. 31

Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Ohio University presents Frankenreads, a marathon live reading of the entire novel, on Oct. 31 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the fourth floor of Alden Library. The reading is sponsored by the Technology & Society theme, Alden Library, and Women’s, […]

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October 1, 2018 at 4:30 pmEvents

OHIO Student Farm Prepares for Winter with Squash Harvest

Student interns, Ange Heese and Lydia Beardsley, pose with squash varieties harvested from the OHIO Student Farm.

As the colder months approach us this fall, the colder-weather crops at the OHIO Student Farm are becoming ready for harvest. A recent harvest at the farm included about a dozen blue hubbard squashes, an heirloom squash variety. From this blue hubbard squash harvest, students learn not only about growing […]

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September 28, 2018 at 1:43 pmNews