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Palestinian Scholar on Rethinking Narratives On Egypt’s Jews, Nov. 15

Dr.Najat Abdul Haq

Dr. Najat Abdulhaq presents “Rethinking Narratives On Egypt’s Jews: Competing, Complementary or Contradictory Narratives?” on Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 5 p.m. in Porter 105. Abdulhaq is a Palestinian scholar and project manager of the Syrian Radio Network. She will deliver a public lecture on the history of Jewish communities living in […]

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November 1, 2017 at 8:30 pmEvents

Spring 2018 | Food Studies Offers Spring Courses That Fill Requirements

Spring 2018 | Food Studies Offers Spring Courses That Fill Requirements

The Food Studies theme has Spring 2018 courses that fill various Ohio University general education requirements—just in time for registration. Dr. Brad Jokisch, Associate Professor of Geography, is teaching Agricultural Ecosystems (GEOG 3340). The course begins with the origins and history of the agriculture system and moves into the modernization […]

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October 29, 2017 at 2:03 pmNews

Food Matters Visits Chatham University Food Master’s Program

Food Matters club members on trip to Chatham University

A group of 10 member of the Ohio University Food Matters club visited Chatham University’s Eden Hall Campus on Oct. 14. Eden Hall is a 388-acre campus in Richland, Pa., known as “an international showcase of possibilities and a laboratory where faculty and students collaborate to develop the next-generation tools […]

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October 25, 2017 at 11:26 amNews

ELIP 1300 Harvests Ideas for Marketing Sustainable Food on Campus

Teammates Risa Shibayama, Austin Hopkins, Sydney Kovach, and Adam Razak check out the student garden area of OHIO’s Plant Biology Learning Gardens

By Dawn Bikowski What do students in the ELIP 1300 Business Relations and Communication Skills have to offer the local food movement or the Ohio University Food Studies theme? Can business students help identify new markets for produce grown at a magical place on campus with a bamboo forest and […]

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October 25, 2017 at 9:39 amIn Class News

Spring 2018 | Political Science Course Examines Politics through Comic Books

Dr. Jennifer Fredette

Dr. Jennifer Fredette, Assistant Professor of Political Science, is teaching POLS 4902: Special Topics in Law and Politics in the Spring 2018 semester. This course contributes to the Making and Breaking the Law theme, sponsored by the Center for Law, Justice & Culture. The course meets Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays […]

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October 24, 2017 at 5:03 pmAnnouncements News

Sustainability Film Series Brings ‘Power of Film to Transform and Educate’

Sustainability Film Series Brings ‘Power of Film to Transform and Educate’

Many students, staff, and Athens residents take pleasure in seeing free films the Sustainability Film Series puts on every other Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at the Athena Cinema. However, very few know the work that Ohio University Libraries, Environmental Studies Department, and the Athena Cinema put into making these […]

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October 19, 2017 at 10:41 amNews

Food Studies: CAS 1410 Switched to CAS 2411

Food Studies: CAS 1410 Switched to CAS 2411

  The core intro class of the Food Studies program, Food Matters! Explorations in Food Across the Liberal Arts,  has been changed from CAS 1410 to CAS 2411. This course is taught by a team of professors from the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, and encourages students to critically […]

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October 16, 2017 at 11:53 amAnnouncements In Class