Post Tagged with: "curricular themes"

Knowing the Future goes to the movies with the “What Does the Future Hold?” film series, featuring Children of Men on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. at the Athena Cinema with Profs. Jeremy Morris and Beth Quitslund. Alfonso Cuarón / 109 min. / R Set in 2027, Britain is […]

The Wealth & Poverty Focus on Africa series presents Dr. Edna Wangui, Associate Professor of Geography at Ohio University, screening the documentary Taking Root, the Vision of Wangari Maathai on Sept. 23 at 5:15 p.m. in Alden 319. “Taking Root tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate […]

The Wealth in Poverty Focus on Africa series presents Ohio University alum Aggrey Otieno on “Towards Improving Maternal and Child Health Care Delivery in Korogocho Slums, Nairobi, Kenya” on Sept 24 from 4:10-5:30 p.m. in Grover W111. Abstract: In Kenya, maternal and child health is a critical health area where close […]

The Wealth & Poverty Focus on Africa series presents Dr. Jeffrey Giesey, Associate Dean of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, on Engineering Projects in Ghana on Sept 24 from noon  to 1 p.m. in Schoonover 450. Watch on A&S TV. Abstract: For more than 10 years, Ohio University’s Russ College […]

The War and Peace curricular theme presents “China and Global Security” on Monday, Sept. 28, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Walter 135. This event, part of the event series in cooperation with the Ohio University ROTC, is free and open to public. The discussion leaders are Dr. Jieli Li, […]

The Food Studies Theme Book Club is returning this semester, reading Fresh: A Perishable History by Susanne Freidberg. (Belknap Harvard, 416pp. ISBN 9780674032910) Those who are interested can indicate their meeting time preference for September in a Doodle poll. So far, the best date and time for the first meeting […]

Students looking for a 1-credit course this semester can dip into one of the university’s themes with a CAS 1300x Themes in Action course. Choose from five different sections—each focused on a different curricular theme—and get involved in activities and events around sustainability, local food, justice and social change, wealth […]