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The Food Studies theme announces its Spring 2016 events. Spring 2016 Events Jan. 12, 5 p.m.: Food Justice in Athens Info Sessions in Baker 233. Jan. 19, 6-8 p.m.: The Center for Law, Justice and Culture hosts a panel on immigration, refugees, and American policy in Porter 105. Jan. 26, 5 […]

  Through the Office of Global Opportunities, the Food Studies Theme is taking a group of students to Sicily for a 3-week program traveling around one of Italy’s treasures to experience the vibrant food culture of Sicily. Program dates are June 4-June 25, 2016. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis […]

Finals are over—but there’s one more voluntary assignment for folks still in Athens. Go to your pantry or the grocery store tonight and select a few non-perishable food items to bring to campus on Tuesday. The Fall Food Drive—with a goal of collecting one ton of food—wraps up with a […]

By Cameron Fortin ’16 On a brisk autumn morning, Ohio University students, staff, faculty, and supporters enthusiastically met at the research gardens on West State Street to harvest a plant viewed by most Ohioans as a weed. It fed Ohio Valley residents more than 3,000 years ago, and it has […]

Students looking for a 1-credit course for Fall 2016 can dip into one 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 and poverty, and international security. […]

The Food Matters student organization is hosting another granola-making workshop on Wednesday Nov. 11, at 6 p.m. The students held a workshop last fall and, due to its great success, decided to hit the oats once again. The workshop is led by Dr. Art Trese, Associate Professor of Environmental & […]

The Food Studies theme presents Food for Thought with Kip Rondy on How to Tame Extractive Industries (Agriculture-Mineral-Timber) For Our Survival on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 5 p.m. in the Friends of the Library Room, Alden 319. Rondy’s talk addresses personal, community and global responsibility to foster a sustainable system for […]