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Food Studies Theme Gets Sugar Bush Foundation Grant

Food Studies Theme Gets Sugar Bush Foundation Grant

From Compass A Food Studies theme project was among those announced by the Ohio University Foundation as receiving funding through the Sugar Bush Foundation. Sugar Bush is an organization that works with the university to improve quality of life in Appalachian Ohio. The foundation’s yearly projects foster sustainable environmental and […]

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June 13, 2017 at 12:25 pmNews

Food on Film Kicks Off with Packed House Discussing ‘Sustainable’

Panelists engage a packed theater at the Athena.

By Nicolette Anderson ’16 February is Food on Film month, and on Feb. 2, the Food Studies theme partnered with the Athena Cinema to kick off the first showing of the spring Food on Film series with Matt Wechsler’s Sustainable. Through the eyes of a passionate seventh-generation family farmer in […]

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February 6, 2017 at 9:50 amNews

Mapping the Future | Taste of Athens, Feb. 7

Mapping the Future | Taste of Athens, Feb. 7

CAS 2100x: Mapping the Future presents its Future of Food module’s Taste of Athens on Feb. 7 from 4:30-6 p.m. in the Friends of the Library Room, Alden 319. Come hear students describe their cooking experiences with local chefs and taste what they have created. Chefs include: Becky Clark of Pork and […]

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February 1, 2017 at 10:30 pmEvents

CAS 1410 Students Volunteer at Southeast Ohio Food Bank

Assembly line packing at SE Ohio Food Bank

A group of CAS 1410: Food Matters! students and faculty spent their Saturday morning volunteering alongside other community and Ohio University groups Jan. 21 at the Southeast Ohio Food Bank in Logan, OH. The group worked in an efficient assembly line packing boxes of dry goods and learning about issues […]

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January 23, 2017 at 8:18 pmNews

Summer 2017 | Food in Sicily Info Session, Feb. 1

Summer 2017 | Food in Sicily Info Session,  Feb. 1

  For the second summer, the Food Studies theme and the Office of Global Opportunities is offering the Food in Sicily summer study abroad. Students will spend three weeks exploring the food system on the Mediterranean’s largest island. This study away experience counts for the Junior Composition requirement. There is […]

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January 1, 2017 at 4:15 pmEvents

Food Studies | Students Say CAS 4911 Internship Connects Them to Community

Summer 2016 interns tour a local farm.

By Anna Chleboun ’15 The Food Studies theme is proud to be offering its fourth semester of CAS 4911: How Food Works in the Community Internship experience. What started as a summer internship experience has now been extended into the fall and spring semesters, offering even more opportunities for students […]

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December 1, 2016 at 10:00 amIn Class News

Spring 2017 | Mapping the Future Course Hits 5 Contemporary Issues

Spring 2017 | Mapping the Future Course Hits 5 Contemporary Issues

  CAS 2100x Mapping the Future is a new College of Arts & Sciences interdisciplinary course with five modules on profound issues facing contemporary society. Each module in the Spring 2017 course features a community event with speakers debating the core principles of an issue and students critically evaluating and […]

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October 28, 2016 at 10:56 amNews