FOOD and the UNIVERSITY: An Interdisciplinary Smorgasbord
CLASP - Consortium of Liberal Arts and Science Promotion
The CLASP Lecture Series is intended to promote interdisciplinary discussion and exchange of ideas at WSU. CLASP presentations are aimed at a general audience of students, faculty, staff, and the community. Sessions will be 60 minutes long.
Sept. 2, 7PM |
Food, Life: One Woman's Story | Jill Henscheid Health Services, WSU |
Stark Auditorium, 103 | |
| Is My Lunch Causing Global Warming? | Nancy Jensen Department of Health, Exercise and Rehabilitative Science, WSU |
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Sept. 9, 7PM |
Politics, Power and Food | Fred Lee Department of Political Science, WSU |
Stark, 103 | |
| The Donner Party: Myth and Reality | Melanie Reap Department of Education, WSU |
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Sept. 16, 7PM |
Foods and Wines of Emilia Romagna, Italy: Where Gastronomic Pride Meets Quality of Life | Bruno Borsari Department of Biology, WSU |
Stark, 103 | |
| Molecular Gastronomy/Deconstructivist Cooking: radical New Approaches in Spanish Cuisine | Juan Fenandez-Iglesias Department of Foreign Languages, WSU |
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Sept 23, |
The Omnivore's Solution [NOTE: Admission free, but ticket required.] |
Michael Pollan WSU LYCEUM LECTURE |
SOMSEN AUDITORIUM | |
Sept 30, 7PM |
Genetically Modified Organisms: From the Lab to the Farm to the World's Dinner Table | Scott Segal Department of Biology, WSU |
Stark, 103 | |
| Nutritional Physiology of Food: Does What We Eat Determine Our Health | Ted Wilson Department of Biology, WSU |
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Oct 7, 7PM |
The Persistence of Hunger: Perspectives on Global Food Poverty | James Bowey Department of Mass Communications, WSU |
Stark, 103 | |
Oct 14, 7PM |
World Hunger Panel: Can Sustainable Farming Feed the World? |
Bruno Borsari -
Biology, WSU |
Stark, 103 | |
Oct. 21, 7PM |
Food Narratives with a Global Perspective | Ruth Forsythe Department of English, WSU |
Stark, 103 | |
| Food History: Conceptual Frameworks in an Emerging Sub Discipline | Colette Hyman Department of History, WSU |
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Oct 28, 7PM |
Growing Vegetables, Finding Community in Wapasha's Prairie: A Community Garden's First Year | Vicki Englich, Community Liaison, WSU Lea Karlson, Co-Chair, Wapasha's Community Garden |
Stark, 103 | |
| Local Farm Report: Sustainable Farmers Talk about their Business | Jack Hedin, Featherstone Farm Jennifer Rupprecht, Earth-Be-Glad Farm |
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Nov. 4, 7PM |
Effect of Agriculture Practices on Bird Populations | Kim Chapman Applied Ecological Services |
Stark, 103 | |
| Rationalization of Beekeeping and Its Effects on Bee Health | Wes Miller Department of Social Science, Saint Mary's University |
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Dec. 2, 7PM |
Physics of Cold Weather Gardening | Nathan Moore Department of Physics, WSU |
Stark, 103 | |
| The Chicken Run: My first Year with Chickens | Erin Peters Department of Biology, WSU |
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