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Biotechnologies: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resource Issues - Autumn 2008
The key goal of this course is to examine genetic and chemical technologies used for agriculture, with respect to the ways they benefit and harm societies and the environment. The class uses gene and chemical biotechnologies as a prism with which to look at the complex issues of how we produce natural resources and when technology is helpful vs. hurtful.
The ORB Program support OSU faculty research by providing an outlet for outreach components in genomics and molecular biology-oriented grant proposals. For example, the Summer Biotechnology Workshop (July 2005 - 2008) is funded by Science Education PartnershipS (SEPS) Program, OSU's College of Agriculture Education Program, and outreach components of National Science Foundation (NSF) grants awarded to OSU researchers.
Food for Thought Public Lecture Series
The Food for Thought Lecture Series, initiated in 2005, brings internationally recognized experts to OSU to speak about biotechnological issues.
This year, we have formed a partnership with the OSU Horning Endowment in the Humanities Lecture Series to address biotechnological issues in the context of history. The lectures range from scientific, political, and commercial issues in food technologies to histories of national and local food traditions and the haute cuisine of molecular gastronomy.
Speakers hail from both the United States and abroad and include scientists, historians, and a legal scholar. Support for the series comes from the Thomas Hart and Mary Jones Horning Endowment in the Humanities, the History Department, and the Wait and Lois Rising Lectureship Fund in the College of Agricultural Sciences.
Study guides to the Food for Thought Lecture Series - for university undergraduates, and high school students grades 10-12. Source ORB:
