Assistant Professor of Economics Kathryn Bender, along with co-authors at Ohio State University and Louisiana State University, recently had published an article entitled “Some Issues in the Ethics of Food Waste” in Physiology & Behavior. This paper discusses the ethical considerations involved in inducing behavioral changes and reallocating food resources.
Maureen Lichtveld has been named the new dean of the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. She will begin in her new role on Jan. 1, 2021.
I know it has been a challenging start to the school year as we try to navigate school and life through a global pandemic. I’m proud that the vast majority of us have met the challenge and are following the guidelines of wearing face masks faithfully as well as socially distancing.
It doesn’t have the same elegant backdrop as the stained-glass windows of Ford Chapel, and it doesn’t enjoy the same acoustics as Shafer Auditorium in the Henderson Campus Center.
Masks couldn’t hide the smiles all around as volunteers loaded boxes of food into cars, vans and wire shopping carts in a distribution effort that provided 5,000 free meal kits to neighbors in need in and around the city.
From hosting forums among candidates for local political office to encouraging students to vote in the Nov. 3 national election, Allegheny College’s Center for Political Participation (CPP) has a very busy few weeks ahead.