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Eater.com: Why Smartfood Popcorn Doesn’t Hit Like It Used To
Xaq Frohlich, associate professor of history and the author of From Label to Table: Regulating Food in America in the Information Age, was recently featured on Eater.com.
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Honors students engage in history through role-playing games
For several years, Kate Craig, associate professor of History with the College of Liberal Arts, has taught Honors versions of World History I and II through a series of role-playing games she calls “Reacting to the Past.”
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Guest lecture explores the overlooked role of oral health in public health
Students gained new insight into the connections between oral health and overall well-being during a lecture by Dr. Tommy Johnson, State Dental Director for the Alabama Department of Public Health.
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Keith Hébert first AU professor to receive MLK Jr. Educator of the Year Award
A collaboration between Auburn's Office of Outreach and the National Forum of Black Public Administrators - East Central Alabama Chapter, the award recognizes educators who have profoundly impacted their communities.
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The Conversation: How Valentine's Day was transformed by the Industrial Revolution and 'manufactured intimacy'
Associate Professor of History Christopher Ferguson discusses the important role the exchange of manufactured greeting cards played in the 19th-century version of Valentine’s Day.
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Renowned writer Claudia Rankine visiting Auburn University
Poet, playwright and cultural critic Claudia Rankine will visit Auburn’s campus for a series of special events from Feb. 4-5, 2025.
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NYT: F.D.A. Proposes New Food Labels to Detail Sugar, Fat and Salt Levels
Associate Professor of History Xaq Frohlich discusses the FDA's new proposed food labels in The New York Times.
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Chase Stephens selected as Graduate School marshal for fall commencement
Stephens began his studies at Auburn University in fall 2019, where he developed a focus on labor history and the history of Southern law enforcement.
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The Betsey Scott Harper story
Family historian and author Terrance Vickerstaff and the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities have published a children's book about one of Auburn's first families.
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Auburn historian presents comparative health care policy analysis to Swedish Society of Medicine
Zachary Schulz, an Auburn University history lecturer and public health historian, recently delivered a Zoom presentation to the Swedish Society of Medicine (SSM) titled "Healthcare Policy in Focus: Trump vs. Harris and the Future of American Healthcare."
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CLA remembers Leah Rawls Atkins, first history doctorate graduate and founding director of CAH
Leah Rawls Atkins, the first person to earn a history doctorate from Auburn University and the founding director of the Center for the Arts & Humanities, leaves a legacy in academics, service and athletics.
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Social Justice Lecture Series to address labor markets and the poor
The lecture, titled “Moving the Needle: What tight labor markets do for the poor,” will address the question, “What happens when jobs are plentiful, and workers are hard to come by?”
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The Conversation: Health care under Harris versus Trump: A public health historian sizes up their records
Health care is a defining issue in the 2024 election – Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Republican contender Donald Trump have starkly different records on the issue.
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UPR: Eating the Past - From Label to Table
Associate Professor of History Xaq Frohlich discusses his book, "From Label to Table: Regulating Food in America in the Information Age," with Utah Public Radio's "Eating the Past."
