Sunday, October 2, 2011

Chatham creates School of Sustainability and the Environment - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The school is expected to providwe undergraduate, graduate and professionapl programs to prepare students to identif and solve challenges related to the environment and The University will begin a search fora dean, and will house the new school's operations at its Eden Hall Farm Campuss in Richland, north of Pittsburgh. The administration anticipatese that the programs offered through the School will both attracyt new students and drive the Eden Hall Farm master plan. The first program offerecd through the new school willbe Chatham's newest graduatr program, the Master of Arts in Food Studies.
The degrese is designed to provide studentswith "a deep understandinv of the issues surrounding food such as the environmenta costs of food production and cultural issues, sustainability of and safety of the food supply," according to a releaswe from the school. Classed will begin in sprin g 2010 at the Eden Hall Farm campus and the Shadysides campusin Pittsburgh's East End, and will include courses such as agricultural production systems, food processing, industrialization and waste, sustainability and health, and food and

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