Speaker to discuss issues surrounding food allergens

“Controlling Food Allergens: Reducing Risks and Saving Lives” will be the topic of a campus talk next week by Dr. Sue Hefle. co-director of the Food Allergy Research and Resource Institute of the University of Nebraska.

Hefle’s presentation is part of a health symposium to be held at BGSU by the Food and Nutrition Program of the School of Family and Consumer Sciences and the Northwest Ohio Section of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). She will speak at 7:15 p.m. Feb. 10 in 115 Olscamp Hall.

Food allergens are responsible for approximately 29,000 emergency room visits and 150-200 deaths in the United States per year. The impact that they have had on the worldwide food industry is remarkable, with no recalls for undeclared food allergens before 1990, but 60-70 per year since 1998. Hefle will discuss the current regulatory atmosphere surrounding food allergens and describe various allergen control strategies and the new label requirements for allergens in foods.

There will be a dinner from 6:15-7 p.m. in 201 Bowen-Thompson Student Union, preceding the speech. Reservations are $20 for faculty, IFT members and non-students, and $8 for students with ID. Send dinner reservation requests to jwillif@bgnet.bgsu.edu by 5 p.m. Monday (Feb. 7), or call 2-7833 and leave a message.

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Arts and Sciences Forum explores medieval art and
Toledo art museum

The next installment of the College of Arts and Sciences Forum series will feature Richard H. Putney, University of Toledo professor of art history and consulting curator on medieval art for the Toledo Museum of Art, in a presentation on “Knights, Bishops and Kings: Re-thinking the TMA Cloister Gallery.” The talk will be held from 12:30-1:15 p.m. Feb. 10 in 202B Bowen-Thompson Student Union.

Putney will discuss his current research and work with students to plan a new Cloister Gallery in the museum. The project has entailed visits to medieval sites in Europe, exploration of the art market and work with curators from other museums. Putney will also share some of the ideas, works of art and problems that have fascinated him the most.

Reservations must be made by Friday (Feb. 4) by contacting the college office at 2-2340 or by emailing mjhitt@bgnet.bgsu.edu. Reservations should include your BGSU identification number.

A Southwestern chicken Caesar salad lunch will be served at noon. Lunch is $7.95 and is payable by cash, check or BGSU ID card. Those wishing to attend the free lecture only may come at 12:30 p.m.

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Jorge Fernandes to be remembered at memorial service

A memorial service for Jorge Fernandes, visiting assistant professor of ethnic studies, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday (Feb. 2) in Prout Chapel. Fernandes, 36, died in a car accident Dec. 19 in Pennsylvania.

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BG@100 update contains training link

The February BG@100 update will be available at www.bgsu.edu/BGat100 as of Tuesday (Feb. 1). All are invited to check out the information included in the update. Current AHRS users in particular may want to take a look at this Web page for information contained in a new training link available as of Tuesday.

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Ohio schools superintendent Zelman to visit campus

The College of Education and Human Development will host Dr. Susan Tave Zelman, superintendent of instruction for the Ohio Department of Education, this Friday (Feb. 4). Zelman will be on campus to meet with education and College of Arts and Sciences faculty along with superintendents and staff from northwest Ohio schools. The day will also include visits to area schools in which BGSU has educational collaborations.

Zelman will speak to the BGSU faculty in the morning on the topic of partnerships for educator preparation among K-12 schools, institutions of higher education and the Ohio Department of Education. Later she will address arts and sciences faculty on their role in the preparation of professional education personnel.

Zelman will call on Bowling Green Junior High School and East Toledo Junior High School to see BGSU’s Partnerships in Context and Community project in action. Toledo Public Schools Superintendent Eugene Sanders, a former BGSU education faculty member, and college Dean Josué Cruz will be part of the Toledo visit.