As the concluding talk in conjunction with the special topics courses in Italian and Spanish on the worldwide Slow Food movement, and the special exhibit in Kelvin Smith Library that continues through January 2025, Hope Barkoukis gave a talk titled “Food is the Force that Binds Us All Together” Monday, November 25, 2024. Professor Barkoukis is the chair of the Department of Nutrition in the CWRU School of Medicine, an enormous proponent of collaboration, and the recipient of numerous national, regional, local, and university awards, including the School of Medicine’s most prestigious award, The Medal for Excellence in Health Science Innovation. The talk tied together many disciplines related to food generally and Slow Food specifically, while sharing scientific points and cultural highlights. Students, visitors, and faculty enjoyed her skillful portrayal of the immensity of global and national issues, all connected to everyone populating this planet currently and in the future. KSL visitors have been seeing the exhibit in the first-floor art gallery: “SLOW MATTERS: Intersecting Food and Fields.”