04/19/2023
By Ed Brennen
Plastics Engineering Asst. Prof. Amir Ameli noticed something unusual when he returned to his second-floor office at Ball Hall on a recent Friday afternoon: the mouthwatering aroma of slow-cooked lamb seasoned with sweet paprika, cumin, cardamom and cinnamon, stewing gently with garlic, yellow onions, carrots, baby spinach and chickpeas.
“I couldn’t miss it,” says Ameli, who happily helped himself to a bowl of the No-Sear Lamb and Chickpea Stew, made by Plastics Engineering Department Chair Carol Barry’s husband, before mingling with two dozen students, faculty and staff in the conference room adjacent to his office.
“It was a nice way of getting together with everyone,” Ameli says.
Which is exactly what Assoc. Teaching Prof. of…
