Paolo Moreno (CGS’18), Fashion Brand Founder
CGS student Paolo Moreno (CGS’18) recently released the latest collection for his fashion brand, Chemical X. Moreno created Chemical X two years ago with friends Pedro Monestier, who designs the clothing along with Moreno, and photographer Matias Vasquez, who is in charge of the company’s branding and promotion. When asked by BU Today where he […]
Lynda Barry Speaks on Creativity and Silencing Your Inner Critic
Any lecture that opens with an autobiographical song is sure to be a different kind of talk. On November 9, legendary artist Lynda Barry delivered a lecture that was funny, profound and touching by turns—filled with songs, art from Barry and her students, dog and baby videos, and closed out with a party trick. Lynda […]
2017 Capstone Award Winners
Winning Capstone Projects Investigate GMOs, Gene Editing, Making Boston Green On October 13, Boston University College of General Studies celebrated the outstanding students who received awards for the Capstone projects they completed last May. The Capstone project is a 50-page research term paper that CGS students complete in their sophomore year. Students draw on two […]
Office Artifacts: Louis Mayhew
As an advisor at the College of General Studies for 23 years, Louis Mayhew has helped hundreds of students learn how to balance their interests with their career path. For students looking for a way to pursue all of their passions, Louis Mayhew has been the person to help students out along the way. In […]
Hallstein Contributes to Book on Empowering Women and Mothers
D. Lynn O’Brien Hallstein has published a chapter in the book After the Happily Ever After: Empowering Women & Mothers in Relationships (Demeter Press, September 2017). Hallstein’s chapter is entitled “But, Didn’t I Choose This? Laying the Groundwork to Empower Mothers by Closing the Choice Gap between Women and Men Before Becoming Mothers and Fathers.” Hallstein is an […]
Deepening Students’ Connection to the Humanities Through Service Learning
On a snowy day in Boston last winter, a group of Boston University College of General Studies (CGS) students bundled into their winter coats and trekked to Quincy to volunteer for the Prison Book Program, an organization with a simple purpose—sending books to incarcerated people. In CGS Lecturer of Humanities Sheila Cordner’s classes, service learning is woven into the curriculum as an assignment.
CGS Students Give Back through Health Care and Nonprofit Internships
This summer, Boston University College of General Studies students spent their time volunteering and interning for great causes all across the world—from ambulances and oncology wards in New York to dental clinics in Peru and immigrant communities in Massachusetts. Danika Connors (CGS’17, SAR’19) did her internship through the Santander Sophomore Internship program, a program that gives […]
A New Book on the Red Sox’s Epic 1967 Year
In a new book, Thomas Whalen, College of General Studies associate professor of social sciences, examines the sensational rise of the “Impossible Dream” Red Sox 50 years ago, and how they captured the country’s imagination amid the tumult of the 1960s. He recently spoke to BU Today and to Salem News about Spirit of ’67: […]
Wexelblatt’s Petites Suites Stories Merge Music and Fiction
Petites Suites is the latest book by College of General Studies Professor of Humanities Robert Wexelblatt—a series of charming, inventive short stories praised as “enchanting, invigorating, and often delightfully disorienting” (Elizabeth Cunningham), “sweets for the ear and food for the brain” (Robert Knox), and “enticing” (R.S. Deese). College of General Studies: You came up with the structure […]
Hansen Co-Edits Journal Issue on Stephen King as Science Fiction Writer
Novelist Stephen King has a 70th birthday coming up on September 21. College of General Studies Master Lecturer of Rhetoric Regina Hansen has co-edited a special issue of the journal Science Fiction Film and Television to celebrate King’s work as a science fiction writer and as “a significant force in mainstream popular culture in the twenty-first century.” King […]