Preventing Brain Trauma in Youth Football Players
Capstone Team Proposes Solutions to the NFL’s Brain Trauma Problem Sara Mannes (CGS’17, CAS’19) says her CGS Capstone project has made watching sports a little uncomfortable. “I used to appreciate professional sports because of their high-intensity, high-impact nature, and I would even cheer when someone was tackled or hit,” she said. “Now it is hard for […]
Matthew Trevithick (CGS’06, CAS’08) on “A University in Ruins”
In a May 21, 2017 article for The Chronicle of Higher Education, CGS alumnus Matthew Trevithick (CGS’06, CAS’08) describes how the University of Mosul is surviving the onslaught of the Islamic State. Trevithick interviews a graduate student and talks with a three-star Iraqi who hopes that Americans, who have been “so helpful in killing members of the […]
International Conference Examines Threats to Lobster Population
When people think about the effects of climate change, they’re probably not immediately wondering how the world’s warming will affect the sea crustacean we know as the lobster. But that was a central concern for the keynote speakers and the researchers who presented at the 11th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management, […]
International Conference Focuses on Dickens’ Interdisciplinary Thinking
On July 14-16, Boston University College of General Studies hosted the 22nd Annual Dickens Symposium: Interdisciplinary Dickens, a gathering for scholars from across the world to present their research on the nineteenth century writer Charles Dickens. Over 70 scholars attended from nine countries. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was not just a spinner of dramas and writer of […]
Weeks 5 and 6: Boston-London Semester 2017
During the last two weeks of the London semester, Boston-London students stayed busy finishing assignments and visiting the London spots still on their lists before they dispersed for the summer. In the closing weeks of the semester, students wrote op-eds and worked on final projects. They reflected on urban design and the privatization of public […]
Week 4: Boston-London Semester 2017
This week in the London semester, students went back to ancient times with a visit to the Roman Baths and the prehistoric Stonehenge. Bath and Stonehenge were on the agenda for Team E. Team C traveled to Bath and Longleat, with a stop at Highgate Cemetery and a Thursday trip to the Globe Theatre to see […]
Weeks 2 and 3: Boston-London Semester 2017
Weeks 2 and 3 of the London semester were crammed with travel to historic sites in London, as students took in the literature and history of the twentieth century while exploring ancient historical landmarks, too. On May 29, students visited Westminster Abbey, the resting place of British monarchs and luminaries and the site of Britain’s […]
CGS Capstone Projects Make the Invisible Visible
A dance performance dramatized the struggle of anxiety. A documentary investigated gentrification in Cambridge and Somerville. And a group of college students traveled out of the city to talk with former prisoners. These are a few of the Capstone projects that Boston University College of General Studies (CGS) students created in response to the theme, “Making […]
Week 1: Boston-London Semester 2017
The Boston-London Program students have already finished the first week of their semester! Group flights landed in London Heathrow Airport on May 20th and May 21st, where arrival staff greeted students and guided them to their new home for the semester. Students traveled by bus to check in at their residence hall in Kensington and moved […]
CGS Dean Shares General Education Insights with a Global Audience
From California to Chile to Saudi Arabia — over the last semester, Dean Natalie McKnight has been sharing CGS’ knowledge on assessment and Capstone projects all across the globe In January, at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities in San Francisco, California, Dean McKnight spoke on a panel of college […]