A Look at Undergraduate Research: Women Writers in the Late Victorian Era
By Ella Nasca Before coming to campus for the first time in the fall of 2021, Fangqi (Doris) Luo (’22, CAS’24) excitedly looked through the CGS website to get a sense of what in-person studies would be like. Luo stumbled upon a section about the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning (CITL) and quickly became […]
CGS Faculty Lead a Conversation on National and Global Citizenship
On March 24, CGS faculty Chun-Yi Sum and Shawn Lynch led a conversation about national and global citizenship in the 21st century, exploring topics including the Enlightenment notion of citizenship and different understandings of citizenship in China and the United States. Watch the full discussion below.
2021 Faculty and Alumni Awards
During Alumni Weekend, the College of General Studies honored this year’s faculty and alumni award recipients in a virtual ceremony. Dean Natalie McKnight presented the following awards: The Outstanding Service Award, which recognizes service to the college above and beyond the call of duty was awarded to John Regan The Peyton Richter Award, which honors […]
A Look at Undergraduate Research: Covid-19’s Impact on the Airline Industry
By Julia Allard Since its outbreak, the COVID-19 pandemic has hit many industries hard, but few were more negatively impacted than air travel. Due to travel restrictions and widespread anxiety among consumers, many airlines struggled to fill seats during the first several months of the pandemic. Intrigued by the effects of the pandemic in this […]
A Look at Undergraduate Research: Brexit’s Toll on the United Kingdom
By Grace Chen When Megan Lau (CGS ’21) traveled to London during her gap semester, the trip sparked an interest in the impact Brexit left on the United Kingdom. With the help of the CGS Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning (CITL)’s undergraduate research program, Lau was able to translate that interest into a 20-page […]
A Look at Undergraduate Research: Boston’s Last Surviving Salt Marsh
By Meghan Bohannon Several hundred years ago, when colonists ventured into the Boston area, they came across land sprawling with wetlands, mudflats, and salt marshes. Since then, much of the area has been filled in with landfill to build the city we know today. But though the urban landscape of Boston has changed dramatically over […]
Q&A: CGS’s new minor in Interdisciplinary Studies
This spring, the College of General Studies announced its first minor in Interdisciplinary Studies. The program is open to all BU students, whether they’re CGS students who want to expand the problem-solving skills they’ve developed in their freshmen and sophomore years, or undergraduates from any other school at BU looking to build a foundation in […]
CGS Lecturers Discuss Elections in the U.S. and Abroad
As early voting ramped up across the U.S. during a historic election season, the CGS Division of Social Sciences came together in collaboration with BU Votes, CGS World Affairs Forum, and Better Elections Now to examine voting mechanics in the U.S. versus Europe and urge young voters to make their voices heard by voting. The […]
Kooks and Degenerates on Ice
Tom Whalen, a CGS Associate Professor of Social Science, addressed an audience of 17 with his lecture, Kooks and Degenerates on Ice: Bobby Orr, the Big Bad Bruins, and the Stanley Cup Championship That Transformed Hockey, during BU’s Family and Friends Weekend on Oct. 17. Whalen’s lecture delved into the history of the 1970 Bruins […]
Unprecedented Times: Tom Whalen on the Fierce Urgency of the 2020 Election
With the news that President Donald J. Trump had just tested positive for Covid-19 having just broken earlier in the day, CGS Associate Professor of Social Sciences Thomas Whalen predicted that based on historical precedent, former Vice President Joe Biden would be elected President this November, while admitting that this election year is anything but […]