Spotlight

Boston University, now leading a new digital learning initiative, is beginning to release MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses. The first, in partnership with edX, will be taught by CGS Professor Andy Andres on the subject of Sabermetrics. Professor Andres is a senior lecturer in the Natural Science department here at the College of General […]

This holiday season, CGS’s own Dean ad interim Natalie McKnight and alum Chelsea Bray were featured in both the Boston Globe and the Lowell Sun for their joint work. Bray, as a student, collaborated with Dean McKnight, studying Dickens and his inspiration for his most well-known work “A Christmas Carol”. To read about their research, […]

On Friday, December 6th, CGS held a reception in honor of Linda Bondy-Ives. Friends, family, and colleagues gathered to remember and share their memories of someone who touched so many hearts. CGS was Linda’s second home from 1983 to 2012 when she was an Academic Advisor. Associate Dean Stacy Godnick began the service by reminding […]

Have you ever been curious about where Halloween came from? We all tell scary stories, get candy, and dress in costume, but why? CGS Rhetoric Professor and expert on the supernatural, Regina Hansen tells BU Today where the modern holiday came from. Hansen speaks on the roots, the modernization, and the global expansion of Halloween. […]

Andy Andres, senior lecturer of natural sciences and mathematics at Boston University College of General Studies, will record the sixth game of the World Series as the official datacaster for Major League Baseball. Boston.com covers the story: Boston professor Andy Andres will record the final out of the World Series’ sixth and possibly final game. […]

Chelsea Bray, CGS ’11, CAS ’13, was one of 5 featured researchers (out of 284) at the 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium held on Friday, October 18, 2013 in the George Sherman Union ballroom.  A book of student research abstracts was distributed at the event, and Chelsea’s project had a full-page description in the opening […]

Boston University College of  General Studies recently recognized two outstanding CGS faculty members for their teaching and service. Cheryl Boots, a senior lecturer in humanities, won the Ismael Sensel Award. The Dr. Ismail Sensel Award Fund was established in 2004 with a gift from Dr. Sensel’s estate for the purpose of recognizing and honoring outstanding professors. […]

Does hearing a poem change its meaning? Simon Mendes (CGS’11, CAS’13) researched the answer to this question after he attended a poetry reading by Paul Muldoon shortly after the Boston Marathon bombings. Mendes tells BU Today that hearing Muldoon read his poetry changed Mendes’ understanding of the poem and created a completely new experience for the audience. […]

The College of General Studies Capstone Awards were held on October 19, 2012. Each team received an award for an outstanding Capstone project.   TEAM S – NAAE 2012 Report on Improving Funding within the Boston Public School System TEAM T – Keystone XL Pipeline Team U – Reestablishing the Balance of National Security and Civil […]

Over the course of a career that has spanned more than three decades, College of General Studies Dean Linda Wells has served in many roles at Boston University. She arrived in 1980 as a CGS junior faculty member, teaching courses in literature, film, and ethical philosophy. She was later promoted to chair of the CGS division of […]