Meet the Students of CGS: Saed Salah
College of General Studies 2017 Questrom School of Business 2019 Major: Business Administration with a concentration in Finance What was your most memorable CGS experience? The most memorable CGS experience I had was becoming a CGS Dean’s Host — being able to represent the school through different events and getting to know people who are […]
Meet the Students of CGS: Francesca Ogilvie
College of General Studies 2017 Questrom School of Business 2019 What made you want to pursue a business major? The nice thing about studying business administration is that you get a taste of everything, and are competent in so many different areas, and get to see the behind the scenes of business. Even if I […]
Meet the Students of CGS: Jennifer Gonzales
College of General Studies 2017 College of Arts and Sciences 2019 Major: English Were you undecided on your major when you entered CGS? I was most certainly undecided when I entered CGS as a freshman. I knew I had an academic interest in literature as well as history. I’ve always known that I’ve had an […]
Meet the Students of CGS: Latifah Obaid
College of General Studies 2017, Boston-London Program College of Communication 2019 Major: Journalism with a minor in cinema and media studies How has spending a semester in London helped you to develop a global perspective? It really changed the way I looked at how I wanted to experience my life. I traveled a little bit as a […]
Meet the Students of CGS: Eli Elman
College of General Studies 2017 Questrom School of Business 2019 Major: Business Administration with a concentration in Finance Were you undecided on your major when you entered CGS? I thought I knew what I wanted to do. But, like many people when they go into college, I didn’t exactly know what I wanted to do— […]
Meet the Students of CGS: Vaishnavi Kothapalli
College of General Studies 2017 Questrom School of Business 2019 Major: Business Administration with a concentration in law What made you decide to attend the College of General Studies? I liked the fact that it gave you that liberal arts foundation and it gave you that background in core subjects that you need to know for […]
A Look at Undergraduate Research: Tragedy of the Commons & Climate Change
This post is part of a series that profiles the faculty-undergraduate research partnerships offered through the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning. To learn more, please contact the Center at citl@bu.edu. CGS Social Sciences Lecturer R. Sam Deese is writing a book that tackles philosophical and political questions around climate change. CGS student Morgan Ashurian […]
A Look at Undergraduate Research: The Historic 1967 Pennant Win
This post is part of a series that profiles the faculty-undergraduate research partnerships offered to CGS students. In the 1967 baseball season, the Boston Red Sox bounced back from a ninth place finish the year before to win the American League pennant. The year was a turning point in Red Sox history—their first pennant since […]
Alum Pitches Fashion Startup on Project Runway
Alexandra Shadrow (CGS’12, COM’15) launched her fashion business, UNItiques, while a BU student and recently pitched her idea on Project Runway: Fashion Startup. This show gives up-and-coming fashion and beauty entrepreneurs an opportunity to pitch their businesses to investors. Shadrow appeared on the November 3 episode of the series. Four years ago, Shadrow wanted to […]
Andy Andres’ Baseball Statistics MOOC Widens its Reach
CGS professor Andy Andres’s baseball statistics course has a surprising connection to the Chicago Cubs’ historic win in this year’s World Series. Tommy Hottovy took Andres’ MOOC (massive open online course), Sabermetrics 101, before he found his calling as advanced scout and director of run prevention for the Chicago Cubs. Hottovy, a former professional baseball pitcher […]