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 […]
Boston-London Students Share Gap Semester Experiences
This semester, Boston University College of General Studies asked Boston-London Program students to share their gap semester experiences for the #My100Days campaign. Because students enter Boston University in January, the Boston-London program program allows students the opportunity to study abroad during their freshman year. After taking a gap semester in the fall, students arrive at […]
CGS Alum Takes on the Growing Sport of Rugby with BU Women’s Rugby Club
Rugby is the fastest growing team sport in the country, and Anesha Jones (CGS’15, CAS’17) is a key player in the Boston University women’s rugby football club. “In the first game I ever watched my rookie year, I saw a girl run off the field with a finger injury,” says Anesha Jones (CGS’15, CAS’17). “At […]
Six CGS Alums Inducted into Scarlet Key Honor Society
This fall, several College of General Studies alumni were inducted into the Scarlet Key Honor Society for their phenomenal leadership in Boston University organizations and activities. The Scarlet Key Honor Society at Boston University was founded in 1938 as a society that commended students for their involvement in organizations and activities in their individual school […]
BU Internship Programs Help CGS Alums Serve in Government and Nonprofits
Thanks to the internship programs at Boston University, College of General Studies alumni served in nonprofits and government agencies across the United States last summer. Through the Yawkey Nonprofit Internship program and the Santander Sophomore Internship Program, six CGS students were awarded stipends that gave them the opportunity to work in unpaid internships. Demeisha Crowley […]
Hallstein Receives Outstanding Book Award for Bikini-Ready Moms
Lynn O’Brien Hallstein, Boston University College of General Studies associate professor of rhetoric, received the 2016 Outstanding Book Award at the 39th annual conference of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language & Gender. The conference was held from October 13th – 16th in Chicago, Illinois. Hallstein received this award for her recent book, […]
Christopher Fahy Publishes Essay in New Book on Louisa May Alcott
CGS Senior Humanities Lecturer, Christopher Fahy, has contributed an essay in a recently published volume entitled Critical Insights: Louisa May Alcott. The work is written on 19th century American novelist, Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women. The essays in this volume provide a closer look into Alcott’s beliefs and her popular works such […]
Rosalind Williams Delivers Stanley P. Stone Distinguished Lecture
Can literature and stories help us to understand the human domination of the planet? On October 19, Rosalind Williams—Bern Dibner professor of the history of science and technology—delivered this year’s lecture in the Stanley P. Stone Distinguished Lecture Series. Her interdisciplinary lecture—Approaching the End of the World: Geological Age or Historical Epoch?—touched on history, geology, and how […]
Studying Climate Change, One Tree at a Time
“As the new generation, we definitely know the effects of global climate change, and we know it’s an issue,” Eliandro Tavares (CGS’16, CAS’18) says. Eliandro is a part of the climate research team lead by Michael Dietze, a CAS associate professor of earth and environment at BU. During the summer, Eliandro, Dietze and other researchers […]
Six New Members Appointed on BU’s Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees at Boston University has welcomed six new members. Members joining the board include: William Bloom (CGS’82, Questrom ’84), an ex officio trustee at the Board of Overseers, and Ahmass Fakahany (Questrom’79), also a former member of the Board of Overseers. Kenneth Z. Slater, principal of an asset firm, and Malek Sukkar […]