Weeks Four and Five: Boston-London Program
In weeks four and five of the Boston-London Program’s semester in London, students explored the mysteries of ancient places. A trip to Stonehenge brought students close to a prehistoric monument, the site of an ancient burial mound that dates back as far as 3000 B.C. They also traveled to another ancient attraction–the Roman Baths in the city […]
Week 3: Boston-London Program
Between classes, the streets and parks of London are there for the exploring during the Boston-London Program’s semester abroad. In Week Three, students stayed busy with their studies: studying the rise of fascism in Europe, doing rhetorical analysis, taking in the poems of Baudelaire and Hopkins, reading George Eliot and T.S. Eliot, discussing Dr. Jekyll and […]
Week 2: Boston-London Program
On Week Two of their semester in London, Boston-London Program students enjoyed some sunny days exploring London, studying for their classes, and taking in the history and literature of Great Britain. The weekend’s relaxation included a trip to Scotland to see Edinburgh and to take in the wild mountains and skies of Scotland. At the […]
Week 1: Boston-London Program
Students from the College of General Studies Boston-London Program arrived in the United Kingdom on May 14, quickly diving into their packed semester of classes, sightseeing, and field trips to educational sites. On their first day in London, students settled into their housing and met with classmates from different teams to begin exploring the sights of London. […]
CITL Summer Institute To Explore 1960s Politics and Pop Culture
On July 16, Boston University College of General Studies will host a day of interdisciplinary learning exploring the politics, protests, progressivists and publications of a decade of radical social change—the 1960s. The event is hosted by the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning and is the fourth Annual Summer Institute hosted by CITL. Each year, […]
The Chimaerid Publishes 2016 Edition of Literary and Arts Magazine
The Chimaerid (the CGS literary and arts magazine) has published its 2016 edition with art, poetry, and pose by College of General Studies students. The Chimaerid (K-EYE-MI-RID) showcases the many artistic talents of CGS students, including poetry, photography, artwork, and more. Published each spring, the magazine is titled after a group of fish […]
CGS Recognizes Student Leaders at Capstone Turn-In
On April 22, sophomore students and faculty gathered for students to turn in their team’s Capstone projects—the final product of their two-year program at Boston University College of General Studies—and to celebrate the hard work, leadership and service of students. The school recognized the students with the top 10 GPAs and gave out awards to […]
CGS Alum Wins Pulitzer Prize for Photography
Jessica Rinaldi (CGS’99, COM’01) is one of three Boston University alumni who received a Pulitzer Prize this April. Rinaldi, a reporter with the Boston Globe, took home the feature photography prize for her photography of Strider Wolf, a boy living in poverty and recovering from abuse in Oxford, Maine. Rinaldi and Globe reporter Sarah Schweitzer followed Strider’s family […]
A Look at Undergraduate Research: Climate Change and Law
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. This past November, representatives from 195 countries came together for the 2015 United Nations Climate Change conference in effort to create a binding and universal […]
A Look at Undergraduate Research: Victorian Feminism
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. Parallel to the United States, twentieth century Great Britain was marked with a series of women’s rights victories. But what preceding efforts, championed by those in the nineteenth century, set […]