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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. More
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... More
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... More
Pederson Releases Book on Child Murder and Atonement in American Literature
In Toni Morrison’s Beloved, a mother who has just escaped slavery kills her toddler daughter to prevent her from being recaptured. In Joyce Carol Oates’ My Sister, My Love, a six-year-old is brutally murdered. In Cormac McCarthy’s Outer Dark, an infant is left in the woods to die. In John... More
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... More
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 known as the... More
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... More
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... More
Professor Cordner Discusses Education Outside the Classroom
In her new book, Education in Nineteenth-Century British Literature: Exclusion as Innovation, Professor Cordner analyzes the tradition of independent learning in 19th-century England. In her analysis, Cordner discusses the impact of self-education on renowned literary minds such as Jane Austen, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Thomas Hardy and George Gissing, all of... More
Meet the Students of CGS: Candice Shadgoo
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