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College of General Studies

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Tips for students

A Guide for CGS Students: How to Kick-Start Your BU Experience

January 30, 2026

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Humanities

College of General Studies Students Turn to Ancient Philosophers to Create a Guide to Happiness

January 23, 2026

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Voices & Opinion

The Catholic Church Elects Its First American Pope: What Should He Do First?

May 8, 2025

National Sports

Are the Yankees’ “Torpedo Bats” Good for Baseball—or Bad?

April 3, 2025

Student Life

CGS Students Thrive in Their Gap Semesters

February 4, 2025

Film & TV

BU Film Historian Pays Tribute to a “King” of Hollywood—King Vidor

January 15, 2025

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Politics

Biden Drops Out of Presidential Race—What It Means, and What Comes Next

July 21, 2024

President Joe Biden speaks from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, July 14, 2024, about the apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania

Politics

Can Biden Show Empathy for Trump While Declaring Him Unfit to Serve?

July 16, 2024

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Commencement 2024

For These Identical Triplets, BU Was a Chance to Stand Apart as Individuals

May 14, 2024

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Books

The Bold World of Marcus Wachira

March 27, 2024

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College of General Studies

A Gap Semester? BU Students Share How They Made the Most of It

January 26, 2024

Journalism & Media

Can This BU Political Scientist Help Save Journalism?

November 6, 2023

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Books

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Politically Charged Superhero Comic!

June 14, 2023

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Voices & Opinion

Where Does Trump’s Case Fall against Past Presidential Scandals Involving Sex, Power, Profit?

June 13, 2023

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Books

Trump, Putin, Orban: New Book, How Democracy Survives, Probes Global Threat

March 31, 2023

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environmental health

A Tree Grows in Boston

December 14, 2022

Updating curricula to provide the best education is the shared drive of Kathleen Vandenberg (left), a College of General Studies master lecturer in rhetoric, and Pnina Feldman (right), a Questrom School of Business associate professor of operations and technology management. Vandenberg has received the 2022 Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology and Feldman is the winner of this year’s Provost’s Scholar-Teacher Award winner. Photo of Kathleen Vandenberg by Cydney Scott. Photo of Pnina Feldman by Jackie Ricciardi. This photo is a composite of the two pictures side by side

Awards

BU Scholars Honored with University Teaching Awards

April 19, 2022

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Student Life

College of General Studies Welcomes a New Class

January 14, 2022

Studio photo of CGS senior lecturer Charles Henebry and student Rachel Do (CGS’22). Rachel stands in front in a Wonder Woman pose and Henebry stands slightly behind her and to the right with arms crossed and head tilted slightly up. Both where stoic faces as green and blue lights cast a heroic light on them.

Arts & Culture

Ms. Marvel Gets the Scholarly Treatment

November 5, 2021

Ms. Marvel Gets the Scholarly Treatment