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How Core courses will be carrying on

March 25, 2020 at 10:54 am

If you did not see the Director’s email from 3/13 about the way our spring Core courses are adjusting in response to the COVID-19 crisis, you can now find that message on the program website: http://www.bu.edu/core/covid-19.

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How One Alumna Is Spending Her Time At Home

March 24, 2020 at 6:10 pm

Many millions of people are staying at home, to minimize the risk of transmission, and to adhere to social distancing and shelter-in-place advisories. We caught up with one of our alumni, Kim Santo (Core ’98, BU ’00 & ’02), on Facebook, to ask how she’s prioritizing self-care and healthy habits. Kim writes: “Hello, Core! Here […]

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Everyone’s Favorite Villain Returns

October 12, 2018 at 4:19 pm

Depending on your idea of a good time, he could be your angel or your devil, but the original sexy bad boy is back. (And this time, he’s a woman!) Ellen Lauren is Dionysus in the Getty Villa’s newest production of Euripides’Bacchae. To refresh your memory, the boys are back in town. Well, Dionysus is […]

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An evening in celebration of David Ferry

April 21, 2018 at 9:34 pm

On April 11th, an audience of forty gathered in the Katzenberg Center in the College of General Studies for a celebration of the work of David Ferry, in the form of a reading, by friends and faculty of the Core Curriculum, of works by and related to the poet. The man himself was our final […]

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Required reading for the world?

February 2, 2018 at 10:12 am

We recently asked our followers on Facebook what books they believe should be universally required reading. We present for your consideration the following list of recommendations, representing a wide range (as you can see) of interests, eras, and genres: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, suggested by Justine Erdin Brave New World, suggested by Allison […]

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Free Books, Yours for the Claimin’

November 16, 2017 at 4:53 pm

The end of the year is looming, and we want to make sure our orphan books go to good homes before the snows begin to fall here in Boston. Core has an inventory of hundreds and hundreds of used books, donations from members of the Core community. We invite you — students, alumni, and friends […]

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Postcards to the Core: from New Zealand, June 2017

June 26, 2017 at 3:05 pm

We were delighted to receive word from Caroline, who is following-up from a successful first year at BU by spending her summer breaking doing political campaign work in New Zealand. She writes: Kia Ora (in Maori, hello, and good health!) from New Zealand! Just figured I would send some love from the Southern Hemisphere, where […]

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March Books, Free to Good Homes

March 1, 2017 at 3:57 pm

Spring Break is upon us, and we are thinking about spring cleaning. That includes paring down the inventory of hundreds and hundreds of used books which the Core office has acquired over the past little while, donations from members of the Core community. We invite you — students, alumni, and friends of the Core — […]

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BU in Athens 2016 Recap

February 16, 2017 at 12:02 pm

Current students have been hearing all about the marvelous time that was had by participants in last summer’s Greece program, and are likely thinking about applying for a spot in the 2017 trip. By way of providing more information to people thinking about submitting an application, we’d like to share the following recap of last […]

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Top Ten Benefits of Core’s Final Semester

November 5, 2016 at 6:06 pm

Sophomores — it’s registration weekend! This is a milestone moment. You’ll be selecting classes for next semester, which for many of you is your fourth in the Core, and potentially your final one. Now, it is well known that there are myriad benefits — intellectual, social, and logistical — for finishing Core in the second-year […]

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