October 25, 2011 at 10:50 am
The 2011-2012 issue of The Journal of the Core Curriculum is now accepting submissions. Authors and artists are welcome to submit any kind of Core-related essays, artwork, photography, shortstories, creative pieces, and/or poetry. Accepted submissions will be featured in Issue XXI alongside pieces works by faculty and alumni. Back issues can be viewed online at […]
October 12, 2011 at 8:57 am
The “Arab Shakespeare Trilogy”: Staging a Region in Tumult, 2002-2011 What: Lunch and public conversation with video examples from Sulayman Al-Bassam’s “Arab Shakespeare Trilogy” Who: Anglo-Kuwaiti theater director Al-Bassam, MLCL Arabic literature professor Margaret Litvin, and interested students and faculty When: Wednesday Oct 12, 12-2pm. Buffet lunch will be served before and during the talk. […]
September 29, 2011 at 4:24 pm
Due to a scheduling conflict, the Core in the City trip to the Boston Public Library, meant to take place tomorrow afternoon (Friday) has been postponed tor Tuesday, October 4th, from 5-7 PM. If you’d like to attend, please RSVP directly to Prof. Lockwood at tlock@bu.edu. The tour will meet in the Core office, CAS 119, […]
September 19, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Prof. Stephanie Nelson has acquired a few books for the Core library. Students and alumni are invited to stop by and check them out: The Invention of Dionysus: an essay on the Birth of Tragedy by James I. Porter Applaus Fur Venus: Die 100 schonsten liebesgedichte der Antike by Niklas Holzberg Generic Enrichment in Virgil […]
September 2, 2011 at 3:02 pm
A letter sent today to all our incoming first-year students in CC101 and CC105: We are delighted that you have chosen to join the Core Curriculum. We hope that you find the Core to be a challenging, inspiring, and encouraging experience, as so many students have in the past. We will certainly do all we […]
Join EnCore for the August gathering of our Boston book group. We will be discussing the collected letters of Vincent Van Gogh to his brother Theo. As always, refreshments will be served. RSVP at the EnCore event page. The Van Gogh Gallery website describes all the collections of Van Gogh’s letters here. A good and […]
The CC106 Ecosystem Challenge has come to a conclusion and the much-coveted grand prize, an Ecosphere — which has been residing happily and without complaint on Dr. Hudon’s desk, as per the images below — is now moving to a new home. Prof. Hudon writes: Congratulations to Sloane Williams and Caroline Smith who concocted the […]
This will be the last E-bulletin of the semester. Good luck on exams! Core Lectures this week: CC102: Professors reflect on the semester (review sheets to be handed out) 5/3 CC106: Professor Phillips on “How is intensive agriculture and factory farming changing the planet?” 5/3 CC106: Integrating Forum III – “How should we feed 7 […]
April 26, 2011 at 9:46 am
Core Lectures this week: CC102: Prof. Jorgensen on Dante’s Paradiso 4/26 CC106: Prof. Finnerty on Human genetic and phenotypic diversity. 4/26 CC106: Prof. Finnerty on How did biodiversity shape the outcome of the clash of civilizations? 4/28 CC202: Debra Cash on Modern Dance 4/26 CC204: Prof. Barfield on Inequality, Equality & Hierarchy in Historical Anthropological […]
April 7, 2011 at 12:56 pm
Molly Zeff from Equal Exchange will be speaking on Wednesday, April 13 in CAS 211 at 6 PM about how organic chocolate can help combat global warming. Come get a free sample, and hopefully leave with new found, sweets-inspired inspiration for going green. Also check out the event on facebook.
