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CC106 Information

April 23, 2013 at 1:12 pm

Below is a list of important topics from lectures since CC106’s last exam (not including the April 16th lecture and those after). Important topics: Ecology Lectures I and II: Biomes and Physical Ecology: (Prof. Schnieder) Ecology as concept– Biotic vs. abiotic traits of environment– Biome vs. biogeographic region– Levels of biological organization– Physical geography vs. biogeography– […]

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Nabokov & His Literature Class

March 27, 2013 at 1:54 pm

In his article titled ‘An A from Nabokov’, Edward Jay Epstein recounts his experience from Lit 311 at Cornell University, where he studied many of the works that the Core explores in CC202. Here is an extract: The professor was Vladimir Nabokov, an émigré from tsarist Russia. About six feet tall and balding, he stood, with […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Great Ideas, Great Personalities | Tagged CC202, class, Enlightenment, funny, modern, Modernism, strict, teacher, Vladimir Nabokov | Comments (0)

The 2013 Robert Fitzgerald Translation Prize

March 25, 2013 at 4:05 pm

The Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature and the Creative Writing Program announce The 2013 ROBERT FITZGERALD TRANSLATION PRIZE First Prize: $250 Second Prize: $100 Please submit: 3 copies of the selection in the original language 3 copies of the translation in typed manuscript, double-spaced, including the title, author, and language of the original (do not […]

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The 2013 Shmuel Traum Prize In Literary Translation

March 25, 2013 at 3:58 pm

The Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature and the Creative Writing Program announce The 2013 SHMUEL TRAUM PRIZE IN LITERARY TRANSLATION for works in poetry, fiction or drama translated into English from French, German, or Hebrew Grand Prize: $200 Please submit: 2 copies of typed manuscript, indicating title and author and specifying language of the original; do […]

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“Penelope Waiting” by Sassan Tabatabai

February 28, 2013 at 1:20 pm

Core Professor Tabatabai, in his poem Penelope Waiting, writes: They say: ‘After twenty years, why does she still wait for him? He must have succumbed to Poseidon’s wrath. his bleached bones, on an unknown beach, have become the pelican’s fare.’ To read this poem in its entirety, please visit the Core Office in search of […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Art, Community, Core Authors, Core Journal, Faculty Publications, Great Ideas | Tagged Odysseus, odyssey, painting, patience, Penelope, poetry, professor, Sassan Tabatabai, sea, temptation, waiting, war | Comments (0)

Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There!

February 26, 2013 at 12:14 pm

The Core Curriculum offers CC102-related intellectual stickers advocating what Buddha would say to Arjuna: Everyone interested can email core@bu.edu or Tweet to Prof. Eckel @taoofcore, to request their own sticker and the Core will mail it to them!

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Art, Community, Curriculum, Friday Fun, Great Ideas | Tagged action, Arjuna, Bhagavad-Gita, Brahmanism, Buddha, Buddhism, CC102, fun, inaction, Krishna, renunciation, sticker | Comments (0)

Where Stars Come From

February 20, 2013 at 3:24 pm

Watch this video on YouTube The Core shares an article from BU Today concerning the intriguing origin of stars, where CAS professor James Jackson answers some exciting questions. A sample: For years, Jackson, a College of Arts & Sciences professor of astronomy, and his international colleagues studied [a dark, opaque mass that astronomers call] “the brick,” […]

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Core Professor Atema: Nerval’s Lobster

February 18, 2013 at 3:23 pm

The Core presents an article by Mark Dery, in which he discusses Gérard de Nerval and his infamous “pet” lobster. Dery starts off by quoting Nerval himself: “Why should a lobster be any more ridiculous than a dog? Or a cat, or a gazelle, or a lion, or any other animal that one chooses to take […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Community, Great Personalities | Tagged article, Core Professor, Jelle Atema, lobster, Nerval, quote, surrealist | Comments (0)

CC106: The Sound of Music

February 5, 2013 at 3:22 pm

Today, February 5th, Biology Professor Jelle Atema (Doctorandus, University of Utrecht (Netherlands); PhD, University of Michigan), held a lecture titled “The sound of music: frog calls and the design of music halls”, for the Core class CC106. CC106 is designed to round out students’ exploration of the natural sciences by focusing on the science of life. The professors […]

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Semi-Serious Science Quote: CC105 from Fall 2012

January 28, 2013 at 3:18 pm

The Core presents a quote on the death of stars: In the later red giant phase, the Core will shrink further and heat up to over 100 million Kelvin. ~Dr. Mark Jonas

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Quotes | Tagged CC105, Core, fun, heat, humor, red giant, Science, sciences, stars | Comments (0)

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