February 25, 2011 at 3:22 pm
The second-ever Ecolympics, April 1-15, is going to be bigger and better than last year’s, and you can help: by contributing to the Core Eco-quotes Project. As you know, Core is about tackling the big questions in life and certainly one of the biggest these days is how can humans best live with and within […]
February 22, 2011 at 6:15 pm
All members of the Core community are invited to attend “Poetry’s Closer Contact,” a reading of poems across the ages by friends and faculty of the Core Curriculum. The readers in this year’s line-up, as arranged by Prof. Formichelli, are: Zachary Bos Alex Effgen Jennifer Formichelli Daniel Hudon George Kalogeris Marcia Karp Stephanie Nelson Christopher […]
February 15, 2011 at 2:14 pm
Following the tradition started last year, the Core Curriculum is proud to continue in the effort to raise awareness of the value of biodiversity, and how we can positively and negatively affect it. Professor Daniel Hudon provides context for this year’s events on the Ecolympics blog: This year is the International Year of Forests and […]
February 14, 2011 at 4:31 pm
Prof. David Roochnik, Core seminar leader, lecturer, and professor in the Department of Philosophy, wrote in to the Core blog to share this thoughts about the production of Ajax Core students and faculty attended this weekend. Interesting production. Brilliant idea to use the video screens for the chorus. But the disconnected speeches they uttered were, […]
February 14, 2011 at 4:18 pm
Professor Steve Esposito, a longtime member of the Core Humanities faculty and associate professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Classics, writes about a recent Core excursion to a new theatrical version of Ajax… This weekend, 85 Core students and 10 members of the Core faculty attended the very successful production of Sophocles’ […]
February 11, 2011 at 1:51 pm
What Is Asia? A panel discussion, hosted by the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. Featuring Professor David Eckel, Boston University Religion (and director of the Core Curriculum) Professor Robert Hefner, Boston University Anthropology Professor Eugenio Menegon, Boston University History Moderated by Professor Adil Najam, Director of Pardee Center Monday, February 14, […]
February 10, 2011 at 5:14 pm
Exciting news! Boston’s Museum of Science is holding its grand re-opening of their newly-renovated planetarium this Sunday, February 13. This is now the most technologically advanced digital theatre in all of New England! The show chosen for the launch presentation is titled Undiscovered Worlds: The Search Beyond our Sun. The Museum is on the Green […]
February 10, 2011 at 2:24 pm
This evening at 5 PM in CAs 226, Peter Waelsch from the BU Office of Career Development will be leading a workshop on how to find an internship. About the presenter: Peter Waelsch has been a career counselor at Boston University since 1992. Previously, he worked in nonprofit and workplace education programs providing career and […]
February 7, 2011 at 12:12 pm
Mr. Victrola Cola: I got this great window cleaner. Cleans good and doesn’t streak. Smells bad, though. Cleans good, but smells bad. Putney Swope: As a window cleaner, forget it. Put soybeans in it and market it as a soft drink in the ghetto. We’ll put a picture of a rhythm and blues singer on […]
February 3, 2011 at 2:03 pm
The American Repertory Theater is putting up a production of Sophocles’ Ajax this month, a world-premiere of this particular translation. This evening, Obie Award-winning director Sarah Benson will speak about her experience directing classical Greek plays professionally, and about her work on the upcoming production. This event is part of the Core-sponsored series of lectures […]
