Category: General Announcements

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 […]

By zakbos | Also posted in Academics, Community, Great Books, Great Ideas | Tagged , , , | Comments (5)

New Languages@BU site

June 23, 2015 at 1:53 pm

Here’s a helpful development: a new one-stop webpage providing information about language study here at BU. Find all the majors and minors that require language study, as well as a list of all 28 languages taught at BU:http://www.bu.edu/cas/academics/undergraduate-education/language-learning-at-cas.

By zakbos | Also posted in Announcements | Tagged | Comments (0)

The Graduate Student Classics Department Conference

March 6, 2014 at 10:37 am

Alright guys, it’s time to get excited about death. Now death is a natural part of life, a part that can overcome even the greatest but can leave the weakest stronger than ever imagined. Gilgamesh taught us that if nothing else. But for those of us who didn’t learn enough from our discussion section, have no […]

By fegoss01 | Also posted in Academics, Activities, Announcements, Community, Events | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Ancient seals & amulets found in Turkey!

February 18, 2014 at 4:22 pm

Most Core students start off with Classical antiquity and its myriad cultures. Integral to those cultures is their art, and we keep digging up more of it! Take, for example, the massive discovery of more than six hundred ancient seals and amulets in a sanctuary in Turkey, at the sacred site of the storm and weather […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Art | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Core Journal Now Available!

May 3, 2013 at 5:21 pm

The Spring 2013 Edition of the Core Curriculum Jounal is now available online, at bit.ly/1255au1 (click on Vol. XXII). Congratulations to the staff – you have done a fantastic job! If anyone would like a hard copy, feel free to send us your address at core@bu.edu and we will get to it!

By mdimov | Also posted in Activities, Announcements, Community, Core Authors, Core in the City, Core Journal, Core Lecturers, Events | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

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- […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Announcements, Core Lecturers, Curriculum | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

An Introduction to Self-Publishing

March 20, 2013 at 2:56 pm

The Guardian is offering extremely helpful advice on self-publishing. In brief: This comprehensive one-day course offers advice on all the finer points of self-publishing. From designing a cover to managing your costs (and projecting your profits), plus essential tips on how to promote your work in the press and social media, get inside knowledge from […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Activities, Community, Future of the Book | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Mo Yan’s Delicate Balancing Act

February 28, 2013 at 3:50 pm

Sabina Knight writes, in this review, of author Mo Yan’s receipt of a Nobel Prize and the controversy that arisen due this event. Here is a sample: Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for his writing, not for political engagement. This essay thus offers a perspective on his politics based not on a few symbolic […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Announcements, Community, Great Questions | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

CC105 Information

February 25, 2013 at 3:04 pm

To all CC105 students, Nate and Gayle, your Core Mentors, will be sending out weekly emails summarizing the important topics from the lectures that week, reminding you of assignments and giving you links to some science articles that you may find interesting. The Core Blog will regularly be updated with what is being sent in […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Announcements, Curriculum | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Publication Opportunities for Students

February 25, 2013 at 2:51 pm

The Core is pleased to present students with a fantastic opportunity to publish their work: The Agora, an on-line publication of Lynchburg College, specializing in responses to the great books of the world, has become a national journal of undergraduate academic writing. The journal, like the ancient Athenian Agora, seeks to be a marketplace for important […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Activities, Announcements, Community, Curriculum, Great Ideas, Other Publications | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)