{"id":4799,"date":"2016-06-25T11:09:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T15:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/?p=4799"},"modified":"2016-06-25T11:09:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-25T15:09:28","slug":"postcards-to-the-core-from-italy-june-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/2016\/06\/25\/postcards-to-the-core-from-italy-june-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Postcards to the Core: From Italy, June 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/core\/files\/2016\/06\/stevens-front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/core\/files\/2016\/06\/stevens-front-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"stevens-front\" width=\"286\" height=\"358\" class=\"  wp-image-4801 aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our latest postcard arrived last week, after making the transoceanic journey from Europe. It comes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/core\/about\/people\/robin-stevens\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prof. Stevens<\/a>, of the Core Natural Sciences. She writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/core\/files\/2016\/06\/stevens-back-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"stevens back\" width=\"183\" height=\"137\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-4800\" \/>Dear Core:<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m halfway through my tour of Italy. Right now I&#8217;m in Siena (Tuscany region), which is famous for the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siena_Cathedral\" target=\"_blank\">cathedral<\/a> on the front [<em>of the postcard<\/em>]. A few days ago I was in the Naples area and went to Pompeii. I was blown away by how vast the site was &#8212; I ended up spending the whole day there. It was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">very\u00a0<\/span>&#8220;Core&#8221; &#8212; I saw scenes from the Iliad, which I&#8217;m reading for the faculty seminar! I vote we introduce field trips to Italy!<\/p>\n<p>Robin (Dr. Stevens)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We find this an agreeable proposal, and invite all alumni and students interested in making a Core Summer Tour\u00a0of Italy program a reality, to let us know.<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Core <em><strong>loves<\/strong> <\/em>postcards. Whether you\u2019re at home or abroad now, we\u2019d love to get one from you. Our address is easy: Core Curriculum, Boston University, Boston MA 02215.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our latest postcard arrived last week, after making the transoceanic journey from Europe. It comes from Prof. Stevens, of the Core Natural Sciences. She writes: Dear Core: I&#8217;m halfway through my tour of Italy. Right now I&#8217;m in Siena (Tuscany region), which is famous for the cathedral on the front [of the postcard]. A few [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":438,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4308],"tags":[48729,283,48663,4309],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/438"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4802,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4799\/revisions\/4802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}