{"id":545,"date":"2011-01-31T16:00:41","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T20:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/?p=545"},"modified":"2011-02-01T10:00:54","modified_gmt":"2011-02-01T14:00:54","slug":"core-bulletin-for-january-31-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/2011\/01\/31\/core-bulletin-for-january-31-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Core bulletin for January 31, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Core Lectures this week:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/core\/cc102\">CC102<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mlcl\/people\/faculty\/denecke.html\">Professor Denecke<\/a> on Confucius 2\/1<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/core\/cc106\">CC106<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/core\/faculty\/hudon.htm\">Professor Hudon<\/a> on &#8220;How has biodiversity changed over the ages?&#8221; 2\/1<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/core\/cc106\">CC106<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/biology\/people\/faculty\/finnerty\/\">Professor Finnerty<\/a> on &#8220;What is a gene and how are genes organized in genomes?&#8221; 2\/3<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/core\/cc202\">CC202<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mozart-Introduction-Music-Myths-Amadeus\/dp\/1574671898\">Professor Wates<\/a> on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2\/1<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/core\/cc204\">CC202<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/core\/faculty\/lockwood.htm\">Professor Lockwood<\/a> on African American Inequality \u2013 The Legacy of Slavery 2\/3<\/p>\n<p>Are you looking for a place to live next year? Come to the Core House Open House tonight, Monday, Jan. 31 from 5-7 PM. There will be refreshments and rooms will be open for viewing. 141 Carleton Street.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, February 3. Obie Award-winning director <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sarah_Benson\">Sarah Benson<\/a> will speak about directing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanrepertorytheater.org\/events\/show\/ajax\">Sophocles&#8217; <em>Ajax<\/em><\/a><em><\/em>, which Core will go to see in Cambridge on February 12 or 13. 6 PM in The Castle, 225 Bay State Road, refreshments to follow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My Favorite Boston&#8221; has returned! On Friday, February 4, two trips are planned:<br \/>\n&#8211; 3 PM: Professor Eckel will bring students to the MFA to view the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.org\/exhibitions\/fresh-ink\">Fresh Ink<\/a> exhibit and the new American Wing. Sign up in CAS 119 and make sure to bring your BU ID.<br \/>\n&#8211; 4 PM: Professors Hamill and Formichelli will take students to the Frog Pond at Boston Common to go skating. Dress warm, and bring $5 if you need skate rentals. Meet at 4:00 PM in CAS 119, please sign up in advance. Hot chocolate to follow!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Upcoming&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, February 7. Join the Core Journal! The first meeting for students interested in being contributors or staff of the 2011 Core Journal will be at 5 PM in CAS 119.<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, February 8. Film Series screening of the Buddhist film:<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spring,_Summer,_Fall,_Winter..._and_Spring\"><em> Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter\u2026Spring<\/em><\/a>. Dinner at 6 PM, film at 6:15 PM. CAS 224.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, February 12 or Sunday, February 13. Core goes to the American Repertory Theater to see Sophocles\u2019 <em>Ajax<\/em>. Choose a night and sign up for a ticket in CAS 119. $5. Show begins at 7:30 PM<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, February 13. Excerpts from Mozart\u2019s <em>Don Giovanni<\/em> at Jordan Hall (priority to CC202 students) 3 PM. $5. Tickets in CAS 119.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay tuned to find out about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/core\/community\/film.htm\">Core Film Series<\/a> line-up next week.<\/p>\n<p>Get connected with Core!<br \/>\nCheck out our blog: <a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/core\/blog\">http:\/\/bu.edu\/core\/blog<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/corecurriculum\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/corecurriculum<\/a><br \/>\nFollow us on Facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/BUCore\">http:\/\/facebook.com\/BUCore<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make sure to bookmark the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/core\/calendar\">Core calendar<\/a>. Do you have any ideas, or comments about Core activities? <a href=\"mailto:kyna@bu.edu\">Email Professor Kyna Hamill<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Core Lectures this week: CC102: Professor Denecke on Confucius 2\/1 CC106: Professor Hudon on &#8220;How has biodiversity changed over the ages?&#8221; 2\/1 CC106: Professor Finnerty on &#8220;What is a gene and how are genes organized in genomes?&#8221; 2\/3 CC202: Professor Wates on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2\/1 CC202: Professor Lockwood on African American Inequality \u2013 The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1284,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3686],"tags":[48734],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545"}],"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\/1284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":548,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions\/548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}