A Must-Have Collection of Horror Classics
CGS Associate Professor of Rhetoric Aaron Worth has edited a new critical edition of horror classics by Arthur Machen: The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories (Oxford University Press, 2018). Machen, a nineteenth century horror writer, has influenced storytellers like H. P. Lovecraft and Oscar-nominated director Guillermo Del Toro. Publishers Weekly gave the book a starred review and deemed it “a must-have collection of […]
The “Gritty Levity” of Justice League
Justice League—the latest star-studded adaption of the DC superhero franchise—is closing out its time in the box office this December. Although the film underwhelmed both critics and audiences, one critic called it “a good balance of light and dark”—an assessment that fits with the spirit of the comic’s 1980s iteration. This year, College of General Studies […]
Do Probiotics Work?
Manufacturers are always promoting their newest probiotic by promising it will get rid of the bad bacteria in your body by bringing in the good bacteria. But are these probiotics doing what they are supposed to be doing? Professor Sandra Buerger, a lecturer in natural science and mathematics at the College of General Studies, and […]
Looking at Trauma From a Multidisciplinary Perspective
A theologian, a social worker, and a literature professor all lend their scholarly perspectives to the topic of trauma in a class designed by CGS Assistant Professor of Humanities Joshua Pederson. Pederson came up with the multidisciplinary course idea as he saw the study of trauma expand across academic disciplines. “You can talk about sociological […]
Joelle Renstrom Battles Digital Distraction in the Classroom
Joelle Renstrom, a lecturer of rhetoric at Boston University College of General Studies, had an idea last semester that was at first a tough sell for her students. Renstrom required the 30 students in her two classes to place their phones within a locked pouch that can be opened only by touching the pouch to […]
Hallstein Contributes to Book on Empowering Women and Mothers
D. Lynn O’Brien Hallstein has published a chapter in the book After the Happily Ever After: Empowering Women & Mothers in Relationships (Demeter Press, September 2017). Hallstein’s chapter is entitled “But, Didn’t I Choose This? Laying the Groundwork to Empower Mothers by Closing the Choice Gap between Women and Men Before Becoming Mothers and Fathers.” Hallstein is an […]
Deepening Students’ Connection to the Humanities Through Service Learning
On a snowy day in Boston last winter, a group of Boston University College of General Studies (CGS) students bundled into their winter coats and trekked to Quincy to volunteer for the Prison Book Program, an organization with a simple purpose—sending books to incarcerated people. In CGS Lecturer of Humanities Sheila Cordner’s classes, service learning is woven into the curriculum as an assignment.
A New Book on the Red Sox’s Epic 1967 Year
In a new book, Thomas Whalen, College of General Studies associate professor of social sciences, examines the sensational rise of the “Impossible Dream” Red Sox 50 years ago, and how they captured the country’s imagination amid the tumult of the 1960s. He recently spoke to BU Today and to Salem News about Spirit of ’67: […]
Wexelblatt’s Petites Suites Stories Merge Music and Fiction
Petites Suites is the latest book by College of General Studies Professor of Humanities Robert Wexelblatt—a series of charming, inventive short stories praised as “enchanting, invigorating, and often delightfully disorienting” (Elizabeth Cunningham), “sweets for the ear and food for the brain” (Robert Knox), and “enticing” (R.S. Deese). College of General Studies: You came up with the structure […]
Hansen Co-Edits Journal Issue on Stephen King as Science Fiction Writer
Novelist Stephen King has a 70th birthday coming up on September 21. College of General Studies Master Lecturer of Rhetoric Regina Hansen has co-edited a special issue of the journal Science Fiction Film and Television to celebrate King’s work as a science fiction writer and as “a significant force in mainstream popular culture in the twenty-first century.” King […]