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CGS Boston-London Program canceled for second time due to COVID-19

Jesús Marrero Suárez March 3, 2021
Dean of the College of General Studies Natalie McKnight announced the cancellation of the Boston-London Program for the CGS Class of 2024 in an email Monday, nearly a year after the suspension of the program for the previous class.
The importance of the Census remains despite the 2020 Census having closed already. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA | DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Once in a decade: purpose and impacts of the US census

Rachel Do November 4, 2020

The 2020 census has closed, and the demographic data collected this year will shape the landscape of political representation in the country for another decade. The census, conducted by the U.S....

Boston University held orientation online summer 2020. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

A transformed college experience: perspectives of rising BU freshmen

Diana Piper August 30, 2020
The prospect of college has drastically changed this year. College life will be remodeled, and freshmen will have nothing to compare it to.
The outside of Boston University’s College of General Studies. Beginning in the 2019 academic year, CGS has removed its fall program and now solely offers the Boston-London January program. CONOR KELLEY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

All incoming CGS freshmen will take gap semester

Dana Sung September 12, 2019
The College of General Studies at Boston University no longer offers students the chance to study on campus for their first fall semester. All incoming CGS first-year students will now arrive on campus for the first time in January 2020 and take a summer semester in London or Boston.
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