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Evergreen Seminars for Fall 2024

  • Register* for the seminar(s) you wish to attend. If you purchased a Passport during this academic year (starting in Fall 2023), select "I Have a Passport Already" at checkout.
  • If the seminar is offered via Zoom link will be active prior to the first day of the seminar to all enrolled students. More information is available here.
  • Log in to Evergreen/CPE student account. (We recommend you do this before the first class date.)
  • Access the Zoom link and recordings: Go to My Enrollment History -> Click on the Seminar -> Link will show below in "View Online Resources" to join the seminar for each session. On the last day of the session, you can find this under the Completed tab.

They are included in the price of an Evergreen Passport, but enrollment is required.

Note – If you have participated in Evergreen since July 2019, you already have an account based on your email address as your username (which may be different from your BU account). Login at Evergreen/CPE as a Returning Student. Do not create a new account. If you need help, contact us.

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Section Title
Evergreen Seminar: Best American Short Stories 2022
Type
Evergreen
Days
Th
Time
2:00PM to 3:30PM
Dates
Feb 13, 2025 to Mar 13, 2025
Schedule and Location
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Contact Hours
7.5
Location
Delivery Options
Evergreen  
Course Fee(s)
Already have Passport non-credit $0.00
Single Evergreen $60 non-credit $60.00
Section Notes

Taline Voskeritchian, lecturer in BU’S College of Communication and longtime contributor to the Evergreen Seminar Series, discusses work from The Best American Short Stories 2022, Andrew Sea Geer, editor.  

The class will be held via Zoom from 2-3:30 pm. A link will be sent prior to Feb 13th. 

February 13

The Little Widow from Capital, Yohanca Delgado

Detective Dog, Gish Jen

February 20 

The Ghost Birds, Karen Russell

Bears Among the Living, Kevin Moffat

February 27

Foster, Bryan Washington

The Hollow, Greg Jackson

March 6

The Meeting, Alix Ohlin

Sugar Island, Claire Luchette

March 13

Ten Year Affair, Erin Somers

Elephant Seals, Meghan Louise Wagner

Free for Passport holders, $60 for all others.  

Section Materials
  • Textbook (Mandatory) The Best American Short Stories 2022 by Andrew Sean Greer ISBN 9780358652960
Section Title
Evergreen Seminar Series: Artificial Intelligence: Friend, Foe, or Something Else?
Type
Evergreen
Days
F
Time
10:00AM to 11:30AM
Dates
Mar 14, 2025 to Mar 28, 2025
Schedule and Location
View Details
Contact Hours
4.5
Location
Delivery Options
Evergreen  
Course Fee(s)
Already have Passport non-credit $0.00
Single Evergreen $60 non-credit $60.00
Section Notes

Artificial Intelligence: Friend, Foe, or Something Else, by Frank White.

Frank's bio

Fridays from 10 am to 11:30 am

March 14

March 21

March 28

Location: 1010 Comm Ave, room TBD.

The term “Artificial Intelligence” was coined in 1956, with little or no fanfare, at a Dartmouth College conference that included a few academics and business leaders. The field remained relatively obscure for decades, confined to government and university laboratories and conference rooms.

However, everything changed in November of 2022, when a company called “OpenAI” released ChatGPT to the public, again, with little fanfare. It was free, easy to use, and relevant to everyday life, making it a “killer app,” or immediately valuable application, in high tech parlance. Soon, students were using it to write term papers, authors were experimenting with it to turn out articles and novels, and Google went into panic mode, fearing that Chat would take over the search world.

 

Today, AI seems to be ubiquitous and is permeating everyday life¾your life, my life, everybody’s life. Fortunes are being made and lost, as big companies like Microsoft, Apple, Google and Amazon scramble to take the lead in AI development, and countries pour tax dollars into an “AI arms race.”

Free for Passport holders, $60 for all others.

  

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