Lately I've been investing in Dante. Crypt currency.

My deus? Ex.

English lit degree at Sheffield Hallam is being “suspended.” University responding to Government who will no longer fund degrees where 60% students don’t end up in “highly skilled” jobs within 6 months.

“Usus, non lectio prudentes facit.” “The use, not the reading, of books makes us wise,” from Geoffrey Whitney’s Choice of Emblems (1586).

I recently spoke to @BurckhardtBooks about my career, book history, fore-edge paintings, and all sorts of things! The first of three episodes is up now: burckhardtbooks.com/podcast (Related: a selfie I took with the first book I looked at in a reading room, Centre for Research Collections MS19 😍)

It is rumored that students who register for CL161: Ancient Greek 1 are immediately overtaken by a profound sense of ἀταραξία (or so we've been told)

Have a palate cleanser, friends. This is Lily, the unemployed and benignly chaotic mutt, on a recent morning constitutional at Crocker Conservation Area.

Whooooo will be the five hundredth follower of this the Core-ageous, in-Core-rigible, ran-Core-ous, Terpsi-Core-ean Core Curricula Twitter account? Gasp, alack and awesomesauce, it COULD! BE! ***YOU***! Please follow.

And it’s the morning and let’s see how we did and okay oh no we did not get one more follower, pack it up team, we need to rethink our approach.

Join Core this Giving Day in raising funds for our lending library. The Core Lending Library ensures all students in Core have books in hand from the very first class. Use bit.ly/SupportCore to see our goals this year! Giving Day begins tonight at midnight.

SPONSOR-A-BOOK for a Core student today. Visit the bit.ly/SupportCore to see what books you can sponsor this Giving Day. As little as $5 buys a copy of the Analects, Paradise Lost, or Inferno while also pushing us toward our matching goal of $5,000!

Core students who take CC201 are eligible to go to Florence in January following the end of their course. Visit bit.ly/SupportCore to see what books you can sponsor for a Core student this Giving Day!

Every year we honor the accomplishments of Core students and faculty at the Core Banquet. Give today at bit.ly/SupportCore to continue the tradition of celebrating and supporting Core students throughout their time at BU.

With 55 supporters we currently hold third in most unique donors and we’ve raised over $3,500 toward our matching goal of $5,000. Help push us closer by selecting a Core text to sponsor at bit.ly/SupportCore.

Many of you have already participated in our SPONSOR-A-BOOK challenge today and we are incredibly grateful. If you have not yet, consider giving $5 for one of the above Core texts. Find the full list at bit.ly/SupportCore.

Core students witness entire worlds brought to life through the lens of Core texts. Put these worlds in the hands of Core students through your donation at bit.ly/SupportCore

Thank you for helping us reach our matching goal of $5,000! We’ve now raised over $10,000 from 88 supporters! Your support makes a tangible difference in a Core student’s learning experience. Visit bit.ly/SupportCore to SPONSOR-A-BOOK for a Core student by midnight tonight.

Dear Friends of Core: We’ve accomplished so much this Giving Day– we hope you will join us at bit.ly/SupportCore for one last push to get the most donors for the Arts and Sciences Donor Challenge by midnight. “Friends enhance our ability to think and to act.” Aristotle