Kilachand News

KIP Student Feature – Anne Joseph

Anne Joseph (CAS’25) is majoring in Sociology and spent the summer working with New Roots AME Church in Dorchester, MA. In this feature, Anne shares different ways to participate in advocacy work and how important building and maintaining community is to social justice. The photo below shows Anne working a booth... More

KIP Student Feature – Bridgette Lang

Bridgette Lang (Pardee’23) is an International Relations major and spent this summer interning at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). In these photos, you can see Bridgette at the UNHCR Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and with fellow interns at an event with the High Commissioner.  Q&A with Bridgette Lang Could... More

KIP Student Feature – Emily Schwartz

Emily Schwartz (CAS’24) is majoring in Sociocultural Anthropology and Spanish with a minor in Latin American Studies. This summer she completed an internship with The Intergenerational Literacy Program (ILP) in Chelsea, MA. Here she tutored community members in English as well as assisted with clerical work for the organization. In... More

Insight into the Kilachand Hall Renovation Project with Paul Riel

We are happy to introduce you to Paul Riel (Ed.D) Associate Vice President for Auxiliary Services at Boston University, and Project Executive for the Kilachand Hall Ninth Floor Renovation Project. Dr. Riel answered some of Professor Preston’s questions about this exciting project and addressed concerns students have voiced about the beginning... More

Student Spotlight – Hanna Dworkin

Kilachand sophomore Hanna Dworkin (CAS'24) painted a gift that will be presented to Dr. Kilachand in Abu Dhabi, where he is the host of BU’s International Advisory Board Meeting. About Hanna Dworkin:Hello! My name is Hanna Dworkin. I am a sophomore in KHC majoring in economics, political science and philosophy on... More

Student Spotlight – Isabella Reish

Isabella Reish (Kilachand, COM’24) has been writing their whole life but only started diving into the craft of writing screenplays last year, when they came to BU for a degree in Film and Television. Isabella has started their career off strong by winning Best Short Screenplay in the NYC International... More

KIP Student Feature – Marie Kimball

The third student feature from our 2021 summer Kilachand Internship Program is Marie Kimball (CAS'23). This summer Marie is an intern with Wayside Youth & Family Services: Framingham Family Resource Center, where she gets to work alongside family resource specialists, clinicians, education liaisons, and attorneys in order to assist families in... More

KIP Student Feature – Janki Bhatt

This summer Janki Bhatt (CAS’23) has been interning with Zaman Laboratory, under the direction of Professor Muhammad Zaman. Janki’s opportunity revolves around healthcare and statelessness in Pakistan and as a research intern she has been assisting Professor Zaman with research, interviews, and meeting. Her summer will conclude by assisting Professor... More

KIP Student Feature – Baiden Wright

Baiden Wright (CAS'22) has a passion for protecting human rights, and as an International Relations major hopes to pursue a career advocating for immigrants and refugees. This summer she is interning with BU’s Initiative on Forced Displacement and in this feature, she tells us more about what her internship this... More