Kilachand News

KIP Student Feature – Prerna Shankar 

Prerna Shankar (CAS’26) is a neuroscience major on the pre-med track and has a strong interest in public health. This past summer she interned with Minnesota Connect Aphasia Now (McCan), helping their team raise awareness for Aphasia and increase access to McCAN services.   Q&A with Prerna Shankar  Could you give us... More

KIP Student Feature – Sydney Aslan

Over the summer Sydney Aslan (CAS’26, Political Science) got the opportunity to intern with Chancellor Anne C. Martin in the Davidson County Chancery Court, Part II. In this feature, Sydney provides great advice about the importance of maintaining relationships and tells us more about her work in court. The photos below... More

KIP Student Feature – Nathan Clark

Nathan Clark (ENG'25) spent the summer working at Noblis and fulfilling social justice work through engineering. Noblis is an "independent, nonprofit organization with a proud tradition of serving federal clients objectively and with the highest caliber of scientific and technical excellence" with a mission to produce "work [that] makes an... More

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