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BU Closet: Donate and Take Clothes for Free<\/a><\/h5>\n
January 28, 2025<\/em><\/div>\n
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BU Closet runs clothing swaps to help students save money, and keep clothes out of landfills. BU Closet was founded thanks to friends Tanvi Chennuru (CDS\u201925), head of events, Iffany Zhou (CAS\u201925), president, and Hannah Martin (CAS\u201925), vice president.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Living with a Rare Disease, This Recent Grad Is Trying to Help Others Like Herself<\/span><\/a><\/h5>\n
July 22, 2024<\/em><\/div>\n
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In 2019 Alexa Quintero (KHC, Questrom\u201924) was diagnosed with a rare genetic connective tissue disorder called hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.\u00a0The disease is caused by defects in collagen, the protein that provides structure and support to a person\u2019s skin, muscles, bones, and connective tissues. Symptoms include joint dislocation, stretchy skin, scarring, chronic pain, and, as in Quintero\u2019s case, severe gastrointestinal disorders. Unable to eat or drink, she has relied on a feeding tube for the last three years.<\/p>\n

After she got her feeding tube, Quintero decided to begin sharing her medical journey publicly, posting videos on TikTok\u2014she now has more than 80,000 followers. Many of her posts have been viewed millions of times. Not content with just sharing her story, Quintero wanted to help improve the lives of others who depend on medical devices, like the type of feeding pump she uses. With the help of biomedical engineering student Audrey Lindsay (ENG’27), Quintero designed an “improved enteral feeding pump for the modern user” for her Kilachand Honors College Keystone Project called Tubie2Go.<\/p>\n

White House Welcomes Young BU Alum for Climate Change Talk<\/a><\/h5>\n

November 27, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

YEAH (Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education) Fellow Cathy Cheng (ENG\/KHC\u201923) was invited to celebrate the release of the fifth National Climate Assessment, an authoritative report on the effect of climate change on the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

BU\u2019s New Center on Forced Displacement Will Address the Global Refugee Crisis<\/a><\/h5>\n

October 6, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n

Congratulations to Professors Carrie Preston and\u00a0Muhammad Zaman on the\u00a0founding of the new University-wide\u00a0<\/span>Center on Forced Displacement<\/a>. CFD’s mission is to improve the lives of, and give voice to, displaced people around the world and has its roots in the Initiative on Forced Displacement (IFD), which Professors Preston and Zaman began together in 2017.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Border Studies Program Offers Chance to Learn about Migrants and Border Wall Firsthand<\/a><\/h5>\n

March 24, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n

Over spring break BU & Kilachand faculty and students, traveled to the Rio Grande Valley with the 2022 Mexico-US Border Studies Program\u2014part of the University-wide Initiative on Forced Displacement. While there, they volunteered with a number of nonprofits that support migrants, including Refugee Services of Texas, Rio Grande Relief Projects, Team Brownsville, the Humanitarian Respite Center, La Posada Providencia, and LUPE.<\/p>\n

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BU Today spoke with the participants following their trip and published a collection of their reflections about what they learned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

BU Today: My Own Boston<\/a><\/h5>\n

March 15, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n

Mira Dhakal (COM \u201922) highlights her Keystone Project by exploring her own Boston<\/p>\n

New Interdisciplinary Class Asks: “What Do Plants Know?”<\/a><\/h5>\n

BU Today<\/em>\u00a0features\u00a0our Kilachand Honors College course “The Secret Life of Plants” and joins\u00a0KHC faculty and students on a class trip to the Arnold Arboretum.<\/p>\n

“The Secret Life of Plants” is one of the section topics this semester for\u00a0KHC HC 401: Epistemologies and the Process of Inquiry<\/p>\n

From Glasgow to Comm Ave: Cutting Methane Emissions<\/a><\/h5>\n

November 3, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

Nathan Phillips (Kilachand, CAS Faculty Member) speaks with BU Today<\/em> on whether UN climate summit pledge will prompt leaking gas line repairs in Boston and the United States<\/p>\n

WBUR: Cognoscenti article by Dr. Travis Franks, Kilachand Postdoctoral Associate<\/a><\/h5>\n

October 11, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

In this commentary entitled “Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a start. Now let\u2019s change how we remember,” Dr. Franks discusses the history of Columbus Day, the work to rename the holiday Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and touches on some conflict this has created with some Italian Americans.<\/p>\n

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Boston University News Service: Tribe calls for name change of Boston University dorm<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n

October 1, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

After months of discussion, the Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag is proposing Boston University change the name of Myles Standish Hall, ditching the name of the colonial military leader in favor of a title honoring a Native American figure killed by Standish, Wituwamat. Dr. Travis Franks, a postdoctoral associate at the university, reached out to the tribe and launched a petition regarding changing the dorm\u2019s name. Emma Kopelowicz reports!<\/p>\n

Dr. Travis Franks, Kilachand Postdoctoral Associate, is published in WBUR: Cognoscenti<\/a><\/h5>\n

September 21, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Travis Franks shares the history of Myles Standish, the Pilgrim’s military leader, and why he is working with the Massachusett Tribe to change the name of Myles Standish Hall at Boston University.<\/p>\n

BU Today <\/strong>POV: The Importance of Teaching and Learning about Afghan Refugees<\/a><\/h5>\n

<\/strong>September 20, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

Professors Muhammad Zaman and Carrie Preston discuss the current situation regarding Afghan refugees and why faculty and students must address the ongoing humanitarian crisis brought on by forced displacement.<\/p>\n

John Woodward, Kilachand Faculty In Residence, has been appointed to the MA Commission on Facial Recognition.<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
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March 10th, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

Created by Massachusetts law, the commission is charged with conducting a study of facial recognition\u2019s use in the commonwealth and making policy recommendations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kilachand Student Solange Hackshaw (COM’21) Creates\u00a0A Blog and a Podcast for BIPOC Students Navigating Their 20s<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n

March 6th, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

Kilachand senior Solange Hackshaw (COM\u201921) was featured in BU Today and shares about the blog and podcast she created for BIPOC students navigating their 20s.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI really wanted to create a space for, essentially, marginalized people\u2014especially Black and brown women and queer identifying individuals\u2014where\u2026we don\u2019t need to filter certain topics, like mental health, sexual health, racism, implicit biases,\u201d Hackshaw (COM\u201921) says. \u201cA lot of these topics are quite personal to me, but they\u2019re also personal to others.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kilachand Alum Carina Terry (CAS’20) is published in Biological Conservation<\/em><\/a><\/h5>\n

March 1st, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

Congratulations to Carina Terry,\u00a0<\/span>Professor Richard Primack<\/a><\/span>, and the rest of their team on having their paper, “Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on noise pollution in three protected
\nareas in metropolitan Boston”,\u00a0<\/em>published in\u00a0Biological Conservation<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kilachand Student Amit Bhatia (Questrom’24) Gives Tips on Managing Papers, Projects, & Midterms<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
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March 1st, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

Kilachand student, Amit Bhatia was featured in BU Today and shares his tips on managing everything school has to throw at you.\u00a0 \u201cKeeping a balance\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0being productive,\u201d Bhatia says. \u201cAllow yourself to be human, allow yourself to take time, allow yourself to enjoy college.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Kilachand Faculty-in-Residence John Woodward Featured in New Book on Warfare<\/a><\/h5>\n

February 4th, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

First Platoon author Annie Jacobsen highlighted Woodward\u2019s background, as a CIA clandestine officer, a lawyer, and a former U.S. Army officer as part of her new book.<\/p>\n

Kilachand Alum Macken Murphy (CAS ’20) Creates a Different\u00a0Species<\/em> of Podcast<\/a><\/h5>\n

January 13, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

BU Today caught up with Macken Murphy (CAS \u201920), a Kilachand alum who plans to publish A Boston Bestiary, his Kilachand Keystone Project, in 2021. The book explores the everyday fauna all around us that we often overlook, from crows to turkeys and from starlings to rats. His second book, due in 2022, already has a publisher (Macmillan), but beyond confirming it\u2019s a nonfiction children\u2019s book that also involves nature, Murphy says he\u2019s not at liberty to talk about it yet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kilachand Professor Muhammad Zaman Honored with Guggenheim Fellowship<\/a><\/h5>\n
April 22, 2020<\/em><\/div>\n
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Two BU Faculty Honored with Guggenheim Fellowships. BU\u2019s Muhammad Zaman and Sigrid Nunez have each won a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship, awarded annually to individuals who have \u201cdemonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Kilachand Student Bayley Connors (CAS ’20) Featured on BU Today For Research On Child Poverty<\/a><\/h5>\n

April 9, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n

Recent Kilachand graduate Bayley Connors (CAS ’20) explains his research on how public policy shortcomings, like the Child Tax Credit, only exacerbate economic inequality for children in the US.<\/p>\n

Kilachand Student Wiley Hundertmark (CAS \u201920) Makes Green Space Even Greener at BU.<\/span><\/a><\/h5>\n

March 18, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n

In this article, recent Kilachand graduate Wiley Hundertmark (CAS ’20) explains how new research data will influence the landscaping and carbon footprint of BU’s Charles River Campus.<\/p>\n

The work of BU anthropologist Cheryl Knott and her drone-flying son Kilachand student Russell Laman (CAS \u201922) featured on the BBC.<\/span><\/a><\/h5>\n

February 24, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n

The work of Cheryl Knott, a BU anthropologist and Kilachand Professor, and her drone-flying son, Kilachand student Russell Laman (CAS ’22), is featured in the BBC\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Seven Worlds, One Planet.<\/em><\/p>\n

Former KHC Student Directed A Staged Reading of Question and Question <\/em>For BU Conference<\/a><\/h5>\n

November 5, 2019<\/em><\/p>\n

At a recent Boston University conference titled \u201cThe Role of the University in the Crisis of Forced Displacement<\/a>,\u201d Nicole Rizzo, a recent graduate of Boston University who was also a Kilachand Honors College student, directed a staged reading of Syrian playwright-filmmaker Liwaa Yazji\u2019s Question and Question, a work based on Yazji\u2019s interviews with displaced Syrian women.<\/p>\n

Kilachand Faculty-In-Residence Kinh Vu\u2019s Journey from Vietnam Orphan to BU Music Professor<\/a><\/h5>\n

October 23, 2019<\/em><\/p>\n

In this article, Kinh Vu, Kilachand Faculty-in-Residence and College of Fine Arts assistant professor of music, talks about the power of music education and shares his experience making music in an orphanage in his native Vietnam.<\/p>\n

Bostonia: Kilachand Director Carrie Preston Featured as One of Seven Researchers Impacting the Human Experience<\/a><\/h5>\n

September 20, 2019<\/em><\/p>\n

Kilachand’s very own Director, Carrie Preston, was featured in a recent article from Bostonia: “The Transformers. Meet seven researchers who are impacting, and in some cases, revolutionizing, the human experience.” Read the full article to\u00a0learn about how Dr. Preston is studying a humanitarian crisis through the lens of performing arts.<\/p>\n

Kilachand Student Wins Sociology Award<\/a><\/h5>\n

May 2018\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Kilachand junior, Erin Tichenor, has won the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Sociology’s annual Best Seminar Paper Prize for 2018. Erin, a sociology major with a minor in African American Studies, received the award for her paper “The 19th Century Criminalization of the M\u0101ori in Aotearoa New Zealand”. Congratulations, Erin!<\/p>\n

BU Today: Plumbing the Public Health Lessons of the AIDS Crisis<\/a><\/h5>\n

May 7, 2018\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

For three-plus hours on the last Sunday in April, 75 Kilachand students, broken into groups of four or five, offer solutions to real or potentially real health conundrums, including bioterrorism, the refugee flood from Syria\u2019s civil war, soaring suicide rates among Canada\u2019s Inuit people, and improving Boston\u2019s program for training a more diverse workforce in health care.<\/p>\n

BU Today: A Performance at the Intersection of Theater and Activism<\/a><\/h5>\n

April 24, 2018\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Nicole Rizzo\u2019s play about sexual trauma inspired by Eve Ensler\u2019s Vagina Monologues debuts tonight, and the timing is right. As the #MeToo movement exposes the breadth of sexual violence and harassment nationwide, To Stop Treading Water: Monologues That Challenge the Undertow of Trauma looks at how seven fictional university students cope with sexual violence.<\/p>\n

BU Today: BU Admissions More Selective than Ever<\/a><\/h5>\n

March 28, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n

Students admitted to Kilachand Honors College also average in the top 3 percent of their class, with 3.9 GPA and 1515 SAT (33 ACT) averages.<\/p>\n

BU Today: BU Names Kilachand Honors College Associate Directors<\/a><\/h5>\n

February 16, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n

Linda Doerrer and Paul Lipton lend scientific thought to Kilachand’s visionary curriculum.<\/p>\n

BU Today: Carrie Preston to Lead Kilachand Honors College<\/a><\/h5>\n

September 29, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n

Carrie Preston is a scholar who blends academia and activism (one of her class assignments led to the creation of BU\u2019s Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Center). \u201cI hope to build on the existing strengths of Kilachand as a residential learning community offering energetic, high-achieving students the opportunity to enhance their already excellent undergraduate experience at BU,\u201d says Preston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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