{"id":19492,"date":"2024-04-17T21:21:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T01:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=19492"},"modified":"2025-03-21T16:55:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T20:55:37","slug":"laurel-purcell","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/profile\/laurel-purcell\/","title":{"rendered":"Laurel Purcell\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Hi! My name is Laurel Purcell (she\/her) and I\u2019m from Pittsburgh, PA. I am a sophomore in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cds-faculty\/\">Faculty of Computing and Data Science<\/a>, majoring in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/cds\/programs\/bs-in-data-science\/\">Data Science<\/a> with a minor in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/com\/programs\/media-science\/minor-in-media-science\/\">Media Science<\/a>. Outside of Kilachand, I am on the logistics team for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bostonhacks\/?hl=en\">BostonHacks<\/a> and involved with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gwcbostonu\/\">Girls Who Code<\/a> and PMReady.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">I love reading and creative writing. I have also been a lifelong runner and have really been enjoying getting out to explore the best places to see in Boston with my roommates \u2013 email me for recommendations :)\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Being in Kilachand has made my time at Boston University so special \u2013 it\u2019s a wonderful community and it has eased my transition to college in many ways. I have met some of my closest friends through being a Kilachand student and had so many opportunities that I would have otherwise never experienced.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">I look forward to sharing what I love about Boston University. Please feel free to reach out to chat!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:lgp116@bu.edu\">Contact Laurel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16931,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/19492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16931"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/19492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20029,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/19492\/revisions\/20029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}