Corgan Internship Grant Recipients Share Their Summer Experiences
From Dubai to France to London, our students’ internships are pathways to gain on-the-job knowledge, expand their worldview, and further their career aspirations. The Pardee School caught up with some of the inaugural recipients of the Michael T. Corgan Internship Fund to discuss their career goals, the internships they’ve secured, and the impact of the Corgan Fund.
Pardee School Announces 2022 Student Award Winners
During the School’s convocation ceremony, the Pardee School community celebrated the very best in academics and citizenship with a range of awards meant to honor the exceptional achievements of its students.
Pardee School Welcomes 2022-23 Dean’s Ambassadors
Over the next year, the new Dean’s Ambassadors will represent the Pardee School and its Dean at special events with prospective students, alumni, and distinguished guests. They will also serve as liaisons to the wider BU community as well as prospective students and families.
Tima Dasouki (Pardee ’22) Establishes BU Professional Clothing Closet
With the support of BU’s Newbury Center & Center for Career Development, Dasouki created the closet, which provides students with professional attire appropriate for interviews, networking events, career fairs, and the workplace free of charge.
Pardee School Graduate Students Take Annual Spring Trip to D.C.
Pardee School graduate students visited think tanks, non-governmental organizations, government departments, and meet with high-level policymakers and practitioners of international affairs.
Pardee School Students and Alumni Named Fulbright Semi-Finalists
Of the 37 entrants named Fulbright Semi-Finalists by the U.S. National Screening Committee, six – Ximena Aragon (BA IR ’20), Tima Dasouki (BA IR ’22), Catherine Kreider (BA IR ’21), Andrew Reilly (BA Italian & Linguistics and IR ’22), Sylvia Stoyanova (BA IR ’22), and Miruna Visuian (BA IR ’22) – will be representing the Pardee School community.
Malika Kounkourou (BA IR ’22) Shares Story of Field Research in Niger
“Being able to take what I have learned over the course of my studies at BU and apply it to pertinent situations in Niger makes my degree feel all the more worthwhile.”
Pardee School Student Selected for Pickering Fellowship Program
“The fellowship is an extremely exciting opportunity to me because as a Syrian-American woman, I get to portray the U.S.‘s rich diversity to countries all over the world.”
Student Run Pardee Atlas Publishes Premier Research Papers
Originally known as The Pardee Periodical, The Pardee Atlas: Journal of Global Affairs is a revitalized academic journal focused on creating a publication that highlights the works of Pardee students while also being a portable forum for the dispersion of ideas into the wider IR community.
Pardee School Hosts Class of 2020 Recognition Ceremony
After a year and a half, the Pardee School’s Class of 2020 returned to Boston University for a special recognition ceremony, during which family, friends, and faculty recognized the resilience and academic accomplishments of the recent graduates.
Pardee School 2020 Student Awards Announced
The Pardee School recognizes and honors the achievements of its outstanding students in announcing the 2020 Pardee School Annual Award winners.
Pardee School Hosts Fall 2021 Welcome Back for Students
New and returning Pardee School students, faculty, staff, affiliated Centers, and student organizations gathered at Boston University’s GSU to celebrate the return to campus and start of the 2021-22 academic year.
Faizaan Firoz (Pardee ’25) Featured in “BU Today” Student Profile
An avid participant in the Model United Nations, a music lover, and “a total foodie,” Faizaan Firoz (Pardee ’25) joins the Pardee School’s incoming freshman class from Mombasa, Kenya.
Pardee Student Publishes Research on China Food Security
Jardine’s paper analyzes recent literature and studies regarding climate change and food production in China while also looking at current Chinese policies in this field.
Pardee Student Awarded Harold C. Case Scholarship
Regina Acosta (BA IR, Pardee ’22) is one of just 11 students to win one of the highest honors accorded to undergraduate students at Boston University.
Pardee School Students Inducted Into Phi Beta Kappa
Ten graduating seniors of the Pardee School have been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, America’s most prestigious academic honor society.
Dasouki (Pardee ’22) Featured on BU Career Podcast
Tima Dasouki (Pardee’22) discussed her research interests, how she has utilized career resources at BU, as well as as well as her experience at Urban Refuge where she turned her passion into a meaningful career development experience.
Pardee School Announces 2021 Student Awards
Pardee School faculty announced the winners of the Academic Excellence Awards, the Ambassador Hermann Eilts Thesis Awards, and the Carole A. Chandler Student Citizenship Award during the school’s virtual convocation.
Pardee Student Awarded Fulbright Bulgaria-Romania Joint Research Award
Throughout his 10 months in Bulgaria and Romania, Eliot Usherenko (Pardee ’21) will analyze the evolution of U.S. relations with both Black Sea states since their admission into NATO and identify the steps Washington has taken to help them address regional security concerns.
Pardee Students Showcase Research on “Race and Radioactivity”
Morrison (’22) and Thorpe (’22) studied uranium mining in Namibia, Niger, and New Mexico as well as the political, legal, and social processes of systematic disenfranchisement of populations in those sites.