Anastasia Piliavsky named a 2004 Rhodes Scholar
The Department of Religion would like to congratulate Class of 2004 graduate Anastasia Piliavsky for being named a 2004 Rhodes Scholar. Piliavsky, a native of Odessa, Ukraine, graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. in Religion and Anthropology last year. Department of Religion faculty David Eckel and Frank Korom served as her academic advisors during her course of study.
The Rhodes Scholarships provide two or three years of study at Oxford University in England. Scholars are selected on the basis of academic achievement, personal integrity, and leadership potential, among other criteria.
Pilavsky is the second major concentrator in religion from Boston University to receive this prestigious award. Asher Lopatin, now a rabbi at Anshe Shalom B’nai Israel Congregation in Chicago, won a Rhodes Scholarship in 1986.