From Commemoration to Celebration: 2016 in Pictures

Speaker Ashley Guillaume (CAS’17) at a Community Rally for Peace on Marsh Plaza, part of BU’s 2016 commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. Photo by Kristyn Ulanday

Oskar Andren (CAS’19) and the men’s hockey team getting ready for the 64th annual Beanpot Tournament, which unfortunately they lost to BC in the second round. Photo by Cydney Scott

“The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need.”—James Naismith. FitRec provides seven courts to help meet that need. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Remnants, an 808 Gallery exhibition by South African artist Paul Emmanuel paying tribute to those who lost their lives in World War I’s Battles of the Somme, on view last winter. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

The BU Class of 2016 kicked off its 100-day countdown to graduation in style February 18 as incipient grads converged on the House of Blues for a night of swinging, swaying, and selfies. Photo by Pankaj Khadka (COM'16)

The focus of coed Alpha Phi Omega is service. However, members do enjoy some lighter moments: Rebecca Barton (SED’18) (from left), Diana Parker (COM’18), Emily Hou (CAS’17), Michelle Grbic (SAR’16), and Sarah Eldredge (CAS’17) compete in a game of Egyptian Ratscrew at the GSU. Photo by Cydney Scott

2016 Match Day at the School of Medicine: Jaurel Harley (MED’16) (left) and Jason Sherer (MED’16) are among the celebrants reading their residency acceptance letters March 18. Photo by Cydney Scott

First day of spring? It sure didn’t look like it on Bay State Road on March 20. Photo by Cydney Scott

Zeta Beta Tau brother Joe Kass (CAS’18) swept the field to win the Sigma Phi Epsilon Rhett’s Challenge fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. He downed a triple bacon cheeseburger, fries, a root beer, and an eight-scoop ice cream sundae in under 30 minutes. (Rumor has it the prize was some Alka-Seltzer.) Photo by Alexandra Wimley (COM'17)

First annual Questrom Day: Upwards of 600 faculty, students, and staff celebrated the anniversary of the school’s renaming with benefactors Allen Questrom (Questrom’64, Hon.’15) and Kelli Questrom (Hon.’15) March 30. Photo by Dan Aquirre

Number 1: The BU Dance Team won the Division 1 Team Performance national title, and took second in the hip-hop competition, at the National Dance Alliance Collegiate Championship in Florida April 10. Photo by Rae Lynch

Warren Towers as art gallery: among the University’s pre-Commencement spiffing up of campus was a new piece by Yue Guan (CAS’16, COM’16). Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Friends share a little pre-Commencement drink May 15. Photo by Cydney Scott

BU Class of 2016 members after officially becoming alumni at BU’s 143rd Commencement May 15. Photo by Kristyn Ulanday

Among the thousands of new BU grads cheering at BU’s 143rd Commencement was Allan Chen (CFA’16). Photo by Kristyn Ulanday

Michigan State sophomore Sarah Liddy in front of COM between her two BU summer classes, calculus and creative writing. Photo by Cydney Scott

A walk in the rain can lead to some interesting reflections. Photo by Joe Difazio (CAS’12, COM’17)

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach and former Terrier hockey star Mike Sullivan (Questrom’90) brought the 2016 Stanley Cup to Agganis Arena August 3 to celebrate with supporters of the BU men’s hockey program. His father, George Sullivan, helped hoist the trophy, won by the Penguins June 12. Photo by Cydney Scott

Ramping up for fall semester: Maintenance folks have much to do preparing for the influx of students, like waxing floors at Sleeper Hall. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

A BU First: MED’s Physician Assistant Program held its inaugural graduation ceremony August 26, 2016. Among the 23 members of the class are Jackie Price (MED’16) and Cole Turno (MED’16). Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

An estimated 11,496 students moved into campus housing during the annual Move-in, August 29 to September 5. Photo by Joe Difazio (CAS’12, COM’17)

Michelle Alessandro (SAR’19) (right) moves into an eight-person StuViII suite she’ll share with Ericka Crankshaw (CAS’18) September 2, 2016. Photo by Cydney Scott

At the Matriculation ceremony on September 5, President Robert A. Brown encouraged the Class of 2020, among them Mandy Yao (SAR’20), “to embrace BU’s diversity in all its forms.” Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Marsh Chapel’s annual Religious Life Fair, held September 6, gave the BU community a chance to learn about the many religious life groups on campus. Photo by Cydney Scott

Hannibal Buress from Comedy Central’s Broad City wowed an audience of Terriers, including San Kim (SED’19) (from left), Claudia Benincasa (CAS’19), and Gabrielle Figueroa (CAS’19), at the Metcalf Ballroom September 10, part of Student Activities’ Weeks of Welcome. Photo by Alexandra Wimley (COM'17)

Students at LAW’s Redstone Building plug away on a fall day. Photo by Alexandra Wimley (COM’17)

A Sunrise Yoga class, led by Cailey Face (SSW’17), at StuVi II. Photo by Alexandra Wimley (COM‘17)

BU Students for Reproductive Justice offered a quick, painless opportunity to register to vote in the November 8 election. Photo by Alexandra Wimley (COM'17)

Annual ROTC Pass-in-Review: Cadet Joseph Wahl (CAS’19) (from left), Cadet Zachary Hoffman, of Boston College, and Cadet William Pearson (ENG’17), members of Air Force ROTC Detachment 355, were part of the annual ceremony, one of the country’s oldest military traditions, at Nickerson Field October 22. Photo by Matthew Healey

Annual BU Physics Pumpkin Drop: They come from far and wide for this action-packed, fun-filled (also paint-, flour-, and pudding-filled, to name a few) event, held just before Halloween at the Metcalf Science Center. These agog third graders came from the Phineas Bates Elementary School in Roslindale. Photo by Cydney Scott

View from the top: Lines, obtuse angles, acute angles, planes, squares, rectangles—oh, and studying students—at the Metcalf Science Center. Photo by Alexandra Wimley (COM’17)

BU’s Dance and Cheer Teams pumping up the crowd at a men’s basketball game. Photo by Alexandra Wimley (COM’17)

Divest BU student organizers at a rally on Marsh Plaza December 8, before presenting a petition urging a stronger stand on divestment from companies continuing to explore for fossil fuel to President Robert A. Brown and the Board of Trustees. Photo by Olivia Nadel (COM’17)

Gold Star father Khizr Khan, an icon of the Clinton campaign after he spoke at the Democratic National Convention, at an event at the Trustee Ballroom December 10, organized by the BU Organization of Pakistani Students and the Association of Pakistani Physicians of New England. Photo by Alexandra Wimley (COM’17)

Marcus Hardrick (CAS’20) gets some love from a therapy dog at a destress-from-finals event at Hillel House December 12. Photo by Alexandra Wimley (COM’17)

As always, the Marsh Chapel Choir sang at the chapel’s 43rd annual Service of Lessons and Carols, an eagerly awaited BU holiday tradition modeled on the famous service from King’s College, Cambridge. Photo by Olivia Nadel (COM’17)