Fall 2025 at BU—Photo Essay Offers a Look Back
Fall 2025 at BU—Photo Essay Offers a Look Back
Lobster Night and CFA production among highlights
Winter officially arrives in just a couple of weeks, but before it does, we’re taking a look back at life on campus this fall as recorded by BU Today photographers. Our seasonal photo essay highlights popular annual events like Lobster Night, along with fall beauty shots and slice-of-life images capturing daily life on Boston University’s campuses. Take a look.
Samuel Anderson (CAS’29) (from left), Daniel Bronstein (CAS’29), and Thaden Leomensah (CAS’29) picking a succulent on Marsh Plaza courtesy of Marsh Chapel and Religious Life’s annual Greening of the Dorms, September 3.
Photo by Cydney Scott
A noontime crowd outside the Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences during the first week of classes.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Catching up on the BU Beach: friends Camilla Silvestri (CAS’26) (left) and Anna Dechantsreiter (CAS’24), September 4.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Tiffany Silva (COM’28, CAS’28) readying for her psychopathology course in the Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences, September 11.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Students in CAS Professor Jennifer Bhatnagar’s biology class working on a physiology of urban trees project in Boston, September 16. The students tested the collected leaves and branches for water sources, pollution absorption, and leaf microbiome activity.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
BU dental students Marina Kruger (SDM’27) (center) and Apoena Brasil (SDM’27) are charmed by Boston Police Department comfort dog Copper, here with handler Officer Tim Wilson, during the Medical Campus Safety Fest, September 17.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
A scene from BU Dining’s annual Lobster Night at Marciano Commons, September 24. The event, begun in 1985, has become one of Dining’s most popular yearly events. The meal included New England lobster served with potatoes, corn, and blueberry cobbler.
Photo by Cydney Scott
A portrait of BU President Emeritus Robert A. Brown and his wife, Dr. Beverly Brown, by Jon Friedman is unveiled in the Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences lobby, September 26. The Browns (above) are joined by BU President Melissa Gilliam.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Azem Kakitaeva (GRS’26) taking advantage of the beautiful fall weather to study for a computer science course on the BU Beach, September 26.
Photo by Cydney Scott
An early fall rain on Comm Ave October 8.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Hannah Bryson (CAS’28) (left), the Bay State’s first woman all-state wrestling champion, coaches wrestling at the Medford Recreation Center October 11.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
An October 23 rehearsal for the College of Fine Arts School of Theatre production of Dream, an iteration of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which used Random Actor software. Developed at Boston University, Random Actor uses motion capture technology and generative AI to project interactive images onto the stage, the floor, and the actors themselves.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Walking under a canopy of gold on Comm Ave, October 28.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
Chloe Moore (CFA’21), costume designer for Wheelock Family Theatre’s production of Annie, backstage during a dress rehearsal, November 13.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Autumn light, November 14.
Photo by Cydney Scott