Photo Essay: A Look Back at Winter 2026 at BU
Beanpot Tournaments, a BU Presidential State of the Union, and lots and lots of snow
Photo Essay: A Look Back at Winter 2026 at BU
Beanpot Tournaments, a BU Presidential State of the Union, and snow. Lots of snow
Spring is here and with it the promise of warmer weather and April flowers. But before we herald the new season, we’re looking back at this epic winter—one that will be remembered for its frigid temperatures, ice, snow, and wind, including a record-setting February blizzard that shuttered BU for two days. But weather wasn’t the only highlight of the season. We’ve pulled together 20 photos taken by BU Today photographers that captured daily life on BU’s campuses.
Anya Sanchorawala (Sargent’25, CAMED’29) (from left), Shreya Raj (CAMED’29), Janelle Li (CAMED’29), and Aanikia Bedi (CAMED’29) took their best shot at creating a unique gingerbread house during a gingerbread house competition at the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, December 4, 2025.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
Monoe, one of the popular canines in Healing Pups, Boston Medical Center’s therapy dog program, visiting patients at the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, December 11, 2025. The dogs visit patients and are part of a study to determine if patients’ interaction with the dogs changes their pain response.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
Leo Solomon (CAS’29) (left) and Shayna Kadish (Wheelock’29) light menorahs at Hillel House on the second night of Hanukkah, December 15, 2025.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
Roxbury’s Samuel W. Mason Pilot Elementary School students cheer on the Terrier women’s basketball team, playing Lafayette at Case Gym January 7, 2026. More than 400 students and teachers from various Boston Public Schools attended this annual field trip sponsored by BU Athletics and Government & Community Affairs.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
BU custodian Joe Melo attaching the net for the first round of the 47th Women’s Beanpot tournament at Walter Brown Arena on January 13, 2026.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
Warren Towers under construction, January 14, 2026.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
Bay State Road on January 27, 2026, following the first major snowstorm of the season, which dropped approximately 22 inches across the Boston area.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
BU’s Charles River Campus was under nearly two feet of snow, January 27, 2026.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
Boston University President Melissa Gilliam delivers her inaugural presidential State of the Union address at the Tsai Performance Center, January 28, 2026.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Greg White, College of General Studies director of marketing and communications, snaps a selfie with students and staff who gathered at CGS for a quick photo in honor of Boston University’s inaugural Spirit Day, February 5, 2026.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Newbury Center program administrator Ahnna Reyes (from left), Sharleen Kaursandhu (CAS’27), and Marianna Gavurmadzhyan (Pardee’28) catch up during the Newbury Center’s fifth birthday party, February 5, 2026.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Catherine West, a College of Arts & Sciences research professor of archaeology (from left), helps Rose Mendez (CAS’27) and Kaelynn Gray (CAS’28) identify the different parts of the mammal tibia and fibula (the hindlimb) in West’s Zooarchaeology class, February 6, 2026.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Beau Lambert (CAS’27) (left) and Adi Clermont (CAS’27) were among those taking advantage of the popular photo booth at the LGBTQIA+ Student Resource Center’s second birthday celebration, February 11, 2026.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Comm Ave covered in white on February 23, 2026, in the wake of a record blizzard that paralyzed much of Greater Boston with upwards of two feet of snow, forcing BU’s campuses to close for two days.
Photo by Julian Massari (ENG’26)
Winter Wonderland: it may be trite, but this stunning view of Marsh Chapel captures the ethereal beauty of the historic February 21, 2026, blizzard that shuttered BU’s campuses for two days.
Photo by Julian Massari (ENG’26)
NASA astronaut Bob Hines (ENG’97) (left) signing a Lego astronaut belonging to Varun Shah (ENG’26) while they talk engineering ahead of the inaugural BU Common Read event at the Tsai Performance Center, February 25, 2026. BU President Melissa Gilliam led a discussion of Samantha Harvey’s novel Orbital with Jenny Gruber (ENG’99,’99), BU Alumni Association president and NASA Artemis Campaign chief of programmatics and operations branch, Hines, and G. Sujin Pak, dean of the School of Theology.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Students making Hamantaschen at BU Hillel in celebration of Purim, March 3, 2026. The Jewish holiday commemorates how the Jews in Persia were saved by Queen Esther, a Jewish woman. The triangular cookies (filled here with chocolate) symbolize the three-cornered hat of Purim’s villain Haman.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Bay State Road during a late season snowfall, March 3, 2026.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Waiting for an MBTA B Line trolley March 3, 2026. More than 60 inches of the white stuff fell across the city this winter.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Deonte Thomas (CAS’29, Questrom’29) (left) and Metch Nelson (CAS’29) at work identifying and recording observations about a collection of fossil models in their Human Biology, Behavior, and Evolution lab March 6, 2026.
Photo by Cydney Scott