Photo Gallery Offers a Look Back at Spring 2026 Highlights on Campus
Images capture the arrival of spring, Earth Day, and a picture-perfect Commencement
Photo Gallery Offers a Look Back at Spring 2026 Highlights on Campus
Images capture the arrival of spring, Earth Day, and a picture-perfect Commencement
Summer officially arrived on Sunday, but before everyone heads off for the Fourth of July and trips to the beach, we thought we’d take a final look back at spring 2026 as it played out on campus. The 20 images below capture some of the highlights, from the eagerly anticipated arrival of spring, after a winter that dropped more than four feet of snow on Boston, to Boston University’s 153rd Commencement, celebrating the Class of 2026.
Paola Dartigues (CFA’26) works on her thesis project at 808 Comm Ave in preparation for CFA’s School of Visual Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition, March 26. Keeping her company is her dog, Pascual. Dartigues puts goggles on him when she’s working to protect his eyes from the stone dust.
Photo by Cydney Scott
The BU community responded with enthusiasm to the call from their community resource dog Bean (flanked by her pal Sasha, Harvard’s rescue dog) to help the BU Police Department support the University’s food bank by contributing to the Beans for Bean food drive at the GSU April 2. Donors scored a limited edition Bean card and were entered to win a private play date with Bean. Bean’s assistants: Maura Lee (COM’24), communications specialist, Campus Planning & Operations (CP&O) (from left); Keira Grice (COM’28); Kris Covarrubias, director, strategy, marketing, and communications, BU Wellbeing; Morgan Walsh, CP&O communications assistant; Anna-Mariya Kirova (SSW’23, SPH’23), Student Wellbeing assistant director; and Lauren Alzate, CP&O director of communications & engagement.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
William Li (Sargent’29) participates in a printmaking workshop at Mugar Library on April 8. CFA School of Visual Arts students were on hand to help fellow Terriers carve stamps out of linoleum blocks and use them to make prints.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
After a cold, snowy winter, spring finally arrives on campus. Students enjoy a warm spring afternoon amidst blooming cherry trees on April 14.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
In celebration of Earth Day 365, Lawford Anderson, CAS professor of Earth and environment, hosted Touch the Past, where students could hold a shooting star, dinosaur bones, and more. At the event, Katherine Guo (CAS’27) (right) poses for a photo with a replica saber-toothed cat skull; Lisa Tornatore (CAS’02), director of BU Sustainability (left), snaps the picture, as Anderson (center) and Dorsa Mohammadi (CAS’27) look on. The original fossil, unearthed from the La Brea Tar Pits in the 1900s, was in Anderson’s office at the University of Southern California before he donated it to a museum. When he left USC, his colleagues gifted him this replica, nicknamed “Smiley,” as a reference to the extinct cat’s genus, Smilodon.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Rena Nurhussien (CAS’26) (left) and Amira Badruddin (ENG’26) meet for a drink at Kyo Matcha in Brookline, April 30. The two have been friends since their freshman year.
Photo by Cydney Scott
A dramatic view of the Boston skyline taken from the 17th floor of the Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Sophie Wilhelm (GRS’29) (far right) delivers a presentation for the class Pots and Plays, at the Museum of Fine Arts, April 17. For the class, offered through BU’s History of Art & Architecture and Classical Studies departments, students and their professors gather every other week at the museum to investigate ancient Greek vase painting and drama. Each student selects a particular piece of pottery from the museum’s collection to write and present about.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Sally E. Ward (CAS’77, Wheelock’94), assistant director of academic advising at BU’s Questrom School of Business (from left), chats with front desk assistants Connor Sachleben (ENG’28) and Sharon Soeprapto (Questrom’28). Ward says the key to successful advising is building relationships with students.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Spring is in full bloom on Comm Ave, April 23.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Flowering pear trees frame the front of FitRec, April 24.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Karrington Riley (CAS’26) begins to pack up ahead of graduation in her StuVi-1 bedroom on April 30. Riley headed home to Atlanta following Commencement.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Boston University President Melissa Gilliam greets graduating seniors as they arrive for Senior Breakfast at the GSU, May 1.
Photo by Cydney Scott
President Melissa Gilliam gives a shoutout to the Class of 2026 during their Senior Breakfast on May 1.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Marsh Plaza is one of the favorite backdrops for Commencement photos. Wesley Chen (COM’26) (from left), Jeffrey Nguyen (Questrom’26), Brandon Lee (Questrom’26), Alan Lin (CAS’26), Jacky Wang (Questrom’26), and Donggyu Lee (Questrom’26) celebrate their upcoming graduation.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Andrew Taylor (ENG’26) tries out an inflatable game of ducking and dodging a spinning arm during Senior Carnival on the BU Beach, May 12. The event, which was part of Senior Week, featured free food and classic carnival games and drew a crowd of approximately 1,000 students.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
The temperature on Nickerson Field read 95 degrees during BU’s 153rd Commencement, May 17, but these members of the Class of 2026 found the perfect way to keep cool.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Boston University President Melissa Gilliam greets members of the Class of 2026 as she enters Nickerson Field during BU’s Commencement on Sunday, May 17.
Photo by Michael D. Spencer
Graduates celebrate during the 153rd Commencement ceremony on May 17.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
The pomp and circumstance of BU’s 153rd Commencement reflected in a graduate’s sunglasses, May 17, on Nickerson Field.
Photo by Cydney Scott