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Academics
On the terraces of the Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences building on April 23, 2024. Photo by Nicole Loeb
Associate Professor of Hospitality Marketing Makarand Mody teaches a School of Hospitality experience management course on February 28, 2024. Photo by Doug Levy
Associate Professor of Art Joel Christian Gill (center) teaches the Visual Narratives Topics seminar on February 28, 2024. Photo by Doug Levy
Students studying at the Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences on March 2, 2023. Photo by Janice Checchio
From left: Hung-Wen Chiu (LAW’20), Yu Tung Kao, and Molly Gavin (Questrom’20, MET’22) collaborate on February 4, 2020. Photo by Janice Checchio
Inside the Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences on April 23, 2024. Photo by Nicole Loeb
A lab in the Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering on April 26, 2022. Photo by Doug Levy
Students participate in an exercise psychology course on February 29, 2024. Photo by Doug Levy
An Introduction to Law class learns about contract negotiations at Questrom School of Business on March 21, 2024. Photo by Cydney Scott
A student studies in the CAS Think Tank on April 26, 2024. Photo by Doug Levy
From left: Ranjan Narendra (CAS’24), Janna Foy (CAS’24), and Allyson Zheng (CAS’24) work together on a smart board in Physics 2 on April 7, 2023. Photo by Cydney Scott
Miranda Warner (CFA’25), at right, and Cathy Ramin (CFA’25) in a printmaking class at 808 Commonwealth Avenue on July 12, 2024. Photo by Cydney Scott
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Athletics
Jack Breiter (CAS’28), in white, reacts to BU’s fourth point scored against Harvard during the men’s Beanpot semifinal game at TD Garden on February 3, 2025. Photo by Cydney Scott
The Dog Pound at the Beanpot tournament on February 5, 2024, at TD Garden. BU defeated Boston College 4–3 to advance to the Beanpot championship on February 12. Photo by Cydney Scott
Laith Hijazi (CGS’23, Questrom’23) plays water polo with his club team at BU’s Fitness & Recreation Center on January 21, 2021. Photo by Cydney Scott
Natalie Jasper (CAS’27) at practice in the Case Gym with BU women’s basketball on February 6, 2025. Photo by Cydney Scott
The BU Terriers hockey team beats Merrimack College at the Agganis Arena on November 22, 2024. Photo by Eric Haynes
Miles Brewster (CAS’24) goes in for a lay-up against American University at the Case Gym on February 8, 2023. Photo by Danny Dolan (COM’26)
Neely Nicholson (Questrom’27), skating for BU women’s hockey, heads toward the goal during a game against Northeastern on October 6, 2023. Photo by Danny Dolan (COM’26)
The pool at BU’s Fitness & Recreation Center in November 2022. Photo by Adam Glanzman
Sierra Koerber-Marx (CAS’26) scales the climbing wall with seeming ease during the BU Fitness & Recreation Center’s Women and Nonbinary Climb Night on February 12, 2025. Photo by Cydney Scott
Tommy Jepson (CAS’24) (#9) and his family and friends celebrate BU’s win over Lehigh during the Patriot League men’s lacrosse semifinals on May 6, 2022. Photo by Ziyu (Julian) Zhu (CGS’25)
A runner on the track at BU’s Fitness & Recreation Center on September 12, 2022. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
Dog Pound spectators react to a tense Beanpot semifinals game at TD Garden on February 3, 2020. It ended with a 5–4 double-overtime win over fifth-ranked Boston College. Photo by Cydney Scott
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Boston
Rowers enjoy the Charles River with the Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences in the background on June 26, 2024. Photo by Bob O’Connor
Commonwealth Avenue, with the College of Arts & Sciences and the Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences on the left and Warren Towers on the right at dusk on June 3, 2024. Photo by Bob O’Connor
Students stroll through Boston on October 27, 2023. Photo by Chris McIntosh
Students explore the vibrant streets of Boston on October 27, 2023. Photo by Chris McIntosh
Students embrace the energy of downtown Boston on October 27, 2023. Photo by Chris McIntosh
The Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences stands prominently on Commonwealth Avenue against a beautiful blue sky on April 17, 2024. Photo by Doug Levy
A student studies at the Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences, with a view of the Boston skyline and Charles River behind them, on April 23, 2024. Photo by Nicole Loeb
The BU shuttle on Commonwealth Avenue in front of Warren Towers on October 3, 2023. Photo by Dave Green
Aerial photo of Boston University along Commonwealth Avenue, the Boston skyline, Cambridge, and the Charles River on October 20, 2022. Photo by Above Summit for Boston University Photography
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Campus Life
Students outside Boston University’s Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences on October 18, 2023. Photo by Nicole Loeb
A student studies on Alpert Mall under the warm hues of a fall tree on November 4, 2024. Photo by Cydney Scott
Students stroll through Marsh Chapel’s arches on October 24, 2024. Photo by Cydney Scott
The lobby of Walter Brown Arena on West Campus on August 2, 2024. Photo by Cydney Scott
Walking on the Nickerson Field track on October 3, 2023. Photo by Dave Green
From center-left: BU President Melissa Gilliam, Faculty Director Anthony “Tony” Abraham Jack, and Newbury Center Executive Director Maria Dykema Erb contribute to an art installation at the center’s grand reopening. Photo by Cydney Scott
Clockwise from left: Behare Goshime (CAS’26, COM’26), Isabelle Pipino (CAS’26, Wheelock’26), Kaizia Johnson (CAS’26), and Julia Ruggiero (CAS’26) play Uno at the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground on June 9, 2022. Photo by Cydney Scott
From left: Joe D’Innocenzo (ENG’25), Derek Dong (Questrom’25), Kaylee Sanderson (Questrom’25, Sargent’25), and Maddie Beery (Questrom’25) play cornhole at the Terrier Tailgate on August 29, 2021. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
BU Academy students (from left) Coco Mueller, Owen Bergstein, Kaela Harrison, and Andrew Chao play Jenga at a Pride Month barbecue hosted by the Dean of Students office on June 1, 2023. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
Students walk across Commonwealth Avenue, with the College of Arts & Sciences behind them, on October 31, 2024. Photo by Cydney Scott
Mira Khanna (CAS’24), left, and Jasmine Wei (CAS’24) lounge and blow bubbles together on the BU Beach on May 8, 2023. Photo by Will Chapman (COM’26)
Maggie Lau (Questrom’25, CAS’25) (center) and fellow students pot plants on Marsh Plaza as part of “The Greening of the Dorms” on September 7, 2022. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
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Commencement
May 19, 2024. Boston, MA.
Boston University’s 151st Commencement ceremony.
Photo by Janice Checchio for Boston University Photography.
5/19/24 — Boston, Massachusetts
2024 Boston University commencement at Nickerson Field on May 19, 2024.
Photo by Chris McIntosh for Boston University Photography
Graduates hug on Commonwealth Avenue during Commencement festivities on May 19, 2024. Photo by Jake Belcher
5/19/24 — Boston, Massachusetts
2024 Boston University commencement at Nickerson Field on May 19, 2024.
Photo by Doug Levy for Boston University Photography
Graduates leave BU’s Baccalaureate service at Marsh Chapel on May 21, 2023. Photo by Jake Belcher
From left: Madison Killay (CAS’19), Dylan Gabriel (COM’19), Isabel Weinberg (COM’19), Emma Howard (ENG’19), and Aleah Floyd (CGS’17, COM’19), all members of BU on Broadway, go airborne on Nickerson Field on May 8, 2019.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Confetti and mortar boards fly at BU’s Commencement ceremony at Nickerson Field on May 19, 2024. Photo by Dave Green
A graduate applauds at BU’s Commencement ceremony at Nickerson Field on May 22, 2022. Photo by Mike D. Spencer
Student speaker Sumner V. Jones (Questrom’23) addresses graduates at BU’s Commencement ceremony at Nickerson Field on May 21, 2023. Photo by Jake Belcher
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Research
Students work at BU’s Robotics & Autonomous Systems Teaching and Innovation Center—where they can design, build, and test all kinds of robots—on July 31, 2024. Photo by Leah Fasten
Lena Dubitsky (ENG’23,’23) studies what bubbles can teach us about how microplastics, viruses, and bacteria aerosolize on February 15, 2023. Photo by Jake Belcher
A researcher writes equations on the window of BU’s Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering on April 26, 2022. Photo by Doug Levy
Florian Douam, assistant professor of virology, immunology & microbiology, studies the impact of COVID-19 on the lungs at BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories on April 25, 2022. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
Rising high school juniors Kalina Minor, left, of Needham, and Brigid McNealy of Arlington work on a gel electrophoresis and visualization lab at SummerLab (part of BU’s CityLab program) on July 23, 2024. Photo by Cydney Scott
Angela Zhang (CAS’24) conducts research on wood charcoal fragments from two archaeological sites in the Nile Valley of Egypt. March 6, 2024. Photo by Cydney Scott
Rafaele DiMaggio (Questrom’25), far left, and Rohin Bajaj (ENG’25, CAS’25)—with Chloe Rowen (CAS’25) watching on the right—carefully scoop up fish collected in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon as part of Alternative Service Breaks on March 3, 2023. Photo by Cydney Scott
BU scuba diving instructor Lizzie McNamee teaches students during an excursion at Old Garden Beach in Rockport, Massachusetts, on May 15, 2024. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
Adjunct Assistant Professor Amanda Vieillard (CAS’11, GRS’13) (right) and PhD student Catherine Mahoney (GRS’25,’28) take carbon samples from East Boston’s Belle Isle Marsh Reservation on November 18, 2021. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
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