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Photo of the winning hunger challenge team posing with a giant $10,000 check and Congressman Jim McGovern. From left: Alexia Lancea (CAS’22), Eunice Lamothe (CAS’22, SPH’23), Saahil Adusumilli (Sargent’22), and Mary Campion (CAS’22), US Rep. Jim McGovern, and State Rep. Andy Vargas.

Innovation

Food@BU’s Idea to Solve Campus Hunger Wins $10,000 Prize at Innovate@BU Event

April 13, 2022

Allyson Imbacuan (CAS '23) gives a thorough tour of Warren Towers and shows what the large residence has to offer. Here she wears a leather jacket in front of Warren Towers in Boston MA. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography.

Watch NoW

Video: A Tour of Warren Towers

April 13, 2022

At the April 11 annual Student Employee and Supervisor of the Year awards celebration, Yeelin Bacchus (Sargent’22) (from left) accepted the Undergraduate Student Employee of the Year award; Charles McGinn (ENG’23) received the Undergraduate Outstanding Service award; and Adaeze Okorie (SPH’23) earned the Graduate Student Employee of the Year award. Not pictured is Darius Haghighat (MED’22), who received the Graduate Outstanding Service Award. Photos by Jackie Ricciardi

Campus Life

A Celebration of the Best Student Employees on Campus

April 12, 2022

Composite image: at left, a photo of two young women, students, writing letters to incarcerated survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Cards with lots of handwritten text and colorful envelopes are scattered across the table. At right, a wide shot of a group of students sitting at a classroom table, masked, with cards and envelopes before them.

Sexual Assault Awareness

SARP Student Ambassador Launches Letter-Writing Campaign to Support Incarcerated Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Violence

April 8, 2022

Dhruv Kapadia (CAS’24), incoming Student Government president, says his administration will be a “vehicle for change.” Photo by Arin Siriamonthep (Questrom’24). Here he is in a blue suit with a red tie on a sunny day

Student Life

Seven Questions for BU’s New Student Government President

April 8, 2022

Photo of a young woman in a brown tank top and green pants climbing up a cave wall at Cambridge CRG. Another young person at right in a black sweatshirt is also seen climbing.

Student Clubs

BU Climbing Club: Rookies, Vets Test Their Physical and Mental Agility

April 6, 2022

Photo of Campus editor Jesus Marrero Suarez (COM’24), from left, reporter Emilia Wisniewski (COMN’25), and associate campus news editor Tanisha Bhat (CGS’22,COM’24) during print night Feb 24 at The Free Press office. All the students wear masks and a white sign at the back of the room reads "The Daily Free Press"

Student Journalism

Loftier Stories, Long Hours, High Standards Help The Daily Free Press Reach New Heights

April 5, 2022

Photo of Toby Makoyawo (right) mid-stride next to Devon Achane of Texas A&M also mid-stride. Both are running towards the camera down the straightaway of the track. The starting blocks can be seen in the blurry background.

Track & Field

Meet the Fastest Human in BU History. He’s Only 19

April 1, 2022

Photo of Andrea Merrill, in a jewel-tone green dress tied in the front, leaning against her desk and smiling. She is light-skinned, has long black hair and wears black glasses. Her red MD badge is seen on her left hip and her office has two monitors and is decorated with lots of photos.

Campus Life

Office Artifacts: Andrea Merrill

March 30, 2022

Photo of the playground on the campus of the University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley. A large barred fence shows a stationed army vehicle on the other side during a scenic sunset

Student Voices

Border Studies Program Offers Chance to Learn about Migrants and Border Wall Firsthand

March 24, 2022

Women's tennis players stand in the shade and listen to their coach talk at BU

Varsity Sports

BU’s Patriot League Tennis Season Begins Sunday

March 24, 2022

Students sit at a panel table at the BU Student Government Debate in front of a crowd

Students

BU Student Government Candidate Debate: the Biggest Takeaways

March 23, 2022

A picture of the museum of Fine Arts in Boston at dusk, with a statue of a person on a horse in front of a dramatic columned entrance

Things-to-do

The Weekender: March 24 to 27

March 23, 2022

Photo of Martha Schick (MDiv’22) lighting a candle in Gordon Chapel. A white woman with short hair wearing a mask lights a candle with a long match in a darkened chapel

Religion

Photo Essay: What My Faith Means to Me

March 23, 2022

Photo of Students for Reproductive Freedom co-presidents Molly Baker (CAS’22), left, and Charlotte Beatty (CAS’22) cutting the ribbon on the new vending machine during a launch party in the GSU. Two masked students bend and cut a large red ribbon tied around the machine as masked onlookers circle around and clap.

Reproductive Rights

New Plan B Vending Machine in GSU Dispenses Low-Cost Emergency Contraceptives to the BU Community

March 21, 2022

Photo of Nirisha Commodore, left, and Korede Yoloye reveal each others’ matches and celabrate on Match Day March 18 in the Metcalf Hall in the GSU. Commodore is a young Black woman wearing a burnt umber pant suite, with her hair pulled back in a bun; she extends her hands jubilantly and holds her match sign. Yoloye, a young Black woman with shoulder length hair wearing a black dress, is similarly exuberant and holds her "I Matched!" sign.

Student Life

Match Day 2022 Filled with Anticipation, Joy, Relief

March 21, 2022

Photo of Tima Dasouki, a young woman wearing a white blazer and knee-length black dress rifling through a rack of business attire.

Student Life

New Professional Clothing Closet Provides Free Dress Clothes to Students Who Need Them

March 18, 2022

Photo of the panelists who participated in the Ukraine Town Hall hosted at the LAW Auditorium March 17. The panelists sit in black metal chairs, in the following order, from left: Neta Crawford, CAS professor of political science, Kaija Schilde, Pardee School of Global Studies Associate Professor of International Relations and acting director, BU Center for the Study of Europe, Joe Wippl, US diplomacy, Carrie Preston, Chandan Nandlal Kilachand Professor and Kilachand Honors College director and a CAS professor of English and of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, Nicholas Micinski, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the University of Maine and a former visiting visiting researcher at BUs Center for the Study of Europe, Daniela Caruso, School of Law professor of Law, Robert Sloane, LAW professor of law, Igor Lukes, CAS professor of History, and Alexis Peri, CAS associate professor of History. Behind them, a projector shows a map of Ukraine and the areas Russian is attacking.

International Crisis

Ukraine Town Hall Draws Large, Engaged Audience

March 18, 2022

two students vlogger Anna Malygin and Yashika Chari are smiling with a white play button overlayed on top of the image

Student Life

Want to Get to Know Someone Better? Try Out a Conversation Kit from Student Wellbeing

March 18, 2022

Carmen Quijada adds sprinkles to a batch of brownies. There is a white play button overlayed on top of the image

Dining Hall

Baked with Love

March 16, 2022

Baked with Love