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Scene at BU

Photo: A woman sits at her desk wearing headphones while holding a red mug. She is surrounded by her art on the walls and organized on the floor

Study Time

Photo: Three students study cells in a BU biology lab

Principles of Biology II

As part of BU's Earth Day 365 celebration BU Cycle Kitchen and Boston Cafe Bikers hosted a bike washing event and ride on Saturday, April 4. Students and community members came to wash and maintain their bikes. PQ, bike program manager at the BU Cycle Kitchen, helps hose off bikes. Photo by Corinne Davidson (COM'26).

Readying for Rides—Bicycle-Style

Photo: A group of people pose behind a table while BU service dog, Bean, sits in front.

Beans for Bean Food Drive

Photo: 3/25/1960 - Boston, Massachusetts Sorority girls put together Easter baskets on March 25, 1960 at 184 Bay State Road. Photo by Boston University Photography

Flashback Friday: Easter 1960

Photo: Members of BU Medical School faculty and staff participate in a career panel

BPS Students Hosted by BU’s School of Medicine

Photo: A birdseye show of a market with string lights and many patrons

Commemoration of 150th Anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell’s Invention of the Telephone

Photo: A group of young college girls singing on a stage with BATTLE OF THE BABES written on a chalkboard behind them

2026 Battle of the Babes

Photo: A wide shot of a orchestra performance at BU's Tsai Performance

Time and Place

10/15/1960 -- Boston, Massachusetts Boston University Cheerleader Diane Etienne had an occupant in her megaphone during a game against George Washington University. Photo by Boston University Photography

Flashback Friday: Saluting Rhett for National Puppy Day

Photo: A tough woman with orange hair wearing a hat holds up a photo negative while wearing blue sterile gloves as a fellow classmate leans over her shoulder to look at the negative

Exploring the West End Museum Archives

Photo: Three individuals are in a small room looking around at a poster board

President Gilliam Visits NEIDL

Photo: Delaney Grav-Scherr, PhD Candidate, The Chen Lab, in red, discusses her research with Dr. Michael Koeris, director of the Biological Technologies Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) during his visit to BU's Biological Design Center at CILSE March 20. Koeris stopped at a few labs to receive a quick presentation from each engineer about their work. Listening in are Chris Chen, Director, Biological Design Center, in black, and Dr. Kenneth Lutchen is the Vice President and Associate Provost for Research. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

DARPA Biological Technologies Office Director Michael Koeris (ENG’10) Visits BU

Spring 2026 President’s Town Hall

Photo: A black and white photograph of a St. Patrick's Day celebration in the Boston University Castle ni 1973

Flashback Friday: St. Patrick’s Day at the Castle, 1973

Photo: A young Black college student inspects fossils in front of him

The Fascination of Fossils

Photo: BU student Fabiola Alanis (CAS’27) sketching on a square piece of paper with a pen at a weekly creative workshop at Howard Thurman Center

Meditation & Repetitive Patterns=Zentangle

March 4 2026 - Women from the construction arm of Campus and Planning Operations gathered on Ashford Street for Women in Construction Week. Photo by Cydney Scott

Celebrating Women in Construction

Photo: Two men, one professor and one BU student, observe a rock in the Runnels’ Palaeolithic Archaeology course

Knapping Obsidian*

Photo: Members of the Boston University community on an alternative spring break smiling and posing

Creating Cities and Volunteering at a Thrift Store and a Diaper Ministry