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All in the Family

Photo: Student speaker’s Cindy Mensah (SAR’26), (left) and Malia Montalvo (COM’26) address students and guests at the Newbury Center’s First Ten Pinning Ceremony

First-Gen Graduates Celebration

Photo: Megan Nguyen (SAR’26), from left, Nayeli Quiles (GRS’26), Jason Senecharles (CAS’26), and Ebony Offre (SAR’26,SPH’27) at the BPS Community and Menino Scholars Awards Ceremony at LAW May 13. Thirty-two Menino Scholars and 57 Community Scholars are graduating this year. Their blue cords are a nod to the branding colors of the Boston Public School system.

Menino and Community Service Scholars

Photo: Boston University students holding up a red Questbridge Scholars banner

QuestBridge Scholars

Photo: A wide shot of BU's 153rd commencement as confetti flys in the air. A lone grad hat hovers in the middle of the sky, amidst the celebrations

Caps Off!

Flashback Friday: Commencement, 1940

Photo: A table with Boston University members at a senior gift

2026 Class Gift

Photo: A young man ducking under a inflatable bar in a carnival game to avoid being hit

Senior Week Carnival and BBQ

Photo: A group shot of BU's 2026 softball team after winning the Patriot Championship.

Patriot League Champions

Photo: A white woman in a Red Sox jersey waving with muppets on the Red Sox field

Penny Bishop Honored by Red Sox

African Language Theatre Night

Photo: From left to right: Sean Noel, University Archivist Heidi Freimanis-Cordts, Director of Marsh Chapel & Religious Life Rev. Dr. Karen Coleman, University Chaplain and Shea Thompson, STH Graduate Student and Graduate Assistant at Marsh Chapel. They are at a book event for "The Charm of the Chapel"

The Charm of Marsh Chapel

Photo: Sophie Wilhelm (2nd year PhD in CAS) presents to the classes. Students from professor Stephanie Nelson’s CL 791 class and professor Becky Martin’s AH 533 class gather in the MFA’s George D. and Margo Behrakis Wing

Pots and Plays

Photo: A stage with four people sitting on red chairs. James McCarty, an STH clinical assistant professor of religion and conflict transformation (from left), moderates a panel discussion with speakers Emilie Townes, STH’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Religion & Black Studies, Shively T. J. Smith, an STH associate professor of New Testament, and Nancy Harrowitz, director of BU’s Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies

Celebrating BU’s Shared Values

Photo: A black-and-white photo of Boston University's Senior and Alumni Breakfast on Marsh Plaza in 1953.

Flashback Friday: Senior Breakfast 1953

Photo: BU Roller Hockey celebrating their national championship win

Winner’s Circle: BU’s Roller Hockey Club

Photo: CAS professor Lawson Anderson, (left) and Dorsa Mohammadi (CAS’27) look on while Katherine Guo (CAS’27), right, poses for a photo with a replica of a saber tooth tiger in Anderson’s office.

Touching the Past

Photo: Three models, one at point and two behind her, strut on the runway at a BU Fashion & Retail Fashion show event

BU Fashion & Retail Association Spring 2026 Fashion Show

Photo: A group of white folks on stage at a summit hosted at BU. Dr. Abraham Glasser, from left, Adam Munder, Wheelock associate professor of Deaf education Naomi Caselli, Dr. Maartje De Meulder, and Thomas Horejes, Ph.D., CDI, take part in a part in a panel, "Ethics: Where Does it Stop?," about ethical boundaries and who carries responsibility when sign language AI systems are deployed at scale during a two-day summit, SLxAI, hosted at Metcalf Trustee Center April 16.

BU Wheelock Hosts SLxAI Summit

Photo: A group of students sit around a common room table to discuss study abroad at BU

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