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Photo: Fireworks going off on the Fourth of July

Happy Fourth of July

Photo: Two men, one on a bike, as viewed from a tall window

Framing Campus Life

Photo: 6/26/25 -- Boston , Massachusetts Cameron Dumaine, expert mechanic with on demand bike repair business Nemo, works on Dr Maria Mesalles’ bike during a MED campus bike clinic June 26. Inspections, adjustments, alignments and oiling of bike components were open to faculty, staff, and students on Medical campus and employees at BMC. Mesalles is an internist at BMC. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

What’s the Prognosis, Doctor?

Photo: A girl working on a sculpture in a BU class

A Tough Decision

Photo: Students enjoying an ice cream social

Who Doesn’t Love a Make-Your-Own-Sundae Break?

Photo: A woman doing a charcoal sketch of skulls in a still life drawing in a BU art class

A Still Life in Charcoal

Photo: A woman on the left paints her canvas sitting across from a friend who is wearing a red shirt as he smiles at her.

Summertime and the Living…

Photo: Two people sititng on a bench at BU Beach

What to Do on a Bright, Bright Sunshiny Day?

Photo: Three people posing for a photo, featuring Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (left) with Susan Fournier, Allen Questrom Professor and Dean of the Questrom School of Business, and Dart Adams, journalist and author, during the City of Boston’s Civic Summit 2025

BU Hosts City of Boston Civic Summit 2025

Photo: A man who works for BU gardening around campus.

Spring Has Sprung

5/30/25 -- Boston, MA, USABU President Melissa Gilliam, at right, at a panel discussion "Higher Ed Today" with Danielle Holley President, Mount Holyoke College, center, during The WBUR Festival May 30 at CFA. The panel was moderated by Evan Smith, a senior advisor at Emerson Collective. The three day festival features numerous speakers, panel discussions, and a live podcast of the popular NPR show "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" Other speakers include cookbook author and television host Ina Garten, Jefffrey Goldberg, editor of "The Atlantic," and Ira Glass, host of the weekly radio show "This American Life."Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

Celebrating WBUR’s First 75 Years

Photo: Five people standing in front of a back drop that says "Connecting Talent with Opportunity" on a stage with a podium that says "Boston University"

CDS Wage Equity Event

Class of 2025 First-Gen Grads Honored at Pinning Ceremony

Photo: A wide shot of Dr. Melissa Gilliam at a podium in graduate regalia speaking to undergrads in red graduation regalia.

BU President Gilliam to BUA Grads: “You Are Graduating at a Remarkable Moment in Human History”

Photo: A group shot of BU undergrads in their graduation regalia.

Umoja’s Rites of Passage Ceremony

Photo: A female BU student walking across a stage as she receives a Luz y Exito serape

2025 Luz y Exito Serape Stole Ceremony

Photo: Two students pointing at each other in a crowd during BU's Commencement

Let the Festivities Begin

Photo: A woman with straight, dark hair speaking behind a podium that says "Boston University" wearing a lavender-colored sash and with a bunch of lavender next to the podium

4th Annual Lavender Ceremony: Celebrating BU’s Graduating LGBTQIA+ Students

Photo: BU Softball team poses for a photo after winning the Patriot League Championship in 2025

They Did It—Again! Terriers: 2025 Patriot League Champs

Photo: A student riding a bull during a Senior Week celebration

BU Beach or Canobie Lake Park?