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Photo: Amit Yadav, a young man with a white jacket and gray pants, checks out the Howard Thurman Center’s new Lending Library

Howard Thurman Center’s New Lending Library

Photo: The LBGTQIA+ Student Resource Center with many people celerbating the kickoff of LGBTQIA+ History Month. There are several couches and arm chairs in the foreground that people are sitting at and chatting with one another, with others standing in the back by tables

LGBTQIA+ History Month Kickoff

Photo: The exterior of Boston University's Alfred L. Morse Auditorium. The building is made of stone and covered in autumnal colored foliage, with many people gathered around its steps and along the street

Fall at Morse

Photo: Sailboats on the Charles River in Boston on a sunny day

Sailing on the Charles

Photo: “The Noble Journey,” a sculpture by Sculptor Nancy Schön, at the steps of St. Leonard Church in The North End. The sculpture looks like many sets of footprints engraved on the ground

Dedication of The Noble Journey, by Nancy Schön (DGE’48)

Photo: Melissa Gilliam, a black woman with short dark hair wearing a Red Sox jersey throws the ceremonial first pitch at a recent Red Sox game night honoring Boston University

BU Night at Fenway Park

Photo: Exterior shot of BU's Center for Data Sciences, a jenga shaped glass building that stands tall in the Boston Skyline on a sunny day as cars drive by on Commonwealth ave

BU CDS: Best Tall Building of the Americas

Photo: A group of college students holding plates with lobsters on them

A BU Tradition: Lobster Night 2024

Photo: Sophia Caffrey (left) (COM 25) and Kayla Lok (COM 27) take a selfie with President Melissa Gilliam during BU Night at Time Out Market on September 23, 2024. The evening was for students to meet President Gilliam, this indoor “block party” will featured music from a jazz combo of BU students, free swag, and discounted food and drinks for students.Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University Photography

Inaugural Festivities: BU Night at Time Out Market

Photo: People milling around a large jet engine which was created by the GE Aerospace BU recruiting team. The jet engine sits on a a large display in a back corner alley.

GE’s LEAP Jet Engine Visits BU

Photo: Many people cutting a red ribbon unveiling the newly renovated Boston University Campus Store at 910 Commonwealth Ave, including BU President Melissa Gilliam and BU mascot Rhett

Celebrating the Newly Renovated Boston University Campus Store

Photo: BU President Dr. Gilliam (second from left) in conversation with BUA students and Head of School Chris Kolovos.

President Gilliam Meets with BU Academy Students, Head

Photo: A picture of four pairs of dancers each embracing in a dipped pose in front of a projector screen that says "Latinx Heritage Month Kickoff"

Latinx Heritage Month Kickoff

Photo: Many students gathered around a woman with a mic, all singing karaoke at the Howard Thurman Center

Howard Thurman Center Hosts Black Community Reception

Photo: BU President Melissa L. Gilliam, a black woman with short hair wearing a patterned dress, (left) meets with House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, a white woman with shoulder length hair wearing a blue suit, (D-MA) during a visit to Washington, D.C

BU President Melissa L. Gilliam Visits Capitol Hill

Photo: Boston University’s Fitness & Recreation Center leads yoga on the BU Beach as part of Weeks of Welcome.

WOW: BU Beach Yoga

Photo: Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey (right) addresses the crowd while, Boston University President, Melissa L. Gilliam (left) looks on with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on during the 2024 Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers at the Center for Computing and Data Sciences

BU Hosts 2024 Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers

Photo: A picture of two fencers at SPLASH, Boston University's Student Activities Fair, sparring on an open field

Lunge, Parry, Feint, Riposte…

Photo: Two students sitting on a light swing at nighttime during Boston University's Night of Lights.

Lighting Up the Night

Photo: Dylan Briggs of Jack’s Services washes the windows of the CDS building

It Isn’t Raining Rain, You Know