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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

Photo: A group shot of BU students at the International Council on Hotel getting inducted into the school of hospitality

SHA Students Inducted into ICHRIE Honor Society

Photo: Three people sit on a panel with a projection behind them as they talk to a crowd

How Transit Enriches a City

Photo: A wideshot of Marsh Chapel while a choir performs in their dress blacks

The Poet Speaks: American Scenes

Photo: Pardee faculty smiling and posing outside of the Pardee building while wearing Boston University merch

Celebrating Spirit Day

Photo: A black-and-white photograph of the members of BU's College of Liberal Arts Class of 1897 gathering in Boston for a reunion in 1950

Flashback Friday: Hats Off to Women for International Women’s Day

Photo: Gabrielle Carp (CAS’29) (left) and Anoushka Faith (CFA’29) making hamantaschen, a tradition for Purim, at BU Hillel

Hamantaschen—a Purim Tradition

Photo: Edge Dance Company performed their show "Breaking Bounds 2026"

Breaking Bounds 2026: Edge Dance Company’s Annual Showcase

Photo: President Melissa Gilliam (from left) led a discussion with BU alumni association president and the Chief of the Programmatics and Operations Branch at the Artemis Campaign Jenny Gruber (ENG’99,’99), NASA astronaut Bob Hines (ENG’97), and STH Dean Dr. G. Sujin Pak during the Boston University Common Read discussion around Samantha Harvey's "Orbital” Feb 25 at Tsai Center.

BU Common Read Discussion: Orbital, by Samantha Harvey

Photo: Two people wearing silly large glasses get their photo taken at a celebration event

LGBTQIA+ Student Resource Center 2nd Birthday Celebration

Photo: A group of men inspect a "hovercraft" in a BU lab in 1969

Flashback Friday: Aerodynamics Lab, 1969-Style

Photo: Three women standing on stage with their hands clasped and raised over their heads. Grace Experience (left) as Arsha, Sarah Corey as Zabel Yessayan, and June Baboian as Digeen Dussap in a scene from Boston Playwright’s production of Zabel in Exile by R.N. Sandberg

World Premiere of Zabel in Exile at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre

Photo; Above, Lauren Arguilla (ENG’29) (center) talks about her work in the iCaMP program. The event was organized by the BPS Mentoring Department and BU’s Government & Community Affairs office.

Career Exploration Day, a Boston Public Schools/BU Collaboration

Photo: A Chinese New Year event at Boston University

Chinese Lunar New Year Gala: Year of the Horse

Photo: An image of Archaeology Professor Wade Campbell as he bends over tree strips, dating their rings

Dendrochronology in the Navajo Nation Chuska Mountains

Photo: A black-and-white photograph of the construction of Warren Towers on Boston University's campus

Flashback Friday: An Embryonic Warren Towers, 1965