Boston University

Scene at BU

Photo: Students line up on a street at booths featuring free stickers, gear, and knick knacks as they laugh and smile on a sunny day.

First-Ever Comm Ave Fest

Photo: A large crowd of first year students and dean of students Jason Campbell-Foster parade up Commonwealth Ave. The dean of students wears sunglasses and a red ceremonial robe as he walks with a crowd of cheering, smiling students.

Matriculation 2023: A Sunny and Special September Sunday

Photo: Two college students kneel and clean up trash in a forest-y, wooded area. They wear light blue shirts that read "FYSOP" and gardening gloves and hold black trash bags.

A Revamped FYSOP

Photo: Boston City Councilor Sharon Durkan, a white woman with long blonde hair and wearing a white blouse and tweed blazer, speaks on stage into a mic. She stands behind a wooden podium with a red sign that reads "Boston University" and speaks to students in the audience.

FYSOP 2023 Opening Ceremony

Photo: A pedestrian is shown passing by two buildings. Shot is taken in alley between two buildings and highlights the shadows and sun of the buildings.

Canyons in the City?

Photo: Eleventh graders David Luo (center), and Yareh Constant, both look closely at a laptop screen. A young tan boy (left) and a young Black boy look intently at a laptop screen as they sit at a long, white table. Other young teens can be seen looking at various laptop screens as they sit along the table as well.

BU’s First-Ever Biology and Machine Learning Hackathon

Photo: Five people stand together with arms across each other's shoulders for a group photo. They stand on a city sidewalk underneath a large, brightly lit theater marquee that reads "Sean Hayes; Good Night, Oscar".

Terriers on the Great White Way

Photo: A young, white man lies out and relaxes in a beach chair. He is topless and wears swim trunks and sunglasses. The tattoo on his arm reads "Usque Ad Finem".

Brainstorming on the Beach

Photo: Three college students in white lab coats and goggles gather around a test tube burner apparatus and perform a chemistry experiment

The Power of Chemistry

Photo: A meeting room with a powerpoint presentation and four speakers--from left to right, a woman with short curly hair, a woman with straight brown hair, and woman with her hair pulled back, and a man with short hair near the podium. In the middle, an older man with a suit stands and addresses the crowd. The audience is scattered across the seats available.

SPH Briefing on Capitol Hill

Photo: Jaysri So, a tan, ten-year old child with straight, brown hair and wearing a white tank top, smiles as they hold up a alrge fake sword against another student attacking with a similar fake sword.

Learning to Parry?

Photo: Two young women sit in large wooden grey and red lawn chairs. They look towards each other as they lounge and chat.

Exploring the Charles River Campus

Photo: Several petri dishes, each filled with groups of various multi-colored beads, are shown on top of a white table. A small hand can be seen grabbing a few beads and a half-assembled bead bracelet can be seen next to the hand.

Wearable Microbiomes?

Photo: A person sits in a chair with a large array of windows with cityscape behind them.Johana Chaparro (Wheelock’25) enjoys the view from one of the upper floor study areas in CDS on June 29, 2023. Photo by Cydney Scott

View from (Close to) the Top

Photo: A young white man wearing clear plastic safety glasses, a red and black shirt with the name "Jack" printed on it, black shorts, and blue medical gloves bends and looks at a large band saw in front of him. Behind him, other mechanical items in a lab can be seen.

Jack of All Trades?

Photo: Overhead shot of two young women working on paintings. The white woman on the left wears a black sleeveless shirt as she works and the perosn on the rioght wears a white tank top and grey cap as they work on a nature scene.

Light and Colour, Peace and Hope

Photo: Henry Di, an Asian young man wearing a light blue, yellow, and white triped shirt and grey shorts, prepares himself to stand up from a short stool during a lab exercise. He sits with one leg held straight in front of him and arms out for balance. To his right, Clinical assistant professor Sorcha Martin, a white woman with long brown-blonde hair and wearing a green shirt and black pants, guides him with a hand on his back as she instructs other student onlookers.

Learning to Stand?

Photo: A few individuals dance to the Cha Cha slide of a grassy field. Two of the individuals in the forefront of the photo are (from left) a white man with a dark tshirt and jeans. He has floppy brown hair. On his right, his roommate, a Black man with a white button up and lighter pants smiles and dances with him.

Juneteenth 2023—BBQ and Fun

Photo: The sun is setting behind the BU Center of Data Sciences building as a Red Sox game takes place at Fenway park in the foreground. Buildings and scene are shown in shadow as a golden sun set illuminates the scene. The baseball stadium is also lit from within by the stadium lights.

A Winning Shot

Photo: A young woman sitting on a large green ottoman looks down as she studies. A tablet with an image of the human anatomy is shown and a figure of a skeleton hand is placed in front of her, as well as a water bottle, headphone case, and markers.

Gross Anatomy