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Maria Molteni (CFA’06, center) discusses her immersive work “Counting to Infinity/Sweeping Stars (Contando All’infinito/Stelle Scopa) at the opening for Figure, Character, Sign, an exhibit celebrating more than 20 years of BU’s Venice Studio Arts program. The show, co-curated by Dana Clancy, director of the College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts and Mary Yang, CFA assistant professor of art, graphic design, is on view at A plus A Gallery in Venice, Italy through August 19. Molteni’s work includes her design for the Italian card game Scopa, along with her drawings and traditional Venetian brooms made for the show. The work includes Molteni's own design for the Italian card game Scopa along with her drawings and traditional Venetian brooms made for the show. Among those present at the July 30 Photo by Jay Elle

“Counting to Infinity”

Photo of Raina Wu, 12, left, and Cindy Jin, 12, right, sigh with relief after their robot Marshmallow successfully performs a series of tasks after being programmed by the two along with their teammate Hailey Duan, 12, not pictured, in the U-Design Robo-Alley workshop at Photonics July 21. Jin kneels by the small gray and white robot that almost looks like it was built from legos in classroom; she is a young AAPI girl, and wears a white t-shirt, shorts, and a blue face mask. Wu, at left, smiles and claps her hands; she also sits on the ground. Wu is a young AAPI girl with long brown hair, a blue t-shirt, blue shorts, and sneakers on. Other students in the class are standing in the background, clapping.

U-Design Robo-Alley Workshop

7/27/22 -- Brookline, Massachusetts Madeline Jones (CAS’24) relaxes with an easy read on BU Beach July 27. Jones is on campus taking chemistry courses, so she welcomed the break provided by the classic fantasy novel. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

Beach Day

7/27/22 -- Brookline, Massachusetts Gosso Park (ENG’25) works to assemble is 3d printed drone in the Engineering Product Innovation Center (EPIC) July 27. Park is here for the summer taking classes, but said his time spent at EPIC building things is for fun. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

Fun at EPIC

Photo of Erin Mahoney (CAS'24) posing during group dance "Daily News." Four students stand below her and hold Erin up as she poses lying flat on her stomach as she holds up a newspaper. The group stands in front of a colorful mural and green trees.

“Daily News”

A mural is being painted outside of BUA gym on July 19, 2022. Recen BUA graduate Sitarah Lakhani conceived of this project in her sophomore year at BUA. The mural is a collaboration between Sitarah, BUA, the BU Arts Initiative, and artist Amanda Hill. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University

New Mural on Campus

Caitlin Weimar (COM'24) high fives with London Herdricks after she score a two-point shot. BU Athletics and Government & Community Affairs are hosting a two-day sports camp (July 26 and 27) for approximately 60 kids from Boston Centers for Youth and Families. BU has hosted the camp for a number of years, but had to cancel it the last two years due to the pandemic. The purpose of this two-day long camp is to offer younger kids an oppertunity to use world-class athletic facilities and a chance to visit college campus during the same time. July 26th. Photo by Ziyu (Julian) Zhu (CGS'23)

BU Athletics and Government & Community Affairs Sports Camp

Photo of High school junior Jose Pinto of East Boston painting a still life at CFA’s Visual Arts Summer Institute (VASI) July 12. In the photo, an apple with two slices laying on the cutting board next to it, is seen blurred in the foreground. The apple is red with orange and yellow streaks. Pinto, a young person of color, has short curly hair, and looks intensely at the apple while holding a green paintbrush to the easel in front of him. Other students can be seen painting and doing other art projects in the classroom behind him.

Apple’s-Eye View

Mayor Michelle Wu Visits Striking Starbucks Workers

Photo of student tour guide Dante Pettinato (CAS'25) talking about on-campus residence options while walking on Bay State Road on July 8th. He wears a gray scallycap, a red Boston University polo shirt, and gray shorts. He speaks into a microphone, and the speaker hangs at his side. The shoulders of masked tour attendees are seen in the foreground. The trees and cars parked on Bay State Road are seen behind him.

If It’s a Tour, It Must Be Summer

Photo of students in BU’s Learn to Sail class, including Chelsea Mattioda (LAW’22), left, and Anna Carr, music accompanist at CFA, launching from the boating pavilion for lessons not he Charles River July 12. Mattioda and Carr both wear blue and green life jackets. Carr takes the front of the small, white boat (a Quest) with a bright green-yellow sail, while Mattioda, her hair in a bun, pushes from the back. The graffiti on the old rail track underneath the BU bridge is seen at left; the Charles at right.

One of Summer’s Best Deals

Photo of Starbucks employees picketing outside of the store location on Comm Ave. on July 18, 2022. They are a mix of genders and appear to come from diverse backgrounds; most of them are youngish people. They hold signs that say "Ask me about our unfair labor practices," "Solidarity with starbucks, workers united, on strike!," "Solidarity with Starbucks workers, fight for a living base wage of $25/hr before tips!" The prudential center is seen in the background, as well as the trees lining comm ave and the thurman center.

Striking Workers at Comm Ave Starbucks on BU Campus

Photo of BU, and the surrounding Boston area, taken from the International Space Station. The Charles River is deep dark blue, and the streets and surrounding houses are mostly gray in color. You can see Nickerson Field and the BU bridge in the image.

Friends in High Places

Photo of the Boston skyline as seen from the BU bridge. The reflective blue and reddish Center for Data Science features prominently at right. Bright green summer trees line the Charles River and the sky is a bit overcast. On the river, a small sunfish sailboat with a yellow-green sail is seen. A sea gull is seen flying at the very top of the photo. Cranes and the Prudential building are seen in the background.

Addition to Boston Skyline

photo of a group of students in MET’s Urban Agricultural class sitting in a circle for a lecture before taking a tour through the Fenway Victory Gardens July 7, 2022. The students wear summer-y clothing and sit on a patch of grass just outside of a garden with a wooden and wire fence.

Summertime and the Learning Is Easy

Photo of Micaelah Morrill of innovate@BU, far right, discusses food insecurity on college campuses and solutions to the problem while Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, left, listens during a WH Hunger Summit District Convening in East Boston July 11. Morrill is a white woman with ear-length curly hair and wears a light blue blazer and clasps her hands as she speaks at the microphone. She and six other people sit at a table with a black tablecloth and mics in front of them. Pressley, who is seen slightly blurred, wears a blue, green and white blouse and sits by herself at a table with a blue tablecloth. Photographers can be seen at the other end of the room.

White House Hunger Summit Listening Session

Photo, taken slightly from above, of Kangbo Li (ENG 22) practicing the piano in the GSU on June 29, 2022. Li is seen in silhouette, the piano is almost completely blacked out in shadow. The photo is essentially black and white. The bricks of the GSU reflect a silvery color.

A Different Animal

Photo of Gillian Minarik (CAS’23), left, and Nadifa Abdi (CAS’23), working through a pKa of indicators lab during CHEM201, Quantitative Analytical Chemistry Laboratory June 28 in Metcalf Science Hall. Minarik is a White woman with blonde hair hold appears to be passing Abdi a pipette. Abdi is a young woman of color wearing a black hijab. Both wear white lab coats, clear safety goggles, face masks, and blue gloves. On the table in front of them, beakers of yellow liquid are seen.

An Experimental Science

photo of David King (BUMC-IT staff), from left, Lourdes Amieva (MET’22), Scott Amico (BUMC-IT staff), and Shaw Hutton (CGS’25) on the Pride Month BBQ event held by BU Dean of Students’ Office at GSU on Friday, June 24, 2022. They sit at a black metal outdoor table, which has a large, rainbow pride flag draped over the front half. At left, King is a young White man who wears a gray Pride flag t-shirt and smiles. Amieva has long brown hair, light skin and wears a floral blouse as she smiles. Amico wears a dark short sleeve button down and glasses and smiles. Hutton wears a gradient blue t-shirt and has short, curly brown hair and smiles wide. Other folks eating outside at the GSU can be seen behind them.

Pride BBQ

Kenneth Elmore stands before a group of his colleagues at a going away party at the Hotel Commonwealth on June 22nd, 2022. Elmore is wearing a dark suit and stands at a podium in a well lit ballroom.

Goodbye to Dean of Students Kenn Elmore