Boston University

Scene at BU

Photo of Charlestown High School senior Chakaiya Harrison (center), a Menino Scholar and Charlestown High School’s Class of 2022 school's salutatorian, doing quick dance with her friends, Kaemani Hammonds, left, and Marley Gustama on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 before or after the ceremony. The students pictured are all young people of color and they wear bright blue caps and gowns as they smile and laugh together.

2022 Charlestown H.S. Graduation

Photo of a bright green bobcat machine and a larger, yellow machine with a large roller hanging off an arm, traversing Nickerson field. Large rolls of the astroturf being pulled off can be seen running North-South up the field. In the foreground, the gray bleachers of Nickerson are seen.

Nickerson Gets a Turf-lift

Photo taken from behind students seated at easels as they participate in an Introduction to Drawing class at CFA on June 7, 2022. The are back lit and are seen in silhouette. On a white wall in front of them, large black and white geometric drawings are seen. A white-ish blue box is seen in the left foreground.

Summer Drawing Class

Composite image, three photos of students at BU's Juneteenth celebration. At top, a wide photo of students sitting in the GSU courtyard on picnic blankets and talking to one another. At bottom, left: Sabah Choudhury (CAS’24), at left, and Ekta Karkala (CAS’24) lay on a red and white checkered picnic blanket and smile for the camera. Both are young women of color with long dark hair. At bottom right,

Juneteenth Celebration Cookout

Photo of Young Chan Cho (ENG’24), left, and Jung Won “Ed” Park (ENG’24) during an electrical engineering lab called Thevenin Equivalence Oscilloscopes in Photonics June 15. Cho is a young AAPI man and wears a black t-shirt and holds two wires in his hand as he looks across the table towards Park. Park wears a gray button down with rolled up sleeves and clear glasses and types at his laptop as he looks towards Cho. other students working on the lab can be seen behind him.

Summer Lab

Photo of a diverse of students, most of them women, taking a selfie behind a large blue picnic blanket. The women smile as a student of color holds up her phone to take the selfie. The grass of the park is bright green and British houses and a large tree can be seen in the background.

CGS London Students Visit Bletchley Park

Photo of 4 incoming students playing Uno with a set of giant Uno cards. They sit around a round wooden table as they laugh and hold the giant cards in their hands. A draw pile of cards can be seen in the middle of the table.

Orientation Fun and Games

Photo of a brown falcon flying in the sky. A blurry cityscape can be seen in the distance.

The Fastest Bird on Earth

Photo of Alex Geourntas, Interim City Clerk at City of Boston, swearing in Sandro Galea (left), a Latino man wearing a navy suit and raising his right arm, and Greg Wilmot, a tall Black man wearing a navy turtleneck and black blazer and pants who is also raising his right arm, at Boston City Hall on June 3.

SPH Dean Sandro Galea New Boston Board of Health Chair

Photo of ROTC cadets sitting in pews wearing dark olive green uniform tops and grey slacks. One woman in the middle wears navy slacks. They smile and pose for the camera. Two in the front row reach over a cadet in the middle and shake hands.

Newest BU Army ROTC Second Lieutenants

Photo of a line of young, Boston University Academy students fist-pumping their teachers and school staff as they process into their graduation. They a diverse group that wears red caps and gowns with gold tassels. The floor has a geometric tile pattern and the hallway is lit with yellow-ish light.

BUA Commencement

Provost Jean Morrison Honored by Alma Mater

Photo of Ethan Strauther taking a selfie with his friends during the end of the UMOJA induction ceremony. A young black man holds up a cellphone and a large group of Black students crowd around him to be a part of the photo. All wear red graduation gowns and black sashes with Kente stripes. A few students also wear black caps.

Umoja 2022 Rites of Passage

Photo of Oscar Zaysas, left, and Kelsey Russell, at the May 20 BU Posse Graduation Ceremony at Booth Theater. Russel holds up a pink phone as she and Zaysas take a selfie together. Both wear red graduation gowns and blue sashes as they smile towards her phone.

BU Posse Grads Celebrate

Photo of Charlotte Beatty, from left, Shaina Evans, Jessica Zheng, Kelsey Brown, Conor Kelley, Pedro Henrique De Barcellos Junqueira, Mira Elzanaty, and Sebastian Porreca on the seal in Marsh Plaza. All where red gowns and black caps as they shout in joy as Evans and Porreca shower the group in freshly popped champagne.

Commencement’s Most Important Photo Op?

Photo taken of red and white confetti canons going off at the end of commencement. Graduates can be seen on on the field in their red gowns and black mortarboards, and the jumbotron is seen at left.

Festivity Abounds on Nickerson

Photo of 3 young men sitting at a table and posing for a photo together. They all wear t shirts and smile together. The man in the middle has his arms around the guys on either side of him. The two on the right wear sunglasses and the one on the far right holds up a peace sign.

Barbecue on the Beach

Photo of Faculty, staff and students participating in a vigil in honor of the Buffalo shooting victims in Marsh Plaza. They stand in half circle around a small while table where someone stands and speak to the crowd. A few people wearing red gowns can be seen in the distant background.

Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Buffalo

Photo of Boston city councillor Kenzie Bok, left, with mural artist Zora Che (CAS’22), standing in front of Che's mural honoring BU alum Priscilla Fairfield Bok on May 13 in CAS. Bok, a middle aged white woman with brown hair, wears a blue formal jacket and smiles. Che is a young AAPI woman with long black hair who wears a pale green dress, square dangling earrings, and smiles. The mural is on a blue teal wall, and features and image of Priscilla Fairfield Bok with a telescope that appears to project an image of the milky way.

Hidden HERstories: Priscilla Fairfield Bok (CAS 1917)

Photo of four This I Believe student speakers standing in front of the altar at Marsh Chapel: Kendall Lowe (CAS'22), Yeeun Jang (CAS'22, Anna Jensen (CAS'22), and Chloe McLaughlin (STH'22). Lowe is a young, Black woman with long braids, who smiles, clasps her hands and wears a tan dress. Jang is a young AAPI woman who wears a black floral dress, has shoulder-length black hair and looks down and smiles. Jensen is a White woman wearing a blue and white floral dress and clasps her hands as she smiles, she has dirty blonde hair. McLaughlin is a White. woman wearing a white dress with polkadots and a floral pattern. She smiles, looks to her right and has shoulder length dirty blonde hair. The brown, wood-carved wall is seen behind them.

This I Believe Sunday