Boston University

Scene at BU

Photo of Maria Erb, Director of the Newbury Center, takes to the podium during the grand opening and open house at the Newbury Center September 3 in Marsh Plaza. In the foreground, two students student, one has a red t-shirt on, other people sit to the right of the podium.

Newbury Center Grand Opening

Photo of Beverly Bruno (SAR’22), president of Minority Connection Initiative and Malika Kounkourou (CAS’22), with the blue mask, embracing at a gathering in remembrance of Kendall Castañeda (CAS'21), who died on August 22. A photo of Castañeda is seen on an easel at left. Other students are seen behind the friends.

Remembering Kendall Castañeda (CAS’21)

Students (from left to right) Sarah Herpst, Olivia Voelkel, and Matthew Agri speak with Colonel (Retired) T. L. Dilliplane, Ph. D. during the ROTC barbecue. Dilliplane wears a light blue button down and bright blue pants, and the student in the front wears a black backpack. A tent is seen in the background.

Army ROTC Welcome Back BBQ

Photo of Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius, wearing a dress and a face mask, giving an elbow bump to a student on stage, during the Menino Scholars and Community Service Awards event, held August 31, 2021 at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. President Brown is seen at left in a black face mask.

2021 Menino Scholars and Boston Public Schools Community Service Awards

Photo of Jake Dietiker (Questrom’25), from left, Victor Verma (CAS’25), and Jeremy Gay (COM’25), playing spike ball on BU Beach August 30. They all wear bright yellow shirts and Verma reaches up to spike the small yellow ball as the others look on, Behind them, students sit in the grass or walk by.

Fun on the (BU) Beach

Photo of (Left to right) Joe D’Innocenzo (ENG 25) Derek Dong (QST 25), Kaylee Sanderson (QST 25) and Maddie Beery (QST 25) playing cornhole at the Terrier Tailgate on Sunday, August 29, 2021. Dong throws a blue sand bag towards the opposing whole. The students wear red shirts with terriers on them.

Freshmen Just Want to Have Fun

Members of the Boston University Class of 2025 walk past Marsh Chapel on Commonwealth Ave towards their Matriculation Ceremony at Agganis Arena.

Beginning: Four Years of Learning, Growth

Photo of Kayleigha Zawacki (CFA’14,MFA’21) stands in the middle of her installation "Panthera tigris,” a 360 degree immersive mixed media experience on view at the Joan and Edgar Booth Theatre. Zawacki crosses her arms across her chest, and wears a crimson sweater. Around her are swirling lights and a neon figure of a tiger.

Panthera tigris

Photo of Allie Richter (COM’25), at center in stripes, with several other FYSOP students, working together to organize workbooks for grades one through five for easy access for teachers at Mather Elementary in Dorchester August 25. Everyone wears a face mask and you can send colorful elementary school decorations on the wall behind them.

Elementary Volunteering, FYSOP-Style

State Rep. Liz Miranda, 2021 FYSOP Speaker

Photo of SAR clinical associate professor Lee Marinko, at left, in a red and white sweater, and Nikita Chou (SAR’24), center, sits on a physical therapy table, and Dominick Farino (SAR’24), who raises Chou’s arm. Each person wears a face mask. Chou and Farino look towards Marinko as she explains something.

Where Does It Hurt?

Photo of students rolling bright yellow moving bins in opposite directions along Commonwealth Ave on Transition Day Move in on campus August 16, 2021.

What Does This Mean?

Photo of Chris Tavares of BU Facilities Management and Operations watering some flowers. Another facilities worker in blue and black stands in the foreground with a red shovel in his hand.

Tending the Flower Bed

Photo of Lily Rauh in her blue and silver figure skating competition outfit with skates and her first place medal on. She smiles as he stands in front of a black curtain.

Going for Gold

Photo of BU School of Medicine’s White Coat Ceremony on the Talbot Green August 2. In the front row, Austen Mauch, from left, Nisha Mathur, Saaz Mantri, Avni Madhani, and Kendra Lujan stand and receive their white coats. Behind them, staff and/or others receiving their coats are seen. They stand underneath a white tent on a stage on Talbot green.

MED White Coat Ceremony

Photo of Andres Lopez, at right, wearing a white and black striped shirt and black pants, sketches a skeleton that hangs to his left, as part of Drawing 1 class held by CFA. Lopez’s sketch pad rests on a large blue easel, other easels can be seen in the classroom in the background.

Class of One

Photo of three-year-old golden doodle Joy, sitting in the lap of her owner Cora Lu, left, who wears overalls, and works as a campus minister at Navigators, as she chats with Zoe Rice (CGS’22), who holds a drink in her hands, on July 14 on BU Beach.

Doodling on the Beach

Marian Karam (ENG’22) studies for her Organic Chem1 final June 30, in Mugar Library. She draws chemical bonds on a whiteboard. She wears a black face mask, black sweatshirt and has shoulder length hair.

Finals Prep

Photo taken through the glass door of a practice room in which Minyung Suh (CFA 22) practices the cello on Monday, July 19, 2021. The outside hallway is dark. Suh wears a white face mask, blue hoodie and jeans.

Practice=Better

Photo of Collection site specialists Jack Cafferty, left, and Zach Cabrera, both UMass Amherst students, relaxing in the Booth Theater lobby July 20 before heading over to 808 Commonwealth Ave for their shift at the texting site there. The space has large ceilings with glass windows that show the sidewalk and gardens outside; the students recline on the large gray couches in the lobby.

Summertime and the Livin’ Is…