Boston University

Scene at BU

Aerial photo of 7/20/21 members of the BU women’s basketball team, including Riley Childs (COM’22) small forward, from left, Annabelle Larnard (Questrom’23), guard/forward, Emily Esposito (COM’22), guard, and Liz Shean (COM’23), guard, chat on Nickerson Field while working on their summer term class work July 20. The grass is greenish yellow, and there is a row of pink and white flowers in front of them.

Between the Raindrops

Photo taken on BU beach of a bunny in the grass by a bush along the base of Marsh Chapel.

Waiting for Class?

BU student Kylie Graves attends a virtual class while am Golden from J.P. Cronin Construction removes COVID-19 pandemic-related signage at the Boston University George Sherman Union.

A Good Sign

Anna Hohler, Harrison Bane, James Terwilliger, Karen Antman, Sanjay Shetty, and Frank Pomposelli cut a ribbon at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center sympbolizing the start of a 5 year agreement adding St. Elizabeth's as a training hospital for the Boston University School of Medicine.

A New Partnership

A Different Kind of CuPID

Marsh Plaza and BU Beach viewed form the seventh floor of Photonics. Two people seen in silhouette walk underneath one of the arches, and a shiny, metal sculpture is seen on the BU beach lawn. It is bright, sunny and summery.

Point Counterpoint on the Beach

Kyle (Haoxuan) Yan (ENG’23) sets up an experiment to measure resistance on June 19, 2021. He wears glasses and a blue face mask and works with some wires. The shot is taken from slightly below with some machinery in the foreground.

EPIC Experiment

Photo of central campus at dusk June 29, looking towards Marsh Plaza from across Comm Ave. Cars race by and a small pink cloud is seen in the sky.

Magic on Comm Ave

Photo og Ph.D. Student, Alice Staro, at left, observing Ryan Guthrie (CAS’22) while she assists Staro with her work in the FitzGerald Lab in the Stone Science Building June 17. The two were working with a core of sedimentation from a marsh on Amelia Island, FL that is between two parallel pieces of wood, one of which has a measuring tape attached to it. Both researchers wear blue face masks.

Studying Marsh Sediment

Photo of Joy Winbourne, a post doc from Lucy Hutyras’ lab, checking in on and collecting data from a tree located on BU Beach on June 16. She wears a gray sweater and adjusts something on a gray box that hangs on a tree. Behind her, a large silver sculpture shines in the sun.

Check-up for Trees on the BU Beach

Photo of Dean Kenneth Elmore speaking during a freshman orientation broadcast live from the GSU June 16. He stands on a stage next to a pile of BU swag, including few BU pillows, backpack, flag, and stuffed animals. A banner behind reads “Boston University 2025.” Elmore wears black jeans, converse, and a juneteenth flag shirt that reads “Jubilee!”

A Slightly Different Freshman Orientation

Aerial photo of a bunch of hands reaching in towards the middle of a group of plant pots as students plant kale and spinach seedlings.

New Herb Garden at Warren

Photo of people walking down Comm Ave on a rainy day

A Rainy Return

Photo of the new MBTA Amory Street Station taking shape. At the center of the photo is a green, rusted pipe, that is blurred; on either side, are white, shelter structures. The sky is light blue with a few white puffy clouds.

In Progress: New MBTA Amory Street Station

Photo of Hana Lee (CAS’22), sitting on an adjustable lab stool on wheels, with blue gloves and a gray face mask, using equipment with wires and sticky patches attached to her leg to record her patellar reflex response while her lab mates zoom in during professor Angela Seliga’s Physiology lab. Lee looks at the computer screen as she holds the equipment.

Testing Reflexes

Photo taken from behind the podium and stage as Kenneth Elmore delivers the keynote address during the BU Academy graduation. In the stands in front of him, graduates in red caps and gowns and face masks watch Elmore as he speaks.

Two BUA Grad Ceremonies

Photo of a group of students, some masked, other unmasked, sitting outside on BU beach in colorful Adirondack chairs. In the foreground, a bright green tree is seen and the day looks sunny and bright.

Sunny Beach Day

Photo of Jan Block (COM’23), sitting at a social distant desk in the GSU, wearing a face mask and looking at his laptop as he attends his Summer Term 1 global health class virtually from the GSU on May 27.

Summer Studies

Photo of a person, seen in silhouette, on a scissor lift using an electric screwdriver, to hanging fins on the Rajen Kilachand Center.

Spring Spruce-up

Photo of strength and conditioning coaches Massimo Gioffre, Sam Greenfield, Chris Fucillo and Claire Sporer play a game of spike ball on Nickerson field on May 13, 2021. Claire, who wears a red shirt and shorts, reaches up to spike the ball to her partner. The others wear BU athletics gear, like sweatshirts, t-shirts and shorts with the BU logos.

Spikeball on Nickerson