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Photo: A large crowd of students at a BU election watch party

Election 2024 Watch Party

Photo: A picture of a female student pouring marinara on arancini while a man watches her

Taste of Hospitality, SHA-Style

Photo: A large audience sits at round tables to watch a lecturer at a podium give a talk about AI drug discovery

AI for Drug Discovery Innovation Forum

Photo: A picture of a pumpkin falling to the ground during BU's annual Pumpkin Drop

World- (or at Least BU-) Famous Pumpkin Drop

Photo: Two colege student MC's hold microphones under a large blue banner reading "IDEA Con 2024"

IDEA Con 2024

Photo: Elementary students work with college students on a STEM experiment project

5th and 6th Graders Visit BU for 2024 Stem Week

Photo: A picture of people in US Army uniforms marching in front of a stage that has a podium on it with "Boston University" on the front

42nd Annual BU Joint Service Presidential Pass-in-Review

Photo: A group of students hit a coordinated dance move at a BU performance, MOTION ART.

BU MOTION ART 2024

Jeremy Yu (MET’25), left, and Andy Zheng (MET’25) work together on an accounting assignment on the COM lawn Sept 13. Photo by Cydney Scott

Is It Really Fall?

Photo: A picture of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu in a long, indigo dress speaking in front of a group of people. She is standing in front of a seated crowd and holding a microphone

Empowering Women to Action

Gareth Dylan Smith, CFA Assistant Professor of Music, delivered a drum solo in Stone Gallery, coinciding with the exhibit "1998." This exhibit features striking photographs by Laurie Simmons. Photo by Tenay Mathis (COM’26)

1998—a Very Good Year

Photo: A wide shot of a town hall at Boston University with many people sitting in a crowd. BU President Dr. Melissa L. Gilliam is onstage in front of a projector screen

Fall 2024 President’s Town Hall

Photo: A man in a suit standing in front of a crowd and pointing towards someone to answer their question. Behind him is a projector screen with a picture of students on it

BU Academy State of the School Address

Photo: Students making bouquets of flowers at a station with various LGBTQIA+ flags behind them

Celebrating National Coming Out Day

Photo: A picture of a student crossing a street lined with colorful, autumnal trees on BU's campus

Not Your Usual Comm Ave

Photo: Tents and bins outside of a red brick building. The tent says "BU Sustainability" and a sign nearby says "Shred & Recycle Event." There are people gathered and a man pushing a cart with electronic equipment towards the tent

BU’s Annual Fall Shred + Recycle Event

Photo: Amit Yadav, a young man with a white jacket and gray pants, checks out the Howard Thurman Center’s new Lending Library

Howard Thurman Center’s New Lending Library

Photo: The LBGTQIA+ Student Resource Center with many people celerbating the kickoff of LGBTQIA+ History Month. There are several couches and arm chairs in the foreground that people are sitting at and chatting with one another, with others standing in the back by tables

LGBTQIA+ History Month Kickoff

Photo: The exterior of Boston University's Alfred L. Morse Auditorium. The building is made of stone and covered in autumnal colored foliage, with many people gathered around its steps and along the street

Fall at Morse

Photo: Sailboats on the Charles River in Boston on a sunny day

Sailing on the Charles

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