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Photo: Three people posing for a photo, featuring Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (left) with Susan Fournier, Allen Questrom Professor and Dean of the Questrom School of Business, and Dart Adams, journalist and author, during the City of Boston’s Civic Summit 2025

BU Hosts City of Boston Civic Summit 2025

Photo: A man who works for BU gardening around campus.

Spring Has Sprung

5/30/25 -- Boston, MA, USABU President Melissa Gilliam, at right, at a panel discussion "Higher Ed Today" with Danielle Holley President, Mount Holyoke College, center, during The WBUR Festival May 30 at CFA. The panel was moderated by Evan Smith, a senior advisor at Emerson Collective. The three day festival features numerous speakers, panel discussions, and a live podcast of the popular NPR show "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" Other speakers include cookbook author and television host Ina Garten, Jefffrey Goldberg, editor of "The Atlantic," and Ira Glass, host of the weekly radio show "This American Life."Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

Celebrating WBUR’s First 75 Years

Photo: Five people standing in front of a back drop that says "Connecting Talent with Opportunity" on a stage with a podium that says "Boston University"

CDS Wage Equity Event

Class of 2025 First-Gen Grads Honored at Pinning Ceremony

Photo: A wide shot of Dr. Melissa Gilliam at a podium in graduate regalia speaking to undergrads in red graduation regalia.

BU President Gilliam to BUA Grads: “You Are Graduating at a Remarkable Moment in Human History”

Photo: A group shot of BU undergrads in their graduation regalia.

Umoja’s Rites of Passage Ceremony

Photo: A female BU student walking across a stage as she receives a Luz y Exito serape

2025 Luz y Exito Serape Stole Ceremony

Photo: Two students pointing at each other in a crowd during BU's Commencement

Let the Festivities Begin

Photo: A woman with straight, dark hair speaking behind a podium that says "Boston University" wearing a lavender-colored sash and with a bunch of lavender next to the podium

4th Annual Lavender Ceremony: Celebrating BU’s Graduating LGBTQIA+ Students

Photo: BU Softball team poses for a photo after winning the Patriot League Championship in 2025

They Did It—Again! Terriers: 2025 Patriot League Champs

Photo: A student riding a bull during a Senior Week celebration

BU Beach or Canobie Lake Park?

Phoot: A student presenting his project to a man next to him while they sit in the lab

PY371: Creating, and Building, an Invention

Photo: A shadow of a BU student drawing for a rendering class

Rendering Class

Photo: A student walking down the sidewalk with trees blooming with white flowers.

Spring Show-Offs

Ligia Sibauste (SAR’27), Ella Sato-Connell (SHA’28) and Ashley Lau (Questrom’28) fill bags with candy and plates with mochi donuts at BU Dining Services’ Slumber Into Summer, hosted on May 1st in the GSU Food Hall. This last day of classes celebration also featured games such as cornhole and Connect 4, a self-care station with face masks and DIY facial scrubs, a movie screening complete with pillow forts, a popcorn machine, and a visit from Bean. Photo by Ajani Hickling (CAS’27).

Slumber into Summer? Well, Maybe Not ’til after Finals

Photo: A sunny day at BU Beach at Boston University

Summer in April?

Photo: A stock image of BU's magnolia trees on campus in full bloom.

Coming to Life—Again

Photo: BU President Melissa Gilliam (left) and MA Representative Richard Neal posing together

President Gilliam Meets with Bay State Congressional Delegation

Photo: A group of women in white tennis gear smile and pose around a trophy and a sign claiming their championship.

BU Women’s Tennis Scores 7th Patriot League Title