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Community Service

3/11/22 -- Dorchester, MA Christy Li (Questrom’25) weeds in the greenhouse at Victory Programs’ ReVision Urban Farms in Dorchester March 11. Li was there with other volunteers from BU who were participating in a modified, localized Alternative Spring Break for the week. The group helped unroll massive tarps to cover crops, rake columns for growing and weed outside and in the farm’s greenhouse. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

Arts & Culture

Alternative Service Break Trips Return to Normal after Three Years

March 2, 2023

Photo: Aerial photo shows the destruction in Hatay city center, southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. A city center is shown with numerous collapsed and crumbling building.

World events

BU Students Raising Money for Earthquake Victims

February 7, 2023

Photo of First-Year Student Outreach Project (FYSOP) participants Ananya Gupta (CAS’25), center, and Allie Richter (COM’25) right, working together to mount paper on the walls for use as bulletin boards at Mather Elementary in Dorchester.

Student Life

FYSOP Returns in Person after Two Years of Virtual or Hybrid Programming

August 23, 2022

photo of 2 masked BU students planting vegetables in Warren's rooftop garden on a sunny day

Student Life

Video: Behind the Scenes at Warren Towers Rooftop Mini Garden

October 28, 2021

Photo of Angela Tsai with a white t-shirt with fish on it and black Vans sitting on a black staircase that may be a fire escape. She smiles wide and has long, dark hair.

Student Profile

Meet the Class of 2025: Angela Tsai

September 9, 2021

Photo of Giancarlo Sirio (CAS’22), who wears a hunter green shirt and a paper face mask, with his arms crossed, enjoying himself as he participates in a team-building exercise during a FYSOP staff leader training workshop on the BU Beach. Other participants are seen around him.

Student Life

FYSOP 2021 Kicks Off, Offering Both In-Person and Remote Service Opportunities to New Students

August 20, 2021

A shot of Marsh Plaza including the MLK statue from above

Things-To-Do

The Weekender: January 14 to 18

January 14, 2021

In the zoom screenshot, there are 13 video windows in which each person waves. Starting from the top left, is “maya, PST,” “becca, EST,” “ryan, PST,” “magdalene, EST,” “ani, GMT,” “ina, EST,” “sanjana, ICT,” “marisa, EST,” “rachel, EST,” “aimee, MST,” “archelle, EST,” “Kacia, HST,” “Geneve, MST.”

Marketing & Communications

COM Students, New Alums Offer Free PR Services through New Pro Bono Agency

December 15, 2020

A photo of Saahil Adusumilli (SAR’22), at left, and Michael Gomez (SAR’21) from Student Food Rescue sitting in the back of a van with brown paper bags. They are both wearing masks.

Student Life

BU’s Student Food Rescue Works to Reduce Local Food Insecurity

December 3, 2020

Students on an Alternative Spring Break trip sit in the back of a pick up truck

Alternative Service Breaks

Travel, Explore, and Volunteer with Alternative Service Breaks This Spring

February 12, 2020

Student Voices

Meet the Class of 2023: Wesley Perler

September 3, 2019

portrait of Julia Lindsay

Alumni

Running to Help Others

April 12, 2019

Volunteers on the ASB Tennessee trip on a wheelchair ramp they built. Photo courtesy of Anthony Dongfack

Volunteer

Spring Break with a Purpose

March 8, 2019

Swipes for Boston, a BU Student Government initiative, delivers donated food and Rhetty-to-Go meals to homeless people around the city.

Community Service

Feeding Boston’s Homeless—One Swipe at a Time

March 6, 2019

A City of Boston volunteer hugs a homeless person during the annual Boston Homeless Census.

Public Health

Medical Campus Volunteers Brave Polar Vortex to Help Boston’s Homeless

February 4, 2019

FYSOP volunteers

Boston

FYSOP 29 Launches Today

August 27, 2018

Thomas M. Menino Scholars and Community Service Award grantees

Community Service

BU Awards Scholarships to Boston Public High School Grads

June 25, 2018

University News

Celebration of Innovation on Campus and Off Slated for April

March 19, 2018

Community Service

Student Volunteers Share ASB Experiences on Instagram

March 14, 2018

Volunteer

Tweets from #FYSOP2017 Volunteers

August 30, 2017

Tweets from #FYSOP2017 Volunteers