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Design

Photo: Photo of student in Jilene Chua's class modeling their creation for the course. A jacket with blue patches on the back.

College of Arts & Sciences

New CAS Class Teaches the History of Empires through Fashion and Beauty

May 14, 2024

Arts & Culture

Kahn Award Will Carry Theater Arts Major Madeline Riddick-Seals Back to Alabama

May 10, 2024

Photo: Shaw Hutton (CGS'23, CAS'25), an architectural studies major, spends his spare time making reproductions of 19th and early 20th century women's fashions. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

Fashion

Stitching Together the Past

May 3, 2024

Photo: A young man with long hair wearing a black tshirt and jeans, lifts his brush up to paint on a canvas.

Fine Arts

School of Visual Arts Annual BFA Thesis Exhibitions Celebrate Works by 33 BFA Seniors

May 2, 2024

Photo: A photo with a older Black man sitting in a recording studio with the dials and controls behind him.

Venice Biennale

Louis Chude-Sokei Brings BU, Spoken Word, and Dub Reggae Sounds to Venice Biennale

April 16, 2024

Strategy & Innovation

BU Students Launch New Event and Activity Aggregator Popple

December 1, 2023

Photo: Mina Chung, a young Asian woman wearing a pink floral blouse and brown pants, stands and works under a green canopy on a table.

Graphic Design

2023 BFA Graphic Design Thesis Show on View at 808 Gallery

May 11, 2023

Photo: A Black man adjusts a small painting on the wall for his MFA thesis exhibition. The painting on his left is a curvy canvas (looks like an outline of the number 8) with a pink background and a nude woman on the front. The top painting is of a landscape with houses in the same form as the one on the left.

Exhibitions

BU Art Galleries Play Host to 2023 MFA Painting and Sculpture, Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition Shows

April 6, 2023

Photo of Cey Adams (center, left) and show curator Liza Quiñonez (center, right) at the opening reception for the first-ever retrospective exhibition of Adams’ work, Cey Adams, Departure: 40 Years of Art and Design at the Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery, September 30. In the foreground: Makeeba McCreary (left) and Linda Yang. Four people talk and laugh in an art gallery.

VISUAL ARTS

Cey Adams, Creator of Hip-Hop’s Visual Language, Gets First-Ever Retrospective at Stone Gallery

October 18, 2022

Image: Close up photo of a black Keurig coffee machine with its top open for beverage pods.

Student Life

What to Bring with You to BU and What to Leave at Home

August 9, 2022

A student's dorm room

Style

Dorm Design Tips from BU and Professional Design Experts

August 4, 2022

Photo the cast and crew, including artist in residence Paolo Scoppola, middle, of Exit the King running a tech rehearsal April 27 at CFA’s Studio One. A large golden throne is seen center stage; behind it, a wall that reads "EXIT THE KING" in blue and is splattered with red paint. At right, an actor, Declan Schliesmann (CFA’22), dressed as a king with red and gold robes sits and practices his lines, script in hand. Scoppola, in black pants, crimson shirt, and a face mask is seen at left.

Theater Technology

Exit the King, and Enter Random Actor

May 3, 2022

Photo of Chen Luo (MFA’22), left, helping associate professor Christopher Sleboda secure Luo’s piece, Radio Exercise, to a wooden frame for the MFA Graphic Design Thesis show April 7 in Stone Gallery. Luo has long brown hair and wears a gray sweatshirt and nike sneakers, Sleboda wears a black sweatshirt, a face mask and kneels opposite Luo. The piece features figures in red, with smaller black figures inside them, surrounded by repeated black text on a yellow background. Other pieces from the exhibition, including a large blue piece with a repeated handbag pattern in pink, are seen behind them.

Graphic Design

Frame/Work/Site: 2022 Graphic Design MFA Thesis Exhibition Opens

April 14, 2022

Photo of Valerie Fletcher, a middle-aged white woman with short red hair and bands. She smiles and wears thick black glasses and a white and black collared shirt. Behind her is a projected slide, she appears to be presenting something.

Diversity

Disability in the 21st Century: A Virtual Talk with Advocate Valerie Fletcher

April 7, 2022

Overhead photo a various stickers on lush green grass. Stickers feature cute cartoons of rabbits

Thrifting

Eight Artists to Look for at the BU Bazaar

January 26, 2022

Photo of Anea Harris (Wheelock'24), in a black shirt, blue jeans, and slippers with smilie faces on them, resting her hand on her lofted bed in her dorm room. The walls are decorated with photos and the bed has pillows in the shape of a knot and a piece of toast.

Campus Life

Video: Tips for Dorm Decor and Organization—from an Expert

September 11, 2021

Photo of Daylin Frantin, left, in a gray long-sleeve and black pants, with one hand on a boat engine, while Sam Gallipeau, Flux’s in-house designer, in a gray quarter zip, inspects the other side of the engine. Behind them are work benches and industrial shelves. A small crane lifts the engine

Innovation

Reinventing the Outboard

June 9, 2021

Illustrated poster for “Catalyst 2021 designathon, March 26-28, 2021.” The name is written in large, titled block letters on a light background wherein the word “desigathon” repeats as a wallpaper.

Design

Love UI/UX Design? Check Out Student-Run FORGE Design Studios

March 26, 2021

Screenshots of the RideFair app demoed at BU Spark!'s demo day. Three phone screenshots demonstrate how users can use the app to get from Warren Towers to Boston Public Library.

Computational Science

BU Spark! Innovation Fellows and X-Lab Practicum Programs Name Best Idea, Tech, and Design Winners

May 18, 2020

Female silhouette in front of a BU themed Zoom virtual background

Zoom Flair

Dress Up Your Next Zoom Meeting with BU Backgrounds

April 30, 2020

Dress Up Your Next Zoom Meeting with BU Backgrounds

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