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Photo of 2 people walking in the fjords of Iceland. A man and woman face away from the camera in a field of yellow flowers. They face large looming mountains in front of them covered by large low clouds.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Global Programs Annual Photo Contest Captures Moments of Joy

April 20, 2022

The red-carpet event, held at the Tsai Performance Center April 15, attracted a sizable, at-times boisterous, crowd. “It’s a lot of fun to do these award shows live, especially if Will Smith isn’t on the guest list,” quipped Bill Braudis, a COM assistant professor of film and television. Here a large crowd is pictured watching short films in a cinema at the 2022 Redstones

Film & TV

Redstone Film Festival: A Triumphant In-Person Return

April 16, 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

Arts on Campus

Pulitzer Prize Winner and Former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith Headlines Robert Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading Tuesday

April 11, 2022

Photo of CFA graduate student, Eva Lewis, leaning against a white table covered with paint and paint mixing tools. She is a young white woman with long red hair and bangs, and wears round glasses and a green sweater. Behind her, other student's paintings hang on the wall. White video play button is overlaid.

Fine Arts

Artist Eva Lewis (CFA’22) on Her Approach to Painting

April 9, 2022

Photo of Katie Anne Clark (left) as the Wicked Witch of the West with Lily Park as Dorothy in Boston University’s production of “The Wizard of Oz,” during a dress rehearsal on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Clark wears a purple witch's hat and long patterned dress. Park wears a handkerchief around her head and overalls. Behind them are stacked metal beams and other debris.

Theater

At Wheelock Family Theatre, There’s No Place Like Home

April 7, 2022

Photo of a young woman in a brown tank top and green pants climbing up a cave wall at Cambridge CRG. Another young person at right in a black sweatshirt is also seen climbing.

Student Clubs

BU Climbing Club: Rookies, Vets Test Their Physical and Mental Agility

April 6, 2022

Photo of Campus editor Jesus Marrero Suarez (COM’24), from left, reporter Emilia Wisniewski (COMN’25), and associate campus news editor Tanisha Bhat (CGS’22,COM’24) during print night Feb 24 at The Free Press office. All the students wear masks and a white sign at the back of the room reads "The Daily Free Press"

Student Journalism

Loftier Stories, Long Hours, High Standards Help The Daily Free Press Reach New Heights

April 5, 2022

Photo taken from behind James Burton, Director of Orchestral Activities and Master Lecturer, Music during

College of Fine Arts

School of Music’s 150th Anniversary Opens on a Big Stage

April 4, 2022

Image: collage of artists releasing music in march 2022. Black background with outline-font white lines features photos of Rotimi, Peach Pit, and Denzel Curry . Denzel Curry is seen performing in concert on polaroid-style borders while the group Peach Pit poses in front of an old sedan in it's individual polaroid-style borders and Rotimi is seen smiling and wearing a gold and tan shirt as he smiles at the camera within polaroid-style borders. Text on right behind image reads "What's Hot in Music"

Music

Hot New Music April 2022: Local Boston Concerts, New Album Releases

April 1, 2022

Photo of Will Smith, right, slapping presenter Chris Rock on stage before presenting the award for best documentary feature at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Both men are dressed in suits. Rock winces in pain and shock, and Smith's hand is at the end of its swing.

Communications

A PR Crisis: How to Manage Will Smith’s Oscars Slap

March 28, 2022

someone pipes frosting out of a bag onto white cookies on a baking sheet. There is a white play button overlayed in the center of the image

Staff

BU Staffer Karen Griffith’s Delicious Side Hustle

March 25, 2022

Composite image of the following movie posters on a dark gray background: Belfast, CODA, Don't Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, West Side Story"

Film

Encanto, West Side Story, King Richard: Let’s Talk Oscars

March 23, 2022

Photo of Moxin “Sunny” Chen (CFA’22) installing her vinyl-and-paint collage piece, “Yesterday Is Passed, Tomorrow Has Yet to Come". A young, Asian woman bends down and adjusts a large yellow blob that features near many other various colored blobs in the exhibit.

Fine Arts

2022 MFA Painting and Sculpture Thesis Exhibition Now at Stone Gallery

March 23, 2022

Photo of Martha Schick (MDiv’22) lighting a candle in Gordon Chapel. A white woman with short hair wearing a mask lights a candle with a long match in a darkened chapel

Religion

Photo Essay: What My Faith Means to Me

March 23, 2022

Photo of the red Davis Square sign with gold lettering taken when there was snow on the ground. Behind the sign, businesses are lit up at night.

In the City

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Davis Square

March 22, 2022

Photo of Students for Reproductive Freedom co-presidents Molly Baker (CAS’22), left, and Charlotte Beatty (CAS’22) cutting the ribbon on the new vending machine during a launch party in the GSU. Two masked students bend and cut a large red ribbon tied around the machine as masked onlookers circle around and clap.

Reproductive Rights

New Plan B Vending Machine in GSU Dispenses Low-Cost Emergency Contraceptives to the BU Community

March 21, 2022

The CleanTech Club executive board members: Anastasiia Sviridenko (Questrom’21 CAS’21) (from left), Natali Shilotri (Questrom’22), Amelia Murray-Cooper (CAS’22), Lekhya Sathi (Sargent’23), Ella Ciccone (ENG’24), and Charles McGinn (ENG’23). Photo courtesy of McGinn

Student Clubs

CleanTech Club Unites Students through Technology, Sustainability

March 21, 2022

Photo of Temple Grandin. She slight smiles, has short gray hair that curls up, blue eyes and freckles. She wears a bejeweled black button up and a red neck tie. Behind her, a field and small hills are seen on an overcast day.

Neurodiversity

Renowned Autism Advocate and Scientist Temple Grandin to Speak at BU

March 17, 2022

Photo of the interior of El Jefe’s at 957 Comm Ave. A few people sit at the small wooden tables with colorful chairs. On the wall, a giant black scorpion is painted. There are some small plants in the foreground.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: March 17 to 20

March 16, 2022

The Weekender: March 17 to 20