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Photo: A young woman wearing a puffy, dark blue jacket places a small light, pink, and white striped flag into the ground. Around her are similar Transgender flags placed in the ground as well.

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Photo: Candace Persuasion, a drag queen with long, ash-brown curled hair and wearing a swirly grey jumpsuit with sparkles, is shown singling candidly with one hand to their chest and the other holding a microphone reaching out to the audience. They walk down the aisle of the auditorium as seated audience members laugh and watch excitedly.

Drag Queen Show

Photo: a classroom of students seated at desks smile as they work on partner assignments together. They share laptops as they work closely.

History of Ethics

Photo: Seven ROTC students in ceremonial gears stand front and center inside Marsh Chapel. they each hold a large flag.

Honoring Our Veterans

Photo: A large crowd of students sit in a large Performance Center entrance hall in silence. some are masked and some now. In the foreground to the left, a sign posted to a wall reads "Free Palestine". Two large rows of scrolls can be seen in the center of the crowd.

Shut It Down for Palestine

Photo: James Burton, a bald white man wearing a black suit ensemble and holding a conducting wand, as he directs student musicians wearing all black and seated playing various instruments in front of him.

BU Symphony Orchestra Concert

Photo: Six people dressed in black Boston University dining worker uniforms smile and pose together. From left: Carlin Ventura, Ilder Montesanos, Luis Morales, Ramiro Contreras, Bertilla Reyes, and Jose Amador stand for a photo after a brief team celebration. They stand in a brightly lit area of a dining hall.

Choose to Reuse: 100,000 and Counting

Photo: Daija Miller, a young woman wearing wireframe glasses, a knee length light pink dress, and a tweed blazer, poses with a kissy face at the end of a runway. Students sit in rows along the runway to watch.

Professional Clothing Closet Fall Fashion Show

Photo: Former Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, center, and his former Chief of Staff Steve Kadish, at left, discuss their book Results: Getting Beyond Politics to Get Important Work Done during a panel discussion at Innovate at BU at the BUildLab November 2. Moderating was Innovate@BU Executive Director Siobhan Dullea (CAS'91), at right. Three people sit in chairs at the front of a room with a small seated audience. They hold and speak into microphones in front of a black background with the BU Build lab logo.

Former Governor Charlie Baker and Coauthor Talk about Their Book Results

Photo: Carol Guzy, a white woman with long blonde hair and wearing a purple dress and black boots, talks into a microphone as she sits in black chair in front of a seated audience. She speaks to a moderator to her right. Moderator is Greg Marinovich, a white bald man wearing a blue shirt and jeans. They sit in front of a projector displaying some of Guzy's photos. Scene is shown down the aisle between the seated audience.

Carol Guzy: Hugo Shong Award for Lifetime Achievement Recipient

Photo: Overhead shot of students gathering around the Condom Fairy Pop-up! event in the BU GSU. A group of young adults look and interact with a red table full of sexual safety items and educational material.

Condom Fairy Pop-up!

Photo: Amy Shanler, a white woman with long dark brown hair and wearing a burgundy dress, smiles and poses with a glass trophy in front of a blue backdrop that reads "PRNEWS".

Amy Shanler Named a PRNews Online Top Educator

Photo: An action shot of a pumpkin smashing into the ground. Pieces of pumpkin fly from the impact as people standing a distance away react with joy at the smashing.

Pumpkin Drop, Back by Popular Demand

Photo: Two young women dressed in casual summer wear sit at a red table and laugh together.

Serendipity

Photo: Young Color guard members walk in line formation as they hold large flags for the US, Air Force, Navy, etc. down a soccer field on a cloudy day.

2023 Joint Service Presidential Pass-in-Review

Photo: Students gather outside of the GSU during a walkout in support of Palestine on October 23, 2023. A crowd of students, some holding signs and and flags in support of Palestine, stand together on a cobblestone sidewalk area.

Walkout by BU Students in Support of Palestine

Photo: A young Black woman with long braids tied up in a half up hairstyle and wearing large black Beats headphones, a black fluffy top, and jeans, sits in a large brown lawn chair as she studies on an open laptop, phone, and tablet. She sits in a large lawn on a sunny day.

Midterms? Already?

Photo: A woman hands a bag of batteries to a man wh stands behind a wooden table set up in a vacant parking lot. A large white truck can be seen behind them.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Photo: A group of people and students stands as a perosn in the center gives a speech. The person in the center faces away from the camera and faces of crowd are blurred for privacy. Electric candles are shown placed on the ground during the clear evening.

BU Students for Justice in Palestine Solidarity Vigil

Photo: Closeup photo of an older Ukrainian woman in bed during wartime. The photo is juxtaposed against the scene of students hanging out on BU's COM Lawn.

Don’t Look Away

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