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Photo: Reeya Mathur (QST’25) styled and wearing designs by Anabelle Pinkston (QST’23) at the BU’s Fashion & Retail Association annual fashion show. A young, tan woman with a slicked back, long ponytail and wearing a lavender drapey dress smiles as she twirls and looks back at the camera. She walks on a red runway with a spotlight as audience members sit on either side and watch in the darkened room.

Fashion & Retail hosts Gardenia

Photo: Two young women in winter gear laugh as they lean towards each other and display colorful, plastic Easter eggs in their hands towards the camera.

Getting a Jump-Start on Easter

Photo: Overhead shot of a student symphony playing for a large audience in a symphony hall. Students wear all-black outfits as they play various instruments. A conductor stands to the left at the front of the orchestra, as his back faces the audience behind him.

BU CFA 150th Symphony Hall Concert

Photo: Andrew Lee (CGS'26) (left) and Eli Gately (CGS'26) (right) perform at the CGS Art Show and Coffee House. A young man with long black hair sings passionately into a mic as he plays a guitar. A student to his right sits and plays a large hand drum. Another student in the audience plays along on another drum.

CGS Open Mic Night

Photo: A tan young man wearing glasses and a leather jacket smiles as he carefully pulls out a wooden pice from a large Jenga tower. Another student smiles as they look on. Both stand in front of a large window letting it a sunset glow.

Jenga in the “Jenga Building”

Photo: Vindhya Kotti (MET'23), top, and Varunkumar Gandham Sathish (MET'23), bottom, celebrate Holi at the Cummington Mall on Sunday March 26th. A young woman sits atop the shoulders of a young man as they walk and celebrate in a crowd of people. Everyone is covered in colored powder solutions as colored powder can also be seen throughout the air.

Holi 2023

Photo: The BU 2023 Men's Hockey team celebrates and cheers on ice! They all wear the ice hockey uniforms and cheer as some point to a giant blue ticket that reads "Frozen Four".

Frozen Four 2023

Cameron Carcasson (SOT'26) posses with his puppet he made at the pop-up space for World Puppetry Day co-hosted by BU Residence Life on March 21st, 2023. Students were given lessons by award winning italian hand Puppeteer, Maurizo Gioco on how to make their puppets come to life. Photo by Danny Dolan (COM'26)

Puppetry Day Pop-Up Makerspace and Cabaret

Photo: A young Asian man wearng a white collared shirt tucked into black pants plays a violin passionately on stage. Behind him and to the right, a young Asian woman wearing a long red dress, plays a black grand piano. The silhouettes of the audience can be seen in front them watching.

BU Spotlight at Carnegie Hall

Photo: A a Black woman walking for a fashion show in a sustainable denim dress. Her hair is natural afro and she looks down as her hands flare out the dress dramtically. The lighting around her is an electric pink.

The Fabrio Magazine Fashion Show

Photo: Dylan Bauza (COM’25), left, is photographed by director of photography Lily Fousse (COM’25) and her photo team during a photoshoot for Off The Cuff Magazine on March 18. A young white woman wearing a lacy, see-through white dress that reveals a black bra underneath, poses against a small bathroom sink in a tightly packed space. People are shown around her taking photos and using lighting fixtures for a photoshoot.

BTS Off the Cuff Magazine

Photo: A young Black woman wearing a black and white plaid collared shirt and black pants takes a photo with a large, Boston Terrier mascot dressed in a BU hockey jersey. A large sign behind them is light with bulbs and reads "CAS 150". Students and others to the left enter a room decorated for a celebration.

CAS 150th Birthday Party

Photo: A medium-sized, long-haired white and grey dog looks on happily as students sit around it and pet it.

Pup Stress Relief

Photo: An older white man wearing a light blue collared shirt and brown pants sits on the carpeted ground next to a young white teen wearing a blue beanie cap, red sweatshirt, and jeans. They both laugh as large Jenga blocks topple towards the older man.

Launch Party for BU’s Belonging & Culture Survey

Photo: A sunny shot of the BU Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences Building as students sit and study at modern, round, white tables.

Comm Ave’s Newest Landmark

Photo: BU students are painting on mini canvas on a plastic table. Various different painted landscapes are on the canvases with miscellaneous paintbrushes on the table.

Spiritual Paint Night? At Marsh Chapel, of Course

Photo: Sushmita Udoshi (COM’24) as Amal and Vidisha Agarwalla as Mashal in Jado Jehad, a coming-of-age drama set in Pakistan. Two young Brown woman look down and despondent as they act on stage. The woman in the front wears a brown shirt and the other stands behind her, wearing a blue collared shirt. A soft spotlight shines on both.

Jado Jehad at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre

Photo: A large group of mostly Asian students sit in chairs in an audience in a large auditorium-style room, as four people squat and pose in the front. In the front, from left are: Kinh Vũ, assistant professor of music and music education, CFA; Brian Nam, CEO and founder of Dive Studios, the creator of the daily self-care app Mindset; Hyeouk “Chris” Hahm, professor and associate dean of research, School of Social Work; and K-Pop star Eric Nam.

Mindset Town Hall Event with Eric and Brian Nam

Photo: A young student with curly orange hair and wearing a large leather jacket and black dress reads from her phone as she speaks into a mic set up in front of a blackboard. Behind her, written in chalk on the large blackboard is "The Lonely Club" as well as contact information for the club.

The Beacon’s Anti-Valentines Open Mic

Photo: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu poses for a group picture with the 12th Annual City of Boston Scholar recipients during the recognition event at Metropolitan College, Thursday, February 9, 2023. A diverse group of people pose in front of a large, tan wall that has the letters "MET" in red behind them.

BU’s City of Boston Employees Scholarship Program