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Photo: A group of young Black women stand on stage and model a range of stylish, African print fashion items as a similarly-dressed DJ points out the clothes' features.

African Students Organization Culture Show

Photo: Verge, a BU traditional Chinese dance group performs at a Lunar New Year celebration hosted in the GSU ballroom Feb 3. Action shot of a group of women dressed in traditional white and grey pants and long tops dance with long red scarves on stage as an audience watches.

2023 Lunar New Year Gala

Photo: Sydney Villegas, a young Black woman with burgundy box braids flips through the "Julian is a Mermaid" book from the collection of banned books on display at the stage in front of her. Bean bags, chairs, and rugs are seen behind her facing the stage for storytime. Other students can be seen flipping through other books, sitting in the chairs, and wandering around.

Widen Your Horizons—Read a Banned Book

Photo: Sydney Villegas (CAS’24), left, and Stella Lee (CFA’24), right, take the stage together at Karaoke Night on January 28. A young Black woman with long box braids and wearing a pink blouse and jeans, and a young Asian woman wearing a white sweater and black pants, sing into microphones on a stage as a band can be seen playing guitar and drums in the background.

Karaoke, Anyone?

Photo: Raquel Joseph, a young Black woman wearing glasses and a grey-themed tye-dye jumpsuit, laughs and holds up a large Lego flower set in glee. A DJ wearing a shirt that reads "Boom boom bingo!" speaks into a microphone at a white table behind her.

Boom Boom BINGO!

Photo: Maria Zabaneh (CAS’23) (left), Josette Wynn (ENG’25) (middle), and Deirdre Otoo (CAS’23) (right) enjoy their meals together at the Boston Food Fest Jan 21. Three young women sit around a table with a white table cloth as they smile and laugh. Empty white plates sit in front of them on the table and other students can be seen in the background at other, similar tables.

Who Doesn’t Love a Food Fest?

Photo: Snow falls on Nickerson Field on the evening of Jan 23. The nighttime seen shows a large apartment building in the background as the stands and soccer field accumulate snow. The field lights shine brightly on the snow creating a scenic snow showcase.

An Otherworldly Vibe

Photo: Mackenzie Fallon of Student Health Services gives a vaccine to Alexander Bade (MET 23) during an immunization clinic on January 23, 2023. A young white person wearing a light blue face mask and black shirt sits in a chair and holds their arm out as a healthcare professional wearing a black collared shirt and light purple surgical gloves gives them a shot.

Do I Get a Lollipop?

Photo: A group of students dressed in jackets and cold gear smile for the camera on a sunny, partly cloudy day. Distant buildings can be seen behind them.

Destination Florence

Photo: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, right, met briefly with former BU Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore, left, and former Howard Thurman Center Director Katherine Kennedy shortly before Boston University, the city of Boston, and the New England Conservatory of Music hosted a joint observance of MLK Day honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. An Asian woman in a burgundy suit ensemble smiles as she looks on to a bald Black man wearing a tweed suit jacket talking and laughing and a shorter Black woman wearing a brown print jacket, also smiling. A blurry crowd of people can be seen seated behind them.

BU and City of Boston joint MLK Day Celebration

Photo: Marsh Chapel hosts its 49th annual Service of Lessons and Carols on December 9th. The service included a selection of Christmas carols, motets, and anthems with brass, organ, and timpani. A choir and small band/orchestra dressed in red robes stand and sit at the front of the chapel, along with the priest. People fill the pews in front of them. A large decorated Christmas also stands at the front of the chapel. The shot shows a large, sem-overhead shot, showcasing the grandness of the room and glass window panes.

At Marsh Chapel, It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like…

Photo: Basketball player, Annabelle Larnard (Questrom 23) reads to students at Hurley School in Boston on December 14, 2022. A young woman wearing a red BU long-sleeved shirt emotes expressively as she reads to three young girls who look onto the children's book the young woman holds up for them. Another athlete looks on from the left.

A Long-standing BU Athletics Holiday Tradition

Photo: Alexis Fearing (GMS’23), programming and communications graduate assistant, foreground, and Allison Reilly, assistant director, behind Fearing, put some finishing touching on the ClubQ memorial on display in their LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff office Dec 16. A young tan woman wearing a large red puffer coat arranges well-wishes, cards, and photos on table covered with a white table cloth.

BU LGBTQIA+ Center’s Club Q Memorial

Photo: Sargent College Dean Chris Moore (center) stands in a room filled with red and white balloons to celebrate the opening of the new clinical simulation rooms. He stands in front of a dark blue wall with silver letters that read "Sargent College Center for Clinical Simulation" as well as a tv screen showing a white slide that reads the same. A small group of people stand on either side of him as they look on as he smiles and speaks.

Ribbon Cutting for Sargent’s Center for Simulated Clinical Experience

Photo: Workers install the massive bronze statue, "The Embrace" on December 6, 2022. A work works from a lowered crane on the large left hand that seems to be holding up a large bronze stone. The entire sculpture looks like two bronze hands grasping and holding up a large rock or bundle.

MLK Memorial on Boston Common

Photo: Grace Knoop (COM ’23), co-president of BU Figure Skating, performs a solo number during the club’s Holiday Spectacular. A young white woman with red-ginger hair, glides along an ice rink. She wears a green skating dress and smiles as she holds one of her legs back behind her and glides forward.

BU Figure Skating Club Holiday Spectacular

Photo: Casey Crawford, a young white person with a short hair cut and wearing a white longsleeved shirt, places one of the last few ornaments on a large fir tree before choir rehearsal starts during the annual “Hanging of the Greens” on December 8 at Marsh Chapel.

2022 Hanging of the Greens

Photo: Rebecca Lawrence (CAS’23), left, and Javaughn Headley (CAS’23) enjoy The Zen Zone at the Wellbeing Experience in the GSU Ballroom Dec 8. A tan person with curly hair relaxes in a dark purple, star-studded beanbag next to a Black young man wearing a red sweater relaxing on a similar patterned bean bag. A screen behind them plays a relaxing scene as they settle in a large tent with dimmed lighting and fairly lights hanging from the ceiling.

The Wellbeing Experience

Photo: Blanca Isabella (CFA'24) as Ceci and Hampton Richards (CFA'24) as Michelle in the OTP play. A young Latina woman wearing a yellow tshirt and jeans stands to the left of a taller, Black young woman wearing a black and white polka dot blouse and jeans. Both stand arm in arm as they look off stage on set designed as a bedroom.

OTP: A High School Class President and a Teenage Obama?

Photo: Leqing Wang (CFA’25), grand winner of the Bach Competition 2022, performs “Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001” by Johann Sebastian Bach at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts Concert Hall on November 29. A young, tan Asian woman wearing a strappy black dress, plays a violin on stage. She looks concentrated as she holds the instrument.

2022 Bach Competition Grand Winner