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Photo of ROTC cadets sitting in pews wearing dark olive green uniform tops and grey slacks. One woman in the middle wears navy slacks. They smile and pose for the camera. Two in the front row reach over a cadet in the middle and shake hands.

Newest BU Army ROTC Second Lieutenants

Photo of a line of young, Boston University Academy students fist-pumping their teachers and school staff as they process into their graduation. They a diverse group that wears red caps and gowns with gold tassels. The floor has a geometric tile pattern and the hallway is lit with yellow-ish light.

BUA Commencement

Provost Jean Morrison Honored by Alma Mater

Photo of Ethan Strauther taking a selfie with his friends during the end of the UMOJA induction ceremony. A young black man holds up a cellphone and a large group of Black students crowd around him to be a part of the photo. All wear red graduation gowns and black sashes with Kente stripes. A few students also wear black caps.

Umoja 2022 Rites of Passage

Photo of Oscar Zaysas, left, and Kelsey Russell, at the May 20 BU Posse Graduation Ceremony at Booth Theater. Russel holds up a pink phone as she and Zaysas take a selfie together. Both wear red graduation gowns and blue sashes as they smile towards her phone.

BU Posse Grads Celebrate

Photo of Charlotte Beatty, from left, Shaina Evans, Jessica Zheng, Kelsey Brown, Conor Kelley, Pedro Henrique De Barcellos Junqueira, Mira Elzanaty, and Sebastian Porreca on the seal in Marsh Plaza. All where red gowns and black caps as they shout in joy as Evans and Porreca shower the group in freshly popped champagne.

Commencement’s Most Important Photo Op?

Photo taken of red and white confetti canons going off at the end of commencement. Graduates can be seen on on the field in their red gowns and black mortarboards, and the jumbotron is seen at left.

Festivity Abounds on Nickerson

Photo of 3 young men sitting at a table and posing for a photo together. They all wear t shirts and smile together. The man in the middle has his arms around the guys on either side of him. The two on the right wear sunglasses and the one on the far right holds up a peace sign.

Barbecue on the Beach

Photo of Faculty, staff and students participating in a vigil in honor of the Buffalo shooting victims in Marsh Plaza. They stand in half circle around a small while table where someone stands and speak to the crowd. A few people wearing red gowns can be seen in the distant background.

Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Buffalo

Photo of Boston city councillor Kenzie Bok, left, with mural artist Zora Che (CAS’22), standing in front of Che's mural honoring BU alum Priscilla Fairfield Bok on May 13 in CAS. Bok, a middle aged white woman with brown hair, wears a blue formal jacket and smiles. Che is a young AAPI woman with long black hair who wears a pale green dress, square dangling earrings, and smiles. The mural is on a blue teal wall, and features and image of Priscilla Fairfield Bok with a telescope that appears to project an image of the milky way.

Hidden HERstories: Priscilla Fairfield Bok (CAS 1917)

Photo of four This I Believe student speakers standing in front of the altar at Marsh Chapel: Kendall Lowe (CAS'22), Yeeun Jang (CAS'22, Anna Jensen (CAS'22), and Chloe McLaughlin (STH'22). Lowe is a young, Black woman with long braids, who smiles, clasps her hands and wears a tan dress. Jang is a young AAPI woman who wears a black floral dress, has shoulder-length black hair and looks down and smiles. Jensen is a White woman wearing a blue and white floral dress and clasps her hands as she smiles, she has dirty blonde hair. McLaughlin is a White. woman wearing a white dress with polkadots and a floral pattern. She smiles, looks to her right and has shoulder length dirty blonde hair. The brown, wood-carved wall is seen behind them.

This I Believe Sunday

Photo taken from the level of the lower branches of a pink apple blossom tree. The light pink flowers and green leaves are seen in the the foreground. In the background, a student with a pink sweater and backpack opens the front door of Marsh Chapel.

Can April Really Be the Cruelest Month?

Photo of Bob Gilmartin of Facilities Management & Operations spreading mulch around the flowers in front of the granite Boston University at Kenmore on Tuesday, May 11, 2022. A blue bucket is seen in the foreground. Gilmartin wears a red and white cap, blue BU sweatshirt, jeans and gloves as he spreads the mulch with a wooden-handled tool.

Prepping for May’s Big Day

Photo of two construction workers at the edge of one of the floors of the Center for Computing and Data Science. The men wear hard hats and help lower what looks to be a piece of glass that has been raised by a crane. Behind them, the COM lawn and Boston city skyline is seen.

Getting There

Photo of a person with a blue jacket riding a black bike down Cummington Mall Road in late April 2022. The trees along the road have blossomed with small white flowers. The sky is bright blue.

Spring’s Arrival

Photo Michelle Wu, right, and Bob Brown, left, as well as other folks, wearing bright yellow vests and white hard hats. Bob Brown is gesturing with his right hand as Michelle Wu looks up at presumably construction happening at the Data Sciences Center. Boxes and construction materials are seen behind them.

Mayor Wu Visits BU Data Sciences Building

Wide shot of a group of people gathered on Marsh Plaza. At left and right of the steps, large blue and yellow Ukraine flags fly. Some members of the group are masked, many hold small Ukrainian flags. It's an overcast day.

Vigil for Ukraine

Photo of Jordana Kasaato (ENG’23), left, and Kendall Lowe (CAS’22) try their hand at a fishing game on the COM lawn during the BU Brazilian Association’s Junina Party in honor of the annual Festas Juninas April 30, which in Brazil runs throughout June. Kasaato, a young Black woman with long braids, who wears a black jacket and jeans, laughs as her fishing line gets tangled with Lowe's. Lowe is a young Black woman with long braised who wears a black sweater and amber pants. She smiles as she holds up her fishing rod. The pair are sitting on lawn chairs and fishing from a large plastic bin filled with water. Other students on the COM lawn can be seen behind them, it's a sunny spring day.

BU Brazilian Association’s Festa Junina

Photo of Amya Liburd (CAS’24), a brown-skinned woman with long, curly brown hair wearing a blue sweatshirt, and sitting in a gray lawn chair as she reads for her Women’s American History course on BU Beach April 20 under a cherry blossom tree in bloom. The tree has small pink and white flowers. The arches in Marsh Plaza are seen behind her.

BU Beach in Bloom

Photo of Max Rosen (Sargent’23) reading the names of victims of the Holocaust in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah) April 28 in Marsh Plaza. Rosen has short curly hair, wears a gray jacket, and speaks into a microphone a top a wooden podium. In the foreground, candles and small rocks are seen on a table with a red table cloth. In background, the sky is bright blue with a few clouds.

We Will Never Forget