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Photo of Genesis Belasco (SAR 24) (left) and Sophia Cornish taking a photo with Rhett during a First-Gen College Celebration on Monday, November 8, 2021. Rhett holds a frame around their face that makes them look like an instagram post. The girls smile and wear facemasks.

BU’s First-Gen College Celebration

Photo of Diane Gallagher, left, in a bright blue blazer, holding a piece of paper, as she speaks during the Fisk House dedication on Friday, November 5, 2021. Other masked members of the BU community are seen behind her uploading; they stand in a room with wooden floors and wood panelling.

Fisk House Dedication

Photo of a tree with its leaves turned orange. Students sit underneath the tree on a bench, and others walk by with backpacks and fall jackets on.

Farewell, Summer

Photo of Donovan Black (CFA 22), a young, tall, Black man, wearing a gray t-shirt and shoes similar to ballet slippers, while rehearsing for Colossal. He kneels center stage and puts his hand on the ground.

25th CFA Fringe Festival

Photo of Michael Bryant Kessie (CFA’25), center, a young Black man who plays the lead role in BU On Broadways’ Sweeney Todd during a recent rehearsal. The rest of the cast stands behind him, in period attire. Everyone is lit with a deep red color.

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Photo of, from left to right, Albie O’Connell (CAS’99), current men’s hockey head coach; Jack Parker (Questrom’68, Hon.’97), former head coach; and Travis’s parents, Brenda and Lee at a memorial in the Agganis Arena for Travis Roy. The group stands at the edge of the ice, with a Travis Roy jersey hanging above them. Behind them, people sit in the stands.

Celebrating a Life

Composite image. At left, sits Michelle Wu, who wears a purple dress, and speaks with Hessann Farooqi (CAS '22),vice president of StuGov, and Gabriela Ramirez (CAS '23), deputy director of City Affairs. Behind them, a screen with a blue poster for the "Boston Mayoral Student Forum" is seen. At right, is a photo of Annissa Essaibi George talking with Ramirez. She smiles and wears a black blazer and pants.

Boston Mayoral Student Forum

Photo taken during a Memorial for former BU president Jon Westling on Wednesday at March Chapel. At the podium at left, Westling's son Matthew Westling reads "Invective Against Swans," a poem by Wallace Stevens. Behind him, sits Reverend Hill. A photo of Westling leans against the altar at right. The heads of a few people sitting in the first pew are seen.

University Service for President Emeritus Jon Westling

Photo of Emma Neary (Wheelock’23), left, smiling, as Grace Sullivan (COM’23), laughs while painting pumpkins in Marsh Plaza October 20. Neary wears jeans with holes at the knees and holds a pumpkin upside down as she paints pink stripes with white dots. Sullivan wears jeans and a white new york sweatshirt and sits on the curb in front of her pumpkin which is painted with blue waves.

Fall? Pumpkins, of Course

photo of members of BU's pep band, dressed in red, standing behind drummer Gabe Klavans and percussionist Thomas Lawton and playing. Most of the brass section has red mutes on their instruments.

Entertaining Family & Friends

Photo of Pass and Review on Nickerson Field. From left to right, Commander Cadet Nathan Tadigiri, Rifleman- Cadet Kenneth Ziniti (Army), National Colors- Cadet Salem Adda-Berkane, Army Colors- Cadet Joseph Carey, Navy Colors- MIDN Sasha Wong Marine Corps, Colors-MIDN Ian Benitez-Rio Air Force Colors, Cadet Jacob Bresnahan Rifleman, Cadet Ju Young Kang (Army). They each wear camouflage uniforms and hold flags and rifles. Behind them, a larger group of ROTC members are seen.

2021 ROTC Pass-in-Review

Photo of arches on campus during a fall day. People wander through and mill about on a sunny, fall day.

A Campus Alive Again

photo of Gareth Dylan Smith, Assistant Professor of Music, Music Education, playing the drums in the Stone Gallery on October 15. On the white walls behind him are colorful squares that are apart of Steve Locke’s exhibition in the gallery. Two students sit on the floor in the foreground has he plays. Gareth wears a suit and black face mask.

Riff on Homage to the Auction Block

Photo taken from inside the BU Club, looking out one of the gothic, stained glass windows towards diners eating on the patio. A group of three and two are seen eating, and behind them are trees with fall-colored leaves.

Alfresco Dining

Photo of students sitting underneath trees with leaves that have turned yellow in mid-october. Students sit alone or in small groups, and some of them wear masks.

Autumnal Canopy

photo of Boston University Academy fans cheering on the BUA girls soccer team in the stands at Nickerson Field. A girl in the center waves white pom poms as those around her look on.

BUA Fall Festival Homecoming

Photo of friends Heather Li (CFA’25), from left, Caitlyn Alysha Aryanto (Questrom’25), and Anvita Reddy (ENG’25) building a Bathukamma, a flower stack arranged with different seasonal flowers in seven concentric layers in the shape of temple gopuram. They sit on the ground near the Rhett bench amidst yellow, fallen leaves, and laugh joyfully.

Celebrating Bathukamma

Photo of some of the winning team of Questrom’s 2021 Battle of the Boutiques. From left Rachana Krishna (Questrom’22), Bhoomika Sarur (Questrom’22 MSMS), Shreyas Srinath (Questrom’22 MSMS), Drue Hontz, principal with Saybrook Consulting Group and a consultant for the entrepreneur, Ann Marie Ronan, founder and CEO of Raybern Utility Solutions (the participating entrepreneur for this year’s competition), and Mark Arbonies, the team’s mentor and a senior consultant with Cervello. Each person wears a face mask, and everyone wears blazers, with the exception of Arbonies who wears jeans and a short-sleeve button down shirt.

And the Winners Are…

Photo of Jane Stabb (WFT Founder) hugging another alumn. She smiles wide and has white hair.

Wheelock Family Theatre: 40 Years and Thriving

Photo of Ethan Wang on stage with his dad Willis. They are both dressed in graduation caps and gowns, and wear red face mask. Ethan uses his walker on stage; in the walker’s pocket is his red diploma.

A Singular, Successful Journey