Boston University

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Photo of Chui Ting Poon (SAR’24), in silhouette, reaching back with a badminton racket to hit a shuttle cock, at Fitrec as she plays badminton with her club team. Light pours in through the windows towards the back of the gym and shines on the floor. Someone in silhouette is also seen in the front foreground.

They’re Baaack

Photo taken on the BU Bridge, looking down the length of the bridge towards the Cambridge side. Footprints in the snow are seen on the walkway; the photo is foreground by some of the metal cross beams of the bridge.

Winter Crossing

Photo of Megan Gerber’s mixed media piece “Unmasked.” In the collaged image, the front pages of newspapers fill out the forms of surgical masks, taking on their layered texture. The pile of masks with black and white headlines rests on a black, grainy surface that looks like concrete. Some words seen include “Please, I can’t breathe,” “Riots, shootings rock Oakland,” “Chaos spread, Trump vows to end..”

Medical Campus Art Days 2021

Tight photo of Student Health Services medical assistant Mackenzie Fallon at the vaccine clinic January 15 at FitRec. She wears a face shield with a blue band, a blue surgical mask, and purple gloves as extracts vaccine from a vial, looking focused as she does so. In the foreground, the back of patient’s head is seen.

Mass. COVID Vaccination, Phase 2B

Photo of Trish Hawkins (CFA’21), wears a gray and white sweater and blue painting smock, as she work on her painting of the Santa Maria della Salute, a Roman Catholic church in the city of Venice, Italy, which has a large central white dome. Hawkins works in the Main Print Shop in Booth Theater February 10, behind her stacks of canvases are seen stored; one painting shows an orange knight from a wall frieze.

Scenic Art

Photo taken on the Boston esplanade near BU looking towards downtown. The river and esplanade are covered in snow; the sky fades to light pink in the distant.

Wintry Beauty

Photo of Senior F Jesse Compher (SHA), Freshman F Clare O'Leary (CAS), Junior F Mackenna Parker (CAS), Junior F Kaleigh Donnelly (CAS) on ice in their hockey uniforms with colorful stripped masks in honor of the Pride Week Celebration put on by BU Athletics.

BU Athletics Celebrates Pride Week

Photo of a student sitting criss-crossed on the ground as she attends a virtual meeting on her laptop. Beside her, a plastic cup and a stack of books and papers on top of her backpack is seen. Behind her, a big black sign reads “I Heart BU” with the url bu.edu/youdo.

BU: What’s Not to Love

Screenshot of a zoom call honoring the recipients of the Posse Awards during the Atlanta virtual award ceremony on January 6th. Most of the students make the peace sign with their hands and wear red Boston University Sweatshirts. The students featured are as follows: Top Row (L-R) James Rhee, CAS ’25, Michael Dennehy (CAS 92 Wheelock ’01) Boston University Posse Liaison and Executive Director Wheelock College Access & Student Success, Galiliee Barron, COM ’25. Second from Top (L-R) Inaya Abdul-Haqq, CAS ’25, Teresa Miguel, CAS ’25, Asianna Haughton, ENG ’25. Third from the Top (L-R) Kevon Cheeke, CAS ’25, Divya Virmani, CAS ’25, Marlo Robinson COM ’25. Bottom Row (L-R) Huleymatu Sow, CAS ’25, Jada Sweeting, CAS ’25

BU’s Newest Posse Atlanta Class

Photo of two slightly lop-sided, but endearing snow men with a bit of mud mixed in. They have smiles, eyes, and arms made from twigs. In the background, a person walks down a brick path and the ground is covered with snow.

Friendship on the Beach (until It Rains)

Photo of three students with masks, sitting at separate, one-person tables in the GSU in a row. Each student looks at her laptop and attends lecture virtually.

Attending Class Virtually

Photo taken from the catwalk of the Metcalf Ballroom as Professor Igor Lukes teaches in a blue button down and khakis at the front of rows of students spaced 6 feet apart. A camera is set up and Lukes is seen on a projector behind him. Everyone wears face masks.

2021 Classes Begin

Photo of Ayush Kadakia (ENG’24) towing a yellow cart as he brings his things to move back into his West Campus dorm on January 21, 2021. He wears a black coat and face mask as snow gathers on the sidewalk.

Snowy Spring Move-In

Photo of Rev. Silvester Beaman giving the benediction during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. He wears a black jacket and sunglasses and extends his arms forward as he speaks from the podium; he is flanked by Biden and Harris.

STH Alum Gives Inauguration Benediction

Chikezie Asuzu, Howard Thurman Center Ambassador speaks during the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as Kenneth Elmore, Dean of Students and Associate Provost, looks on. The virtual celebration took place at the Howard Thurman Center.

Celebrating MLK Day 2021, Virtually

Bruins, BU Honor Travis Roy (COM’00, Hon.’16)

Photo of a three small light-up decorations, a white bear in a red and green hat, a penguin in a Santa hat, and a Snoopy with a Santa hat, at the base of a building. A person in a mask and with a back pack on walks by on the right.

Holiday Season

Screenshots of student athlete Kathryn Grabowski reading a children's book, Mae Among the Stars, to the Boston Public School students via zoom. The story book is displayed on the screen; on the left page, a young girl sits in front of a notebook, on the next page, she sits at the table with parents and discusses what she wants to be when she grows up.

Terrier Athletes Read to Boston Schoolchildren

Photo of Jenna Seibold (left) and Sammy Davis (right) who stand barefoot at the shoreline of a beach in sweatshirts, Davis wears a red BU sweatshirt and Seibold wears a gray Endicott sweatshirt. The two look a bit cold after having done a polar plunge.

Polar Plunge for Travis Roy Foundation

Photo of Mary Elizabeth Moore delivering her last lecture as dean before stepping down December 31. She delivered it virtually from the newly dedicated Mary Elizabeth and Allen Moore Community Center (lower level of STH building). She sits in front of a black laptop with large headphones on and smiles at the screen. The table has a red tablecloth that says "BU School of Theology." A poinsettia is seen to Moore's right. She wears a blue and white floral blouse.

Farewell Lecture by STH Dean Moore