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Photo of Melissa Boberg (CAS’22) studying outside in the Metcalf Science plaza on October 15, 2020. She wears a pink mask, her laptop is decorated with stickers, and the Citco sign and a red crane are seen in the background.

Studying in the Sun

Ateret Sultan-Reisler (GRS’22), standing with a mask on, makes condition reports of the pieces on display for the MFA Painting Class of 2020 exhibition in BU Art Galleries Stone Gallery on October 9. Large paintings hang on white walls around her.

MFA Painting: Class of 2020 Exhibition

Photo of Deborah Birx, MD, Coronavirus Response Coordinator at the White House, wearing a mask and talking to BU staff during a tour of the testing site at Kilachand CILSE October 9, 2020. Also seen, from left, Dr. Catherine Klapperich Professor and Vice Chair of Biomedical Engineering, BU , Dr. Irum Zaidi, Chief Epidemiologist for Corona Response Coordinator, and President Robert A. Brown stop briefly to talk. The site was not in use while the group gathered, and the group stands at an appropriate social distance from one another.

Coronavirus Response Coordinator Visits BU Clinical Testing Lab

Photo of Booth Theatre in 2019. The building has steps towards a lit sign that says "Booth"; the building facade is glass with metal beams criss-crossing around the top and sides.

Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre Wins AIA New England Award

Photo of Kevin Shattenkirk #22 of the Tampa Bay Lightning hoisting the Stanley Cup over his head after the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Dallas Stars 2-0 in Game Six of the NHL Stanley Cup Final on September 28, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Kevin Shattenkirk, Former Hockey Terrier, with Stanley Cup

Photo of continued construction at Data Services Center, including the addition of a massive red crane that cuts in the city skyline. Work trucks and metal beams are seen around the construction site.

In Progress: Data Sciences Building

Photo taken alongside the Booth Theater, as Yo-EL Cassell's movement students from CFA make for the perfect models for Dana Clancy’s SVA students September 16. Students in masks are seen drawing the foreground.

CFA ArtPop

Photo of political science lecturer Rachel Meade’s class taking place in the overhang next to Marsh Chapel September 14. Students sit on the steps inside the overhang and sunlight shines through the arches.

Great Acoustics

Photo of Professor of earth and environment Bruce Anderson heading back to his office on an electric hoverboard after getting some fresh air with his 1.5 year old pup Juke, a shaggy back and white dog that runs by his side as Anderson holds its leash.

A Professor and His Pup

Urban Cycle's Rodell Pascua (right) inspects Kristyna Kotynkova's (post-doc) bike at the Bike tune-up event at the Boston University Medical Campus on the morning of Thursday Sept 10th.

Medical Campus Bike Safety Event

Photo of the BU Rock painted read with a message from BU's student-led public health campaign, "F*CK IT Won't Cut It". In the background, students walk by.

PSA on the Rock

Photo of a reddish orange wall at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine covered with plaques that serves as the official donor wall, recognizing all leadership commitments of $25,000 and above made to the school during the Choose to Be Great campaign at Boston University. The plaques' texts are printed on transparent blocks that are hung among silver pipes.

Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine Donor Wall

Photo of two signs on BU Beach. One is blue and says “don’t go viral, wear a mask,” while the left one is green and says “don’t go viral, physically distance.” The day is bright and sunny and the charles river is seen in the background.

Don’t Go Viral

Photo of Alvaro Mendoza (ENG’22) works on his skateboard practicing tricks near LAW on August 31. He wears a pink shirt and gray shorts and is seen mid-air while doing a trick.

Who Says You Can’t Have Fun during a Pandemic?

A photo of the 2020 Thomas M. Menino Scholars and Boston Public Schools Community Service virtual Awards Ceremony

2020 Thomas M. Menino Scholars Awards Ceremony

Professor Elizabeth Co’s Human Physiology (BI 211) class in Morse Auditorium on the first day of classes September 2. Co started the class by talking about how COVID has touched her life, and her confidence in the university’s protocols, “I do think there are few safer places to be” she said, adding “I ask that we all stay safe as a community”. Stickers were placed in chairs throughout the auditorium to help with distancing.

First Day of Fall Classes

Members of the BU Fencing Club Alex Spencer (Pardee’21) and Yeung Sing Yo (CAS’22) practice on the BU Beach. Both fencers where white fencing jackets and fencing masks, their foils locked.

En Garde

Paige Stathapoulos (CAS’16) wears a mask tosses a rugby football to her Rugby teammate Jenny Kronish at Nickerson field on the West Campus move in August 28. The rugby football is seen in flight.

A Rugby Workout on Nickerson

Reverence Robert Hill gives a sermon during at Marsh Chapel during an outdoor service on the day of Boston University Matriculation 2020

Marsh Chapel Matriculation Service

20-1388-WESTMOVE-178 - The two week long move-in continues on West Campus August 27, despite the rain. Classes start September 2.

Rainy Day Move-In