While You Were Gone

A rectangular pink pig on Comm Ave—who’d-a thunk it? But pinhole cameras don’t have to be boring, as Ying Yao (CAS’18) demonstrates with this one she made for an introductory film photography class. Photo by Maddie Malhotra (COM’19)

A view from the top: the entrance to the Metcalf Science Center. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Dappled and drowsy and ready for—study: Joe Damico (COM’19) on the COM lawn June 1. Photo by Cydney Scott

“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.”―Anna Quindlen. Annie Mooers (COM’19) (left) and Maria Elisa Vallejo (CAS’19), here outside Downtown Crossing’s historic Brattle Bookshop, probably couldn’t have said it better. Photo by Maddie Malhotra (COM’19)

Who knew that cleaning the floors could produce such a striking work of art? Unfortunately, the patterns created by night custodian Rene Perez at Marciano Commons are transient. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Aerial dancer Marin Orlosky Randow rehearses in June for 35, a program by contemporary ballet company DanceVisions, Inc., celebrating its 35th anniversary. Photo by Maddie Malhotra (COM’19)

Ah, summer—those days of soda and pretzels and beer. But not for everyone. After all, when else could the New Balance Field turf be repaired? Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Summer is indeed quieter on the Charles River Campus, but there is still plenty on offer: Alison Staffin (CAS’17) at work June 20 in CFA’s Drawing and the Figure class. Photo by Cydney Scott

Hannah Kinal (CAS’21) (left) and Michelle Fong (CAS’21) seem impressed by some dance moves during a Terrier Night for incoming freshmen June 22. Photo by Maddie Malhotra (COM’19)

And the winner is: Madeline Ryan (CAS’19), victor of the Terrier Night M&M straw-sucking competition June 22. Photo by Maddie Malhotra (COM’19)

Are there three summer tour takers in this picture—or four? Photo by Cydney Scott

BU Stage Troupe’s summer show, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, with Conner Reed (COM’18) (from left), Alexandra Edwards (COM’17), and Lucy Gamades (COM’18, CAS’18), is free; the last show is scheduled for August 30 at the Student Theater at Agganis Arena. Photo by Maddie Malhotra (COM’19)

Untrammeled joy—BU men’s basketball guard Cedric Hankerson (Questrom’16, MET’18) and his Coach Joe Jones Basketball Clinic team celebrate a win at Case Gym June 28. Photo by Cydney Scott

“Fly me to the moon and let me play among the stars.” Most of us cannot (yet) do that, so the Coit Observatory’s free Wednesday public open night may be the next best thing. SPH research analyst Elizabeth Henehan took advantage June 28. Photo by Maddie Malhotra (COM’19)

The BU Bridge is as integral a part of the University as Marsh Chapel, the Castle, or Marsh Plaza's Free at Last sculpture honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59). And the views from this icon are stunning in any season. Photo by Cydney Scott

University of Michigan senior Rachel Feltman (from left), postdoc and instructor Joseph Goodliffe (MED’16), Colgate senior Courtney Dunphy, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign junior Madeline McDevitt with the cadaver brains they studied during MED’s eight-week Summer Program in Neuroscience. Photo by Cydney Scott

The massive $110 million MassDOT construction project replacing the eastbound side of the Comm Ave bridge over the Mass Turnpike began July 27. Replacement of the westbound side is scheduled for next summer. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Reaching new heights, or at least repairing them: for some the living may be easy in the summertime, but for others, it’s a time to get to needed chores, like fixing a CAS classroom ceiling, before the semester begins. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

The Inglorious Batters, SPH’s hapless but lovable club softball team, was the brainchild of Ola Omotowa (SPH’18). They lost their first game, 12-0. They lost the next game, and the next. In fact, they lost all six games—but they had fun. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Research in Science & Engineering Internship lab partners Oluwadara Okeremi, 16, of Nigeria (left), and Kristin Nguyen, 17, of California, exploring the facets of university laboratory research during the six-week summer program. Photo by Cydney Scott

As part of the BU Climate Action Plan, a long-term project led by Pamela Templer and Lucy Hutyra, both CAS profs, and aided by students like Marisa Lee (CAS’19), is measuring carbon storage capacity and carbon dioxide fluxes on the BU campus. Photo by Cydney Scott

The end is in sight: The Comm Ave Bridge Replacement project on August 4. Photo by Cydney Scott