Photos Capture the Energy of Historic First Day Back on Campus

Wide elevated view of Uwe Beffert teaching a cell biology class in Morse Auditorium at Boston University on the first day of classes of the fall semester.

Photo by Cydney Scott

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Photos Capture the Energy of Historic First Day Back on Campus

2021–2022 classes start as BU returns fully to residential life after 18 months of COVID restrictions

September 2, 2021
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Thursday, September 2, marked more than just the start of another new school year at Boston University. It marked the resumption of a fully residential campus for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic struck the country and emptied the campus way back in March 2020. In-person classroom instruction is back (goodbye to Zoom), and for now at least, masks, weekly COVID tests, and daily attestations are a part of everyday life. But rejoice—student clubs and organizations can meet in person, we can resume workouts at FitRec, and gathering with friends in University dining halls and at BU Athletics events is again possible. 

For this first day of classes, BU Today photographers Jackie Ricciardi and Cydney Scott roved across the Charles River Campus to classrooms, the GSU, and other buildings and up and down Comm Ave,  capturing this historic return to (a new) normal.

Interior view of students streaming into the Boston University College of Arts and Sciences building wearing protective face coverings.
Students exit the Boston University College of Arts and Sciences building wearing protective face coverings. A sign on the door to the building notifies people that face masks are required inside.
Crowds of students and people cross Commonwealth Ave near the Kilachand Center seen in the background.

Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Two students with red Boston University backpacks sit on a bench talking.

Photo by Cydney Scott

Students walk along the sidewalks of Commonwealth Ave on the Boston University Charles River Campus September 2, 2021. Two women at the center of the crowds are wearing face coverings and talking.

Photo by Cydney Scott

Boston University students sit and walk through George Sherman Union Plaza.

Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Students wearing face coverings listen to associate professor Yoon Sun Yang’s Major Authors in Korean Literature class lecture, September 2 at the Boston University College of Arts and Sciences.

Photo by Cydney Scott

Associate professor Yoon Sun Yang, wearing a face covering, teaches Major Authors in Korean Literature class, September 2 at Boston University College of Arts and Sciences. Writing is on a chalk board behind her.

Photo by Cydney Scott

Three students wearing face masks work together during a graduate Skills class at Sargent College.

Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Students wearing protective face coverings sit and study in the lounge of the College of General Studies lobby at Boston University.

Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Professor Pedro Almeida works with students in a graduate Skills course at Sargent College on the first day of classes, September 2, 2021.

Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

View looking down on students in a lecture hall during class at the College of General Studies.

Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Professor Yuri Corrigan holds his hands expressively in the air while teaching Classics of Russian Prose at Boston University College of General Studies on the first day of classes, September 2, 2021.

Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

A student scrambles to grab as many fake dollar bills as possible in twenty seconds during the First Day Festival September 2 at George Sherman Union. Every bill caught was worth one dining point, and she managed to grab 10. The game was hosted by BU Dining Services. At right is BU Dining Services marketing manager Laurel O’Keefe.

Photo by Cydney Scott

Students hand out free cups and cookies from the Student Activities Office at the First Day Festival, Boston University George Sherman Union.

Photo by Cydney Scott

A Boston University students celebrates winning the game Plinko during the First Day Festival at the George Sherman Union. She won a BU tee-shirt.

Photo by Cydney Scott

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