SPH Snapshot: Orientation Week 2021.

Students filled Talbot Green on the first day of Student Orientation, with several hundred attending in-person events.

Ann Marie Larese, senior director of admissions, and Jaclyn Bowes, assistant director of alumni events and communications, assist students at registration tables.

More than half of the incoming class of 450 students attended at least one day of orientation events.

Dean Sandro Galea delivers an introductory lecture to new students to explore what matters most to public health and how that guides scholarship and action at SPH.

Students fill the lecture hall at 670 Albany Street to listen and engage with Dean Galea's talk: "Why Public Health?"

Julia Lanham, director of advising, employer engagement, and career equity presented "Equity, Justice & Pronouns: Why Getting 'Them' Right Matters"

A tour gathers under the Boston University Medical Campus clock, an iconic meeting point for generations of students.

Craig Andrade, associate dean of practice and director of the SPH Activist Lab, guides new students in a lively session on discovering passion in public health.

The Office of Graduate Student Life set up lawn games on Talbot Green to enable students to take joy breaks between sessions.

Among the goals of Students of Color for Public Health is to build community and networking opportunities for SPH students of color.

Student organization members greet new colleagues at a resource fair co-sponsored by SPH and Graduate Medical Sciences

The primary objective of the Health Policy and Law Student Organization (HPLSO) is to create opportunities for personal, intellectual, and professional development.

Orientation programming included a variety of sessions for first-generation students and international students, book talks, discussions of public health practice, and in-depth explorations of the School's mission.

Welcome back!