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Photo of long-distance runner, Rylan Pettit (ENG’23), running down a street. Grass is seen in the foreground, Pettit wears his BU jersey. Pettit made a video discussing his improvised training regimen when the pandemic sent him home to Virginia for remote learning.

Student Life

Culture of College Class Creates a Video Record of Learning—and Living—during Pandemic

June 3, 2020

A photo of Boston University's Charles River Campus during the fall semester

University News

BU Students Will Have Choice of In-Person or Remote Classes This Fall

June 1, 2020

Screenshot of Gabriel Klavans (CAS'21) playing the drums during BU Scarlet Band's video "Shipping Up to Boston. Image with video play button overlay.

Band

Quarantined BU Band Rocks “Shipping Up to Boston”

June 1, 2020

Composite image of members of BU’s Inner Strength Gospel Choir performing their “Unity Medley,” featuring songs by Alma Bazel Androzzo, Carole King, and Bill Withers. Current and former choir members recorded their parts remotely. Most students wear Boston University shirts. A white video play button is seen over the image.

Music

BU’s Inner Strength Gospel Choir: Lifting Voices from a Distance

May 29, 2020

A photo of students posed together during a previous BU orientation session

Orientation

Zooming into Orientation

May 29, 2020

Composite image of different screenshots of clubs connecting remotely over Zoom. In the top left, a student in a red BU shirt holds what looks like a hose. On the top right, four students dance or stretch, on the bottom, fours students do a plank over zoom. On the bottom right, a student dances.

Student Life

BU Student Clubs and Organizations Find Ways to Stay Connected, at a Distance

May 28, 2020

News anchors for BUTV10 show Primary Focus on the set.

BUTV10

BUTV10 Scores Four 2020 National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Awards

May 26, 2020

Composite image of the 2020 Kahn Awards winners; clockwise from left, top: Diana Walsh, Tak-Cheung Hui, Saskia Martinez, Alex Stern, Nicholas Walker, Eric Carey.

Student Awards

2020 Kahn Career Entry Awards Go to Six CFA Graduates

May 20, 2020

Ann-Lyssa Asare (Pardee’20) pops a champagne bottle full of confetti for a photo shoot in Marsh Plaza May 13, 2020. She wears a graduation cap and a red robe.

Commencement

BU’s 2020 Grads Get Creative Celebrating What Should Have Been Commencement Weekend

May 19, 2020

Spring view of Marsh Chapel and Marsh Plaza

Student Voices

Marsh Chapel’s Annual “This I Believe” Sunday: Grads Share Journeys of Faith at BU

May 18, 2020

Ken Elmore hosts a virtual celebration for the BU Class of 2020

Student Life

Class of 2020 Gets a Virtual Send-off, for Now

May 17, 2020

A composite image of BU faculty and staff with text that reads "Advice to the class of 2020"

Campus Life

Advice to the BU Class of 2020: “Whatever You Do, Do Good in the World”

May 17, 2020

Word splash that forms the letters BU using the words inspiring, adventurous, empowerment, worldwide, magical, hopeful, colorful, dynamic, family, BU, unforgettable, grateful, inspiring, and opportunity in scarlet, light red, black and gray.

Commencement

BU in a Word

May 15, 2020

Composite image of Sarah Bickford (CAS’20), left, and Shadae Leslie (COM’20), right. Bickford wears a green dress and poses in front of a building on a brick sidewalk, and Leslie leans against a red "Boston University College of Communication" sign.

Student Life

Job-Hunting Students Face Uncertainty—but Also Opportunity—in Pandemic

May 14, 2020

Composite image of Gabrielle Gales (Questrom’20) (left), named Undergraduate Student Employee of the Year, and Maria Narvaez (MED’18,’23). Both were award the Graduate Student Employee of the Year.

Student Awards

A Little Different This Year: Virtual Ceremony for Student Employees of the Year

May 14, 2020

A screenshot of the cast and crew of BUTV10 soap opera Bay State

Student Life

COM Students Hard at Work on New Content for WTBU and BUTV10

May 13, 2020

Photo of 2019 graduates at Boston University's Commencement on Nickerson Field on May 19, 2019 throwing their hats into the air. They are wearing red gowns. It's a sunny day and the sky is blue.

Commencement

10 Gifts College Graduates Can Enjoy during a Summer of Social Distancing

May 12, 2020

Jiaxin Tong on a deserted Bay State Road. A white video play button appears over the image.

Student Life

COM Student’s Vlog Captures What It’s Like to Live on a Mostly Empty Campus

May 11, 2020

Dean Kenneth Elmore stands on a stage in the George Sherman Union next to a podium with a red Boston University sign on it. He wears a red blazer and holds a champagne bottle. Behind him, a screen shows an image of the back of a Terriers jersey.

Senior Week

BU Celebrates the Class of 2020 with Virtual Events

May 8, 2020

Students holding a sign that they will miss each other

Student Life

Class of 2020: Tell Us What You’ll Miss Most about BU

May 6, 2020

Class of 2020: Tell Us What You’ll Miss Most about BU