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Linda Marie Possa performs at the second annual Lavender ceremony, a cultural celebration and a commemoration of the University’s LGBTQ+ graduating seniors. Organized by the Queer Activist Collective (known as Q) and the LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff Community Network. The ceremony was held in the Questrom auditorium on May 20, 2023. Photo by Doug Levy

Lavender (LGBTQIA) Celebration and Reception

Photo: Allyson Imbacuan (CAS 23), wearing a light shirt with dark hair, laughs while receiving a pin during the Newbury Center First Generation Pinning Ceremony and Reception at the Tsai Auditorium on May 19, 2023. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University

Newbury Center First Generation Pinning Ceremony and Reception

Photo: (standing from left) Joshua Diamond (CAS'22), and Professor Saida Grundy, Director of Admissions, congratulate Jada Warmington (QST'23) during Rite of Passage. A Black woman (center) wearing an all black suit ensemble smiles as she places a black, yellow, red, and green graduation stole around a young Black woman's shoulders (right).

Umoja Rite of Passage

Photo: Graduates wearing red gowns and black graduation caps cheer and celebrate at the end of the 150th Boston University Commencement on Nickerson Field as red and white confetti falls from the air onto them.

That’s a Wrap

Photo: A large group of young adults dressed in business casual clothes smiles and pose together. A large projection shown behind them reads "Congratulations Class of 2023".

Community Service Award Recipients and Menino Scholars Honored

Photo: Interior shot of three young women jumping and laughing in a bright yellow bouncy house. (from left) Saki Matsumoto (CAS’23), Iris Hart (SAR’23), and Tala Fahoum (SAR’23) jump and have fun.

Carnival @ the Beach

Photo: A flash photo of a runway with many black and white unique looks, the right portion of the photo is darkened and the left photo is lit with the flash. All the models looks forward as they strut their stuff!

Charcoal SS’23 Fashion Show: “Where the Light Ends”

Photo: The BU women’s softball team, a group of college aged women wearing red and white uniforms, celebrates after winning the Patriot League title May 13 following a 2-0 victory over West Point. It was the Terriers’ fourth championship in the last five years. The team now heads to Athens Georgia where they’ll take on Virginia Tech in round one of the NCAA Regionals on Friday. Photo by Brian Foley

Champions

Photo: Overhead shot of a large ballroom filled with white tables. Each table is filled with people in black tie attire and plates of food. Room is lit with a purple, festive light.

BUA 30th Anniversary Gala

Photo: Mishka Yarovoy (CFA’23) accepts the Elliot Norton Award. A white man wearing glasses, a white collared shirt, and velvet black blazer smiles as he stands behind a wooden podium that reads "Huntington Theater".

Norton Awards

Photo: Three students sit in chairs around an ottoman. The two chairs in foreground, the students are discussing something about their study materials. The chair in the background features a student curled up with a coat over them, completely passed out. The first student in the foreground wears a green t-shirt, the second student wears a gray hijab and a shirt. The chairs are orange and a dark pattern.

The Homestretch

Photo: Dr. Beverly Brown, a white woman wearing a white blouse, black blazer, and black and white floral skirt, holds up a glass of champagne as she stands at a glass podium and addresses a crowd during a reception.

BU Women’s Guild Honorary President Beverly Brown Celebrated at Reception

Photo: A person in a suit holding a briefcase walks in between two large monitor screens at what appears to be a tech conference or corporate gathering

Experiential Learning Expo

Photo: Sam Moller, BU Assistant Director for Communications (left) demonstrates with the aid of a small scale replicated pipe how the buildings HVAC system obtains itÕs energy. (from left to right) State Representative Jeff Roy (D-Franklin), Emerson Gagnon, State Representative Joan Meschino (D-3rd District Plymouth), Liam Morehead, and State Representative Rich Haggerty (D-30th Middlesex District) look on in the facilities room..

The Energy Tour

Photo: A white woman with blonde hair tied back into a low ponytail and wearing glasses, a blue collared shirt, and jeans, points behind her as she directs two men dressed in casual clothes in front of her. A third man stand to her right and also listens. They all stand on a makeshift stage.

Wasteland by Kate Snodgrass (GRS’90)

Photo: A young woman plants stakes with paper fishes in a grassy area for a World Ocean Day Installation. The fishes are colorful, a mix of red, orange, and yellow and the young student wears black yoga pants and a gray sweatshirt.

World Ocean Day installation

Photo: A group shot of the women's tennis patriot league in their white uniforms, with the trophy and banner in front of them. The coaches stand to the left and the right of them.

Women’s Tennis Sweeps

Photo: Award winning Brazilian Poet and performer, Ricardo Aleixo, a Black man wearing an all black outfit and tan beret-style cap holds a microphone to his face as he reads from a small notebook. A mic stand is seen to his right and blurred views of the back of audiences heads can be seen in the foreground.

Award winning Brazilian Poet and performer, Ricardo Aleixo

Photo: A row of BU's Drumline students in all black t-shirts perform for a showcase.

Drum Roll, Please!

Photo: Boston University staffers from (l-r) Trish Reed, Diandra Ross and Erin Lee grouped up to sort through clothing donations at Cradles To Crayons donation center in Newton, Massachusetts, Thursday, April 20, 2023. From left, a white woman wearing a grey "Boston University" long sleeved shirt, a Black woman wearing glasses and a black short sleeved shirt, and an Asian woman wearing a blue and white collared shirt and navy blue sweater vest laugh and chat as they fold clothes out of a large blue bin. Behind them other people can be seen sorting and folding clothes into various other bins.

External Affairs volunteers at Cradles to Crayons