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Photo: Two young college students, Stephanie Kung (COM’23), left, and Kelly Ye (QST’23) cuddle with bunnies on the 14th floor of CDS on Boston University's campus. “Barn Babies” brought a petting zoo to BU on April 20, where students signed up for time slots to snuggle with their choice of pig, goat, bunnies, chicks, or kittens. The room was filled with smiles and the cooing of baby animals from start to finish. Photo by Will Chapman COM (’26)

Barn Babies Visit CDS

Photo: Tara Watchorn, a white woman with short blonde hair, and Drew Marrochello, a white man with silver hair, stand on a red rug on an ice rink as they pose together and hold up a large BU women's ice hockey jersey. They both wear formal black blazers, white tops, and black pants. Behind them empty stands can be seen and students in the BU band wait with their instruments in the distance.

New Head Coach for BU Women’s Ice Hockey

Photo: An older woman with graying black hair tied up and wearing a bright yellow jacket stands at a podium outside in an open square and reads from a large packet of papers. In the blurry foreground, a hand can be seen picking up a newspaper.

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Photo: The BU Bhangra dance team celebrates Punjabi Nite at BU with a colorful and lively performance. The dancers are smiling, their arms in the air and a foot of the ground, mid-dance. They wear traditional clothing--a black embellished tunic with various colorful parachute-type pants on the bottom. The colors range from red to a blue-green, left to right.

A Nite for Dancing

Photo: BU SARP Ambassador Sarah Annis (QST'25) participated in the "I Will Walk With You," public art event in which students spray painted footprints on the sidewalk to symbolize community support for victims of sexual assault on Thursday morning. A young white woman wearing a light grey sweater vest holds up a light blue, stained stencil that reads "I will walk with you". Next to her the legs of another student are shown as well as their hand holing a can of light blue spray paint. A few other students can be seen in the blurred background behind them as they work to stencil the sidewalk.

I Will Walk with You

Photo: Danielle Miller (CAS'24) and Elizabeth Nelson (CAS'23) (Left to right) use the photo booth at the Spring 2023 Questrom Formal QSG hosted by Questrom Student Government. Two young women, (from left) one wearing a shiny, satin blue dress with Doc Martin boots and the other wearing long, burgundy dress laugh and pose with funky props like large, red clown glasses in front of white wall. The photo booth station features large light screens and pedestal stand.

Picture Perfect

Photo: A team from Solect Energy instals what will ultimately be 1500 solar panels on the roof of the Track and Tennis Center April 6. A group of men wearing hard hats, neon vests, and construction gear work to place a large solar panel on the roof of a large building. In the distance the New Balance field, BU's West Campus, and various brick buildings can be seen.

Solar Panels at the TTC

Photo: Astronaut Bob Hines (ENG’97) speaks with ENG students April 7 on the 17th floor of CCDS. A man in a blue NASA astronaut jumpsuit stands on a makeshift stage at the front of a large room as he speaks to a large audience of students sitting and watching.

Astronaut Bob Hines Returns to Campus

Photo: A group photo of BU’s Men’s Club Rugby Team during their 45th anniversary. A group of men, many wearing red Rugby jackets, pose together on Nickerson soccer field. A few people in the front hold up a large red banner that reads "Boston University Rugby".

Men’s Rugby Club 50th Anniversary

Photo: Yang Yang Zhang (ENG’24) (left), and Kai Imery (ENG’24) work to get their object-detecting autonomous vehicle to run. A young Asian man wearing glasses and a young white man wearing a white hooded sweatshirt both lean close the table in front of them as they study the small electric car they're programming. The small blue car is connected to wires and attached to a small black device that the two are working on.

Hands-On Engineering

Photo: Reeya Mathur (QST’25) styled and wearing designs by Anabelle Pinkston (QST’23) at the BU’s Fashion & Retail Association annual fashion show. A young, tan woman with a slicked back, long ponytail and wearing a lavender drapey dress smiles as she twirls and looks back at the camera. She walks on a red runway with a spotlight as audience members sit on either side and watch in the darkened room.

Fashion & Retail hosts Gardenia

Photo: Two young women in winter gear laugh as they lean towards each other and display colorful, plastic Easter eggs in their hands towards the camera.

Getting a Jump-Start on Easter

Photo: Overhead shot of a student symphony playing for a large audience in a symphony hall. Students wear all-black outfits as they play various instruments. A conductor stands to the left at the front of the orchestra, as his back faces the audience behind him.

BU CFA 150th Symphony Hall Concert

Photo: Andrew Lee (CGS'26) (left) and Eli Gately (CGS'26) (right) perform at the CGS Art Show and Coffee House. A young man with long black hair sings passionately into a mic as he plays a guitar. A student to his right sits and plays a large hand drum. Another student in the audience plays along on another drum.

CGS Open Mic Night

Photo: A tan young man wearing glasses and a leather jacket smiles as he carefully pulls out a wooden pice from a large Jenga tower. Another student smiles as they look on. Both stand in front of a large window letting it a sunset glow.

Jenga in the “Jenga Building”

Photo: Vindhya Kotti (MET'23), top, and Varunkumar Gandham Sathish (MET'23), bottom, celebrate Holi at the Cummington Mall on Sunday March 26th. A young woman sits atop the shoulders of a young man as they walk and celebrate in a crowd of people. Everyone is covered in colored powder solutions as colored powder can also be seen throughout the air.

Holi 2023

Photo: The BU 2023 Men's Hockey team celebrates and cheers on ice! They all wear the ice hockey uniforms and cheer as some point to a giant blue ticket that reads "Frozen Four".

Frozen Four 2023

Cameron Carcasson (SOT'26) posses with his puppet he made at the pop-up space for World Puppetry Day co-hosted by BU Residence Life on March 21st, 2023. Students were given lessons by award winning italian hand Puppeteer, Maurizo Gioco on how to make their puppets come to life. Photo by Danny Dolan (COM'26)

Puppetry Day Pop-Up Makerspace and Cabaret

Photo: A young Asian man wearng a white collared shirt tucked into black pants plays a violin passionately on stage. Behind him and to the right, a young Asian woman wearing a long red dress, plays a black grand piano. The silhouettes of the audience can be seen in front them watching.

BU Spotlight at Carnegie Hall

Photo: A a Black woman walking for a fashion show in a sustainable denim dress. Her hair is natural afro and she looks down as her hands flare out the dress dramtically. The lighting around her is an electric pink.

The Fabrio Magazine Fashion Show