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Commencement

Make Your Commencement Photos Pop with These Clever Hacks

May 14, 2022

Photo of 2 people walking in the fjords of Iceland. A man and woman face away from the camera in a field of yellow flowers. They face large looming mountains in front of them covered by large low clouds.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Global Programs Annual Photo Contest Captures Moments of Joy

April 20, 2022

Photo of Martha Schick (MDiv’22) lighting a candle in Gordon Chapel. A white woman with short hair wearing a mask lights a candle with a long match in a darkened chapel

Religion

Photo Essay: What My Faith Means to Me

March 23, 2022

Members of the Boston University Class of 2025 walk past Marsh Chapel on Commonwealth Ave towards their Matriculation Ceremony at Agganis Arena.

Year in Review

What a Year! Photo Essay Captures an Extraordinary 2021

January 7, 2022

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.

Campus Life

Photos Capture the Energy of Historic First Day Back on Campus

September 2, 2021

Entrance to A Yellow Rose Project exhibit at Boston University's Stone Gallery where a wall displays the curatorial statement for the exhibit.

Arts on Campus

A Yellow Rose Project Marks Centennial of 19th Amendment

August 6, 2021

Photo of artwork entitled “Matter of Time,” depicting a boy and his father sitting on a bench on the sidewalk. It is made from both paint and collage. The figures are gestalts and are faceless.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Visit the MFA’s New Exhibition, Paper Stories, Layered Dreams: The Art of Ekua Holmes

August 3, 2021

A photo of the Boston Press Photographers Association free outdoor show of more than 100 award-winning photos from its annual Pictures of the Year Contest

Things-to-do

To Do Today: 2020 Pictures of the Year Exhibition

June 11, 2021

2 students stand on the podium surrounded by a group of graduates posing for a photo after students flooded the stage following Commencement.

Commencement 2021

Photo Gallery Captures BU’s One-of-a-Kind 148th Commencement

May 20, 2021

Photo of three paintings by Cailyn Masson (CFA’21) on view in the BFA Thesis Exhibition. The paintings are of various sizes and feature stripes of pastel colors that resemble sunsets.

Fine Arts

BFA Thesis Exhibition Offers Mesmerizing Look at Seniors’ Work

May 7, 2021

Photo called “New Year from Anywhere” in which a young girl holds up her phone towards a wall of red lanterns; she wears a red coat with an intricate design.

Photography

Annual Photo Contest Highlights BU Community’s Experience during Quarantine

April 7, 2021

A portrait photo of Teju Cole

Arts & Culture

Prominent Writer and Artist Teju Cole to Speak at BU Tuesday Night

March 22, 2021

Photo of Alice Hotimski (CGS’22,CAS’24), left, and Eleanor Paul (CAS’24) get some work done in some beautiful 70 degree weather on March 11 as they sit on either side of the Rhett bench. They wear face masks and sit with their laptops and notebooks in their laps.

Campus Life

Capturing a Year Unlike Any Other

March 17, 2021

RAs Dragon Ding (CAS’21) (from left) records a video of John Issac (CAS’ 21) and Lance De Guzman (Sargent’22) on August 17. Issac stands in a yellow moving cart and De Guzman

Campus Life

Photo Gallery: A Look Back at an Unforgettable 2020

December 18, 2020

Collage of photos from Boston University Collegiate Recovery Program Instagram

Recovery

Recovery@BU Photo Project Aims to Promote Awareness

December 15, 2020

Photo of Megan Berkowitz (STH’21, SSW’21) leaning over a loom while backstrap weaving by hand. A tree with bright yellow leaves is seen in the background.

Pandemic Hobbies

Photo Essay: BU Community Takes Up New, Sometimes Not-So-New, Hobbies during Pandemic

December 8, 2020

Composite image of three vertical photos. The first photo, taken by Skyler Gauuan, shows to women in the corner mirror of a small grocery store with a social distancing sign. The next photo from Bridgette Lang depicts pink fluffy clouds over Kenmore Square. The last photo from Christine Russo shows a piece of graph paper and pen sitting in front of computer with google open with someone in the background working on their laptop. Overlay is bright pink.

Student Voices

Photos of Life Before the Pandemic and Now, Our New Normal

December 5, 2020

A 1996 portrait of an African National Congress supporter who was shot in the face and had his home burned the year before.

Photography

Reflections on Photographing Trauma

November 9, 2020

Roommates Jennie Young (CAS'24) (left) and Charlotte Bausha (CAS'24) work together to get Young's things into their Sleeper Hall dorm before the rain hit on August 27, while a stern, but unmasked, Rhett looks on in sculpture form behind them. Young and Bausha push a bright yellow cart filled with Young's belongings.

Campus Life

Back2BU: Photo Essay Captures a Move-in Like No Other and the Start of an Unforgettable School Year

September 10, 2020

Coronavirus

Photographing Boston under COVID-19: A Personal Vision in Black-and-White

June 29, 2020

Photographing Boston under COVID-19: A Personal Vision in Black-and-White