Boston University students and Greater Boston area citizens prepare for and participate in election activities. BU held multiple wellness-based activities to help inform students about elections and encourage them to vote. University groups also hosted election watch parties and activities to de-stress post-election.
On Oct. 15, members of BU Votes distributed pumpkin and apple pie slices to students who registered or were already registered to vote in the 2024 Presidential Election. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER BU Votes members speak with students about voting in the 2024 Presidential Election at “Painting N’ Sipping,” an event held during Terrier Turnout Week, on Oct. 17. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER A student paints a rock at a BU Student Wellbeing event, “Painting N’ Sipping” on Oct. 17, where students can learn about election resources. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER Students paint pumpkins at the “Democracy Pumpkin Carnival,” hosted by the Boston University Student Government and the Howard Thurman Center, on Oct. 18 to encourage students to learn about elections. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER Students paint pumpkins on Oct. 18 at the “Democracy Pumpkin Carnival” event. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER Ali Ruane, associate producer of the BUTV election special, “United We Vote,” prepares for a practice run of the special on Nov. 4. SIENA GLEASON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
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Executive producer Sophia Falbo and anchors Jezelle Anim-Addo and Eloise Lushina (left to right) talking in between takes of BUTV’s “United We Vote” election show on Nov. 4. SIENA GLEASON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER A voter walks into the Precinct 1 polling station in Brookline, Massachusetts, on Tuesday. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER People vote in the 2024 Presidential Election at Precinct 1 in Brookline. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER A voter looks at “I Voted” stickers, including Brookline’s custom “I Voted” stickers that feature a turkey, lining the side of an optical ballot scanner on Nov. 5. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER Voters fill out their ballots on Nov. 5 at Precinct 1 in Brookline, Massachusetts. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER A student walks into the polling location at the Boston University Life Science and Engineering Building on Tuesday. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
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Xiaodan He colors in a large coloring sheet splayed out at a table in the George Sherman Union Link for Student Wellbeing’s decompression activity, “Pause from Politics: Connection and Coloring,” on Tuesday. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER Luke Scotchie, a member of the WTBU Radio election special, updates a list of called election races on a white board on Tuesday. SIENA GLEASON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER Fiona Holton wears beaded friendship bracelets that say “Harris-Walz” and a Kamala Harris t-shirt to an election watch party at Warren Towers on Nov. 5. SIENA GLEASON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER Nadia Paneteski watches the election results on her laptop while attending an election watch party at Warren Towers on Nov. 5. SIENA GLEASON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER Students gather at the Howard Thurman Center for an election watch party on Tuesday night. MEGAN KWAN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER Students lounge in inflatable hammocks in the Dean’s Lounge during the BU Votes event, “Election Pep Talks: Wellness Edition Day Two,” on Nov. 7. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER Students pet and play with Bean, the Boston University Police Department’s community resource dog, in the Dean’s Lounge during a BU Votes event that encourages students to relax after the election. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
