What it was: Edmond’s Hall was a nine-story, 790-bed residence on Lower Campus that housed some 30,000 students between fall 1975 and spring 2016.

Why it came down: To make room for a 240,000-square-foot recreation facility that will replace the 44-year old Flynn RecPlex in 2018.

Timing: August 5 to September 22, 2016. A camera mounted atop the Yawkey Center took a picture of Edmond’s once an hour from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., every day. (Drone footage was taken on August 8, and again on September 22.)

Phases: June and July—furniture removal. Washing machines, dryers, and ovens were crushed by an on-site excavator, and then recycled. Where feasible, beds and desks were redistributed to other residence halls. August and September—mechanical demolition. Working from the top story down, removal of brick façade, then steel framework, then floors. More than 98 percent of the building was recycled.

Equipment: Volvo EC700C high-reach excavator, Caterpillar 374D excavator, Kotmatsu PC360 excavator, Komatsu 470 wheel loader, and a Caterpillar 226 skid steer loader.

Date: May 17, 2016, last day of final exams
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (deadline for departure, 4:00)
Location: Newton Campus, Keyes North and South residence halls
Tools: Laundry carts, duct tape, helping hands, spatial intelligence, brawn

Bloopers and outtakes from behind the scenes at the Parents’ Weekend slideshow shoot near Devlin Hall, September 25, 2015.

With thanks to, in order of appearance: Gary Wayne Gilbert, director of University photography; Nikki-Taylor Dow ’16, with her parents, Bob and Sue, and aunt Marianne Schubert; Jack Lonergan ’19, with his parents, John and Ita, and dormmate Nick McElroy ’19; Alison Jess ’18, with her parents, Steve and Stacey; Victoria Brown ’19, with her mother, Rose ’86; Gabby Perlewitz ’17, with her parents, Thomas and Peggy, and sister Hannah; Alyssa Ivancevich ’19, with her father, Adrian Ivancevich, and mother, Diane Knoles; Kate Carsky ’16, with her parents, Madeleine and Joe, and golden retriever Lucy; Katie Oksen ’19, with her parents, Chris and Mary, sister Emily, and grandmother Frances Frederic; Angela Arzu ’19, with her parents, Avery and Linda; Alyssa Rogowski ’17, with her parents, Putul and Michael; Pari Michalopoulous ’18, with her mother, Rebecca, and sister Sophia; Sageene Francis ’19, with her parents, Sandra and Georges; Will Dwyer IV ’19, with his parents, Bill III ’80, P’15, and Christine ’82, P’15; Jiane Li ’19, with her father, Jinsong Li, and mother, Hong Xu; and Amanda Brown ’16, with her parents, Lynn and Chris.

View the finished slideshow.

A dozen faculty volunteered to show freshmen around Boston during what turned out to be a mild afternoon on Friday, August 28. They joined the long list of upperclassmen and staff leading “Discover BOSTON” excursions, sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs. This particular tour was led by Joseph Burns (who teaches a freshman topic seminar on “The Role of Law in Society” and is also associate vice provost for undergraduate academic affairs) and co-led by Akua Sarr, who has taught in the African and African diaspora studies program; Sarr is the new vice provost for undergraduate academic affairs. Some two dozen students accompanied them, savoring the sights and the local ice cream. In all, 68 tour groups set off from Boston College with complimentary T-passes this day.

Date: Monday, May 18
Time: 8:15 a.m.
Place: Linden Lane—staging area for the senior procession to Alumni Stadium and the University’s 139th Commencement.

Who: 1,538 Boston College students, faculty and staff, and local community members

What: A non-stop, team-relay walk

When: The 12 hours from Friday, March 20, 6:00 p.m. to Saturday, March 21, 6:00 a.m.

Where: Inside perimeter of the main gym, Flynn Recreation Complex

Why: To raise funds for the American Cancer Society ($151,513.07 at this event; more than $1 million all told, from annual relays over the past eight years)

Gasson 100, the Irish Room, lies empty. Enter a man with a drill.

Dramatis personae:

Scott Angus, of the Sign Center

Albert Travaglini, associate director, Boston College facilities services

John Bapst, SJ (the large portrait), first of 23 Jesuits (1863–69) to hold the presidency of Boston College before 1996, when the current President, William P. Leahy, SJ, took office.

Over four days in June, More Hall, the retired administrative office building at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and St. Thomas More Road, was demolished by a 651-horsepower Komatsu excavator—the biggest in Boston. The three-story brick structure, built in 1954 to house the Law School, will be replaced by a 490-bed residence hall due to open in 2016.

Who (in order of appearance): Lawyer, statesman, and humanist St. Thomas More (1478–1535), eight feet tall, bronze. In his hand, wrapped for transport, he holds a palm frond symbolizing his martyrdom. • Bolivian-born sculptor Pablo Eduardo (in brown shirt), who also created the statue of St. Ignatius in front of Higgins Hall on Middle Campus. • University President William P. Leahy, SJ (in maroon baseball cap).

Where: Garden outside the Law Library, on Newton Campus.

When: September 23, 2013.

The sculpture is a gift of the Privitera family, which includes three graduates of the Law School, Francis D. ’56, Francis D. Jr. ’95, and Philip ’95. A dedication ceremony took place May 2, 2014.

As runner Rachel Rudder ’14 approached Boston College on the way to the finish line of the 2014 Boston Marathon, @BC producer Ravi Jain handed her a small video camera in a harness. She was already wearing her gold and maroon SuperFan T-shirt, which, she says, “definitely got the students riled up.”

Rudder finished in 03:27:57. The friend who ran with her briefly is Haley Farrell ’14.