Joseph Maurer

A hole in the wall of Bexley Hall’s entry 50 was part of vandalism that happened in the now-closed dorm. Bexley will be undergoing extensive renovations for up to the next three years.

A model of Freddie Mercury, frontman of the British rock band Queen, sits atop Kresge Auditorium in his famous yellow jacket in honor of his birthday, Sept. 5. The lead vocalist and pianist wrote many popular hits for...

A hole in the wall of Bexley Hall’s entry 50 was part of vandalism that happened overnight in the now-closed dorm. Bexley will be undergoing extensive renovations for up to the next three years.

Saferide and Tech Shuttle buses sit idle on Saturday in their parking lot off Albany St. With the Institute shut down during the blizzard, normal shuttle routes were canceled through the weekend.

A student jumps into a snow pile from the third floor of Novartis’ parking garage at Cross and Albany Streets on Saturday. The snow pile blocked most of Cross St. across from Edgerton House, and gathered a crowd of a ...

Four-tenths of a second after launch, this two-liter bottle rocket ascends above Briggs Field during a Gordon Engineering Leadership Program activity.

Esther Duflo PhD ’90, the Abdul Latif Jameel professor of poverty alleviation and development, discusses MIT science and engineering against poverty at a public symposium on Thursday morning. The three-part symposium ...

Adam Reynolds ‘01 is on the leadership team for There’s Gotta be Something More. TGBSM provides venues for discussions of faith and life for the MIT community.

Last night the Great Dome was bathed in blue light for the end of National Autism Awareness Month. Autism Awareness Month, recognized in April by the United States, has been celebrated since the 1970s. This month of a...

In March, the same LED arrays were used to display a purple ribbon in recognition of Relay for Life.

The Tetris game was controlled using two red buttons positioned on a podium below the Green Building. A sign on the podium said “Danger: Do not play Tetris on Green Bldg.”

The Green Building became a playable game of Tetris on Friday night, in what was deemed the “Holy Grail of Hacks.” The screen was created by using multicolored lights positioned on each window. The words “TETRIS” scro...

The residents of East Campus Second West make liquid nitrogen ice cream Thursday evening outside of the Z-Center during their annual CryoFAC event. They served several exotic ice cream flavors, including green tea, se...

One fake acrobat hangs from an aerial silk.

On Wednesday, fake circus performers were scattered throughout Lobby 7, including a ringmaster who stood next to a plinth.

On Wednesday, a variety of fake acrobats and circus performers appeared in Lobby 7.

The Green Building displays a bright purple ribbon hack on its tall facade Saturday night in support of Relay for Life.

Ahead of Saturday’s Relay for Life, groups around campus publicized the event by adopting its purple color scheme. For their part, hackers illuminated the great dome and other prominent areas of campus with purple lig...

Hackers used lighting gels to bathe the interior of Lobby 7 in purple. Like a similar display last year, the hack precedes the Relay for Life, a major fundraising event for the American Cancer Society. MIT will host a...

Stephanie Lin ’12 won a Rhodes scholarship to study medical anthropology at Oxford University this year. She is majoring in biology.

Prior to the start of Bad Ideas Weekend, a painted banner of the Green Building appeared under the dome in Lobby 7. The words “Bad Ideas” are displayed using red and black windows and a QR code taped to the bottom dir...

Bruno B. F. Faviero ’15, a Tech staffer, tops a newly constructed snowman with a hat on Monday evening in front of the Student Center. Light snowfall blanketed Cambridge on Monday evening.

Stephanie Lin ’12 won a Rhodes scholarship to study medical anthropology at Oxford University next year. She is majoring in biology.

Denzil Sikka ’13 was elected president of the Panhellenic Association.

Thomas A. Anderson ’13, new IFC president.

A water pipe broke under the Main Lot, between Buildings 3 and 5, shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 26. Water pressure cracked and lifted the asphalt in the middle of the parking lot, and overwhelmed the drains near th...

Admissions Counselor Chris Peterson directs a new MIT Admissions video — a tour of MIT led by Tim the Beaver set to, and incorporating motifs from, the song “Pure Imagination.”