Kevin Ly

An air of uncertainty continues to loom as positive COVID cases increase across campus during IAP.

Syncopasian along with many other MIT a cappella groups performed their semesterly concert this past weekend.

MIT Mocha Moves hosted the Revive the Arts (RTA) dance showcase Nov. 5 and featured a variety of other MIT dance groups.

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the famous “barber pole” hack, 70 barber poles were constructed throughout campus as part of a scavenger hunt Monday.

Orientation leaders give first years a warm welcome as Orientation Week kicks off for the class of 2025 Monday.

Construction projects continue around Kresge Auditorium’s northwestern side Wednesday.

Construction on Hayden Library’s interior was completed earlier this year. It now eagerly awaits re-welcoming the MIT community once COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.

Students stand in line at the Johnson Athletic Center Feb. 20 for what was originally supposed to be the final test before the conclusion of Q-Week.

Boxes and suitcases sit, ready to be unpacked, in newly-inhabited dorm room.

On an empty MIT campus, The Alchemist sculpture is seen wearing a face mask with the words ‘Welcome 2024s’ written on it.

Students stand in Lobby 7 Monday holding posters bearing empowering messages in solidarity with women all around the world.

Dancers light up the night in Little Kresge at Mocha Moves' Cirque du Moleil performance last Friday and Saturday.

Dancers light up the night in Little Kresge at Mocha Moves' Cirque du Moleil performance last Friday and Saturday.

A painting of David H. Koch '62 in Building 66 was obscurred by a painting titled Tarnished Horizons set in place by anonymous persons Sunday evening. The painting depicts a flaming offshore oil rig scorching the sea ...

Members of Asian Dance Team perform ‘Unsullied,’ an original traditional Chinese dance, as part of the annual Nightmarket event Saturday night.

The MIT Concert Band holds its annual Halloween performance in the Student Center Wednesday. Musicians can be seen wearing costumes in the spirit of the spooky season!

Grace VanderWaal performs at the Royale Nightclub for her 'Ur So Beautiful' tour.

MIT students and Cambridge residents march to Boston as part of the Global Climate Strike Friday.

Demonstrators gather outside the steps of Lobby 7 Sunday to stand in solidarity with Kashmiri people involved in border conflicts with neighboring countries.

"Futurity Island," installed next to Walker Memorial by the MIT Program in Art, Culture, and Technology, serves as "an infrastructure for interspecies communication and an open space for learning," according to their ...

2.009 students kick off the semester in Killian Court by constructing balloon towers Monday.

MIT entrepreneurs present their startup ideas in Kresge during Delta V Demo Day Monday.

Trash2Treasure, an event organized by UA Sustain, sold over 2,000 used items amounting to around $4,800 in revenue Tuesday afternoon at the Stratton Student Center.

The MIT Spinning Arts Club performs at the Stata Amphitheater Tuesday night. Alumni like Kris Kim '17 return to welcome students back for the Fall 2019 semester.

Rising tensions between west campus dorms and East Campus precipitated this year’s Water War.

Daniel Gonzalez ‘20, Pooja Reddy ‘20, and Tanner Bonner ‘22 give their perspective on the new academic policies implemented for the Class of 2023 at Kresge Auditorium Tuesday afternoon.

A banner in Lobby 7 Wednesday wishes President Rafael Reif a happy 69th birthday.

Members of MIT Rambax led by Lamine Touré perform a variety of drum and dance routines, known as sabar, on the steps of the Stratton Student Center May 4.

The Muses perform in 10-250 Friday.

The Asymptones perform in 10-250 Friday.

The Asymptones perform in 10-250 Friday.

A student walks off with a piece of the dropped piano April 25.

The piano is dropped from the roof of Baker House April 25.

The piano was dropped on top of a makeshift tent in memory of the MIT OneWorld "tent parties," which will not make a return in 2019.

Doug Lauffenburger, the Ford Professor of Bioengineering, is stepping down after 20 years as head of Course 20.

Students admitted to the MIT Class of 2023 arrive on campus Thursday for Campus Preview Weekend.

After several months of preparation, Next Act premiers 'Beauty and the Beast' Thursday night in Next House. Performances will continue to run tonight and Saturday night.

MIT's Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers host their annual "Noche de Ciencias" fair Wednesday, inviting K-12 students to explore STEM activities. As part of the event, prizes are raffled off to visiting students.

Shirts created by MIT community members affected by sexual assault line the banisters of the Stratton Student Center in an effort to educate the community as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart and Vice Chancellor Ian Waitz bring baked goods to the Banana Lounge Wednesday in honor of Random Acts of Kindness Week.

The first day of the College of Computing celebrations Feb. 26 includes interactive panels and demonstrations of MIT's recent advances in the field.

Burton Conner will be closed for renewal from June 2020 to August 2022.

The MIT Ring Committee premieres the Brass Rat for the Class of 2021 Feb. 15.

The MIT COOP is relocating to a temporary, smaller location at 80 Broadway.

In celebration of Black History Month, posters drape the banisters of Lobby 7 as part of BlackHack.

The Prudential building across the Charles River from MIT cheers on the Patriots during the Super Bowl.

The student-led IAP Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kevin Sackel G, performs Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World” Feb. 1.

Students await for MIThenge Jan. 30, only to be dismayed by the presence of clouds blocking the light of the setting sun.

Volunteers baked an approximately 600-pound peach pie Jan. 26 as part of Bad Ideas Weekend 2019. The oven was constructed from cinderblocks and foil spanning approximately 5–7 feet in diameter.

One Bad Ideas event involved trying to bake 2^n cookies where n = 13. After utilizing several kitchens throughout EC to maximize throughput, the effort produced approximately 2^11 cookies (2,048) by the evening of Jan...

An ensemble of recorder players parades the parallels of East Campus Jan. 26 playing complex pieces filled with overlapping phrases of dissonance. The recorder ensemble was part of Bad Ideas Weekend 2019.

An ensemble of recorder players parades the parallels of East Campus Jan. 26, playing complex pieces filled with overlapping phrases of dissonance. The performance culminated with the iconic "Hot Cross Buns."

Chris "Petey" Peterson leads the baking of an approximately 600-pound peach pie as part of Bad Ideas Weekend Jan 26. Volunteers began helping construct the pie at daybreak.

Every third Thursday of the month, MIT Sustainability hosts the "Choose to Reuse" event in an effort to minimize our carbon footprint. All are welcome to donate their belongings in the morning, which others can then c...

Boston experiences its first snow of the year Jan. 19 to the delight of MIT students across campus. Pictured above is the sculpture 'Aesop’s Fables II' at North Court.

Balinese dancers perform with the MIT Gamelan Galak Tika group, a Balinese percussion ensemble led by music professor Evan Ziporyn, in Kresge Auditorium Dec. 1.

Music Director Frederick Harris Jr. leads the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble through a night dedicated to performing pieces created by MIT students and alumni in Kresge Auditorium Nov 17.

The exterior of Next Haunt's project was located in the basement lounge of Next House. The project was constructed from scratch in a matter of a few weeks.

The coordinators of Next Haunt are responsible for devising clever and witty puzzles for participants to solve.

Next Haunt incorporates many mind-boggling puzzles to not only challenge MIT students to think on their feet, but also do so under the stress of scares inside a haunted house.

A few days before Next Haunt officially begins, coordinators monitor participants and evaluate the quality of the escape room.

In the conference room of Next House's basement, coordinators of Next Haunt monitor participants' progress Oct 26.

A member of Next Haunt has makeup applied Oct. 26 for his role as an actor who spooks participants.

The International Folk Dancing group dances to Eastern European music as groups organized in lines and circles in La Sala Oct. 28.

Danny Goldfield talks about his ongoing personal project, called NYChildren, Oct. 23. The project, which spans more than 10 years, involves photographing a child from every part of the world found in New York City.

A student sports a piece of pumpkin as a crown following the annual Pumpkin Drop event, which took place Sunday at the Green Building.

Adam K. Boyles conducts the MIT Symphony Orchestra for its first performance of the 2018-19 school year Oct. 19.

MIT President L. Rafael Reif and Chairman of the Corporation Robert Millard '73 look on as the ribbon is cut with a large pair of scissors to start off the grand opening of the MIT.nano building Oct. 4.