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Benjamin J. Kaduk PhD ’12 disassembles a bookshelf that was no longer needed.

Monday evening found the reopened library in this state. The now-contiguous paperback section extends off to the right, and the taller-spaced shelves of comics, magazines, and references occupy the area to the left. O...

As part of an effort to consolidate the paperback section, James K. Hobin ’16 re-shelves an armful of books. It is estimated that MITSFS circulates around 46,000 books, not including the 4,000 reserve books which can ...

Two years after a similar undertaking in 2013, the MIT Science Fiction Society (MITSFS) closed this past weekend to perform another phase of reorganization. The overarching goal was to make books easier to find in the...

Yelena Tsitkin ’06, Jennifer Chung ’02, D.W. Rowlands G, and Laura A. McKnight ’15 work together to add custom-sized protective covers to the dust-covers of books before they are shelved. The hardcover books had been ...

The Institute closed on Friday, Jan. 3 in response to a snowstorm that blanketed the northeast with large amounts of snow. Here, a snow-shoveling crew takes a break in Lobby 7 on Friday afternoon. Ismael Imul, one of...

Paul Babbin of Stafford Painters uses a roller to paint the wall near the Forbes Café sushi area last Wednesday, Jan. 9. Forbes Café, in the Stata Center, closed Dec. 21, 2012 for renovations. It reopened this past Mo...

The MIT Track and Field teams hosted their annual Alumni Meet this past Saturday, Jan. 12 at the Johnson Athletic Center Indoor Track. The event invites former varsity athletes to return and compete against the curre...

Hackers placed a mask over the “Alchemist” statue, situated in front of Building W20. The hack, photographed last Friday, Jan. 11, may be related to Mayor Thomas Menino’s declaration of a public health emergency regar...

Ray Gelinas of Canning Studios uses a roller to paint the ceiling of Lobby 10 during a restoration project planned to be completed before February. Canning Studios founder John Canning explained that the group took a ...

Emily E. Wean ’14 sings the part of Kermit the Frog as the Chorallaries perform “Rainbow Connection.” During their annual spring break tour, the Chorallaries performed a concert at an art gallery in Sunnyvale, Calif.,...

Peter Dourmashkin, outgoing lecturer and an associate director of the Experimental Study Group, poses with the textbook he used while teaching 8.012 at ESG. After a 28-year tenure with ESG, Dourmashkin, who was also o...

After around seven months of construction, a newly-renovated lab space for the Department of Materials Science and Engineering is nearing completion. The renovation includes a new walk-through corner and glass wall, w...

(clockwise from top-right) Amy Qian ’11, Jack L. Jester-Weinstein ’12, Itaru L. Hiromi ’11, and Arka P. Dhar ’10 (also a Tech photographer) carry mattresses to the end of the East Campus roller-coaster during testing ...

Elizabeth V. Power ’10 paints letters for a tale about past EC Rushes onto one of the many signs that East Campus prepared for Sunday night’s East Side Party, held in the EC courtyard.

Late Saturday night, Peter P. Tieu ’11 tests some holds after he finished mounting them for East Campus’s rock-climbing twister game. The twister game was showcased during the East Side Party on Aug. 30.

In 2006, members of the mural group Tats Cru finish a mural in honor of the late James E. “Big Jimmy” Roberts, former night watch man for the Senior House and East Campus dorms. The mural was created in the Stata Ampit...

Sr. Haus Rocks, Mar. 1.

Bexxxley Roxxx Some More, Feb. 23.

Sr. Haus Rocks, Mar. 1.

Bexxxley Roxxx Some More, Feb. 23.

Bexxxley Roxxx Some More, Feb. 23.

Construction on Mass. Ave., Mar. 21.

This past Sunday, an MIT logo appeared in the snow in the courtyard bordered by buildings 18, 26, 8, and 6. More snowfall is expected this Thursday.

Graduates congregate at the Johnson Indoor Track prior to the beginning of the Commencement ceremony, which was held June 6 on Killian Court.

Aline Thomas ’08 competes in the shot put at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field National Championship meet. While Thomas’ best put of 42’0.75” did not make the finals, her hammer throw of 170’5” earned her ...

Emily Hwang ’09 clears 11’4.5” in the pole vault at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field National Championship meet. Hwang placed 15th in the event. MIT sent five athletes to the meet, which was held at the U...

Jacqueline M. Wentz ’10 runs out of the water pit during the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Associations’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship, held last Thursday through...

A concert in memory of Herb Pomeroy, founder of the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble and accomplished musician and teacher, was held this past Saturday, May 10, in Kresge Auditorium. The concert featured performances by the...

Dr. Richard S. Orr ’62 (left) presents a signed award of appreciation to Festival Jazz Ensemble director Frederick E. Harris, Jr on behalf of the Ensemble alumni band. In presenting the award, Orr thanked Harris for o...

Everett Longstreth shares some words with the audience prior to conducting the Festival Jazz Ensemble through John Cale’s “Sig Ep.” Saturday evening’s concert, held in memory of Ensemble founder Herb Pomeroy, featured...

Flügelhorn soloist Christopher N. Kottke G (left) and Festival Jazz Ensemble director Frederick E. Harris, Jr pause for a moment at the conclusion of Saturday evening’s concert in memory of Ensemble founder Herb Pomer...

MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble pianist Matthew D. Rosario ’10 finishes John Cale’s “Sig Ep” with a flourish during Saturday evening’s concert in memory of Herb Pomeroy, the Ensemble’s founder. The concert featured perform...

Stephanie C. Chan ’09 plays the harp during the world premiere of “The Calling,” composed by Jamshied Sharifi ’83 for Saturday evening’s concert in memory of Herb Pomeroy. The concert featured performances by the MIT ...

Alto saxophonist Katrina L. Schoen ’11 plays a solo during Billy Strayhorn’s “Blood Count,” performed by the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble during a concert in memory of Ensemble founder Herb Pomeroy. The Saturday evening...

Jazz pianist Harvey Diamond stands after playing Duke Ellington’s “Don’t You Know I Care?” at a Saturday evening concert in memory of Herb Pomeroy, founder of the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble. The concert featured perfo...

Adrienne M. Bolger ’08 passes the baton to Leanne M. Veldhuis ’08 in the women’s 4x400-meter relay at the New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Associations’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship, held last Thu...

Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy explains how the waveform of a violin’s sound can be expressed as a linear combination of pure tones. The explanation served as a stepping stone toward explaining the utility of t...

Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy plays Charlie Parker’s “Yardbird Suite” on trumpet as a fun, yet appropriate diversion in a lecture entitled “The Music of the Primes,” held yesterday evening in 26-100.

Marcus du Sautoy presents a large die with a single prime number P on it. Sautoy used the prop to help explain the prime number theorem, which describes the density of the primes, in a lecture entitled “The Music of t...

The so-called 7:30 and 5:30 Jazz Combos played a joint end-of-semester concert last Tuesday, April 29 in Killian Hall. Here, Kenneth McEnaney G (right) and Steven A. Chait G of the 7:30 Combo play the trombone and the...

The so-called 7:30 and 5:30 Jazz Combos played a joint end-of-semester concert last Tuesday, April 29 in Killian Hall. Steven J. Levine ’11, pictured, plays an electronic keyboard during the 7:30 Combo’s performance o...

The so-called 7:30 and 5:30 Jazz Combos played a joint end-of-semester concert last Tuesday, April 29 in Killian Hall. Here, Sheena C. Hembrador ’06 belts out the vocals in Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” as (left to r...

Raphael R. Peterson ’10 concentrates as he plays a guitar solo during a performance by Don Byron’s Sugarhill Ensemble this past Sunday, April 20 in the Senior House basement.

Matthew M. Stevenson G plays the trumpet during a performance by Don Byron’s Sugarhill Ensemble this past Sunday, April 20 in the Senior House basement.

Visiting professor Don Byron (front, left) and John P. Murphy ’10 (rear) play the clarinet and the bass, respectively. Collin E. Johnson G and Sinan Keten G played a joint Emerson recital yesterday evening in Killian ...

Professor Edward N. Lorenz ScD ’48, widely acknowledged as the creator of chaos theory, passed away this past Wednesday, April 16 at the age of 90.

Sinan Keten G plays the drums during “La Media Naranja,” composd by John P. Murphy ’10. Keten and Collin E. Johnson G played a joint Emerson recital yesterday evening in Killian Hall, which included performances by Mu...

Collin E. Johnson G plays a piece he composed, “Of Unnatural Causes.” Johnson and Sinan Keten G played a joint Emerson recital yesterday evening in Killian Hall, which included performances by visiting professor Don B...

A construction worker fills in a hole where a tree was removed just outside of the Stata Center’s Forbes Cafe yesterday afternoon. The trees from the construction area are being relocated the NW35 graduate residence a...

Professor Lorenz ScD ’48, who passed away Wednesday, April 16, 2008, presents a guest lecture to the Nonlinear Dynamics I: Chaos (18.353J/12.006J/2.050J) class during Fall of 2005.

The stoplights and streetlights have periodically been out at the 77 Massachusetts Ave. crosswalk during recent evenings. Shown is an officer directing traffic in lieu of the traffic signal.

Karen K. Shu G throws a pass past a Northeastern defender to Adele D. Phillips G to score the final goal of the match. sMITe, the MIT women’s ultimate team, played a scrimmage against the Northeastern Valkyries this p...

Daniel E. Klenk ’09 (center) shows prospective freshmen Michaela LaVan (left) and Qingnan Li (not pictured) how to get to Next House as his own prefrosh, Ryan Terbush (right) looks on.

Prospective freshman Sarah Southerland removes a 2x4 while playing 2x4 Jenga at yesterday night’s CPW Festival. Jenga was sponsored by Random House.

Katie Harrington (center) and Liz Levin (right) help carve a camel out of a large block of ice during yesterday night’s Campus Preview Weekend Festival.

Anthony D. McDonald ’10 spins during his final attempt in the hammer throw. The MIT men’s and women’s track and field teams spent Spring Break training in Claremont, California, and capped off the week with a meet hel...

Karin E. Fisher ’11 clears the bar in the pole vault. The MIT men’s and women’s track and field teams spent Spring Break training in Claremont, California, and capped off the week with a meet held in San Diego by Poin...

A worker cuts an old stoplight pole into manageable pieces at the intersection of Massachusetts Ave. and Amherst St. around noon on Friday, March 21. The worker said that old stoplight poles up and down Massachusetts ...

Stephen A. Morton ’10 splashes into the sand during his final attempt in the trials of the triple jump at the NCAA Division III indoor track and field national championships. The MIT track and field teams sent three a...

Donald Byron looks on as Daniel E. Bickerstaff ’10 plays a guitar solo during Byron’s own “Joe Btfsplk.” The Festival Jazz Ensemble presented “Don Byron’s Musical Worlds Part 1” this past Friday, March 7 in Kresge Aud...

Matthew J. Rosario ’10 concentrates as he plays the piano during the world premiere of “That Meaningful Look,” a composition by Ensemble guitarist Geoffrey Sheil ’09. The Festival Jazz Ensemble presented “Don Byron’s ...

Don Contois of the Steelco Fence company helps install a fence in preparation for the construction of MIT Building 76, which is scheduled to open in 2010. The new building, which will house the David H. Koch Institute...

Terrascope lecturer Ari W. Epstein PhD ’95 presents different toppings that one can eat with hamentashen. The annual Latke vs. Hamentashen Debate took place this past Wednesday evening in a packed 26-100.

Sophomore Amy R. Magnuson ’10 (left) competes in the trials for the 55-meter hurdles at the New England Indoor Track and Field championship at Boston University on Friday. On Saturday, Magnuson placed 6th in the final...

Matthew A. Robertson ’08, vocalist for Limited Slip, sings during the opening song in their set. Senior House hosted the “Sr Haus Rocks” concert this past Saturday, March 1 in the Senior House basement.

Jonathan S. Krones ’07 and Balaji Mani ’10, bassist and drummer for The Pears, hit a note in sync. Senior House hosted the “Sr Haus Rocks” concert this past Saturday, March 1 in the Senior House basement.

The Isothermals’ Dugan K. Hayes ’08 gives guitarist Colin Hill ’08 a turn on vocals. Senior House hosted the “Sr Haus Rocks” concert this past Saturday, March 1 in the Senior House basement.

Michael S. Fleder ’08 plays drums as Dugan K. Hayes ’08 (left) sings and Colin Hill ’08 (right) plays rhythm guitar during the Isothermals’ set. Senior House hosted the “Sr Haus Rocks” concert this past Saturday, Marc...

Limited Slip guitarist Alexander A. Sanchez ’08 plays in the red glow of the set lighting. Senior House hosted the “Sr Haus Rocks” concert this past Saturday, March 1 in the Senior House basement.

The Pears are silhouetted as they change clothes and stretch just prior to the beginning of their set. Senior House hosted the “Sr Haus Rocks” concert this past Saturday, March 1 in the Senior House basement.

William R. Bosworth ’08 sings while playing lead guitar for The Peaches during an encore performance. The Bexxxley Roxxx Some More concert, which happened Saturday night in the basement of Bexley Hall, featured a numb...

Anthony D. Teixeira ’08 lands in the sand at the end of a 13.53-meter (44’ 4.5”) triple-jump. Teixeira finished 7th in the event with a jump of 13.85 meters (45’ 5.25”). The MIT men’s track and field team finished 3rd...

Jonathan S. Krones ’07 plucks the strings of his bass guitar during The Peaches’ set. The Bexxxley Roxxx Some More concert, which happened Saturday night in the basement of Bexley Hall, featured a number of MIT studen...

Carrie A. McDonough ’08 plays lead guitar between verses during the performance by the carrie okie band (aka Fortran). The Bexxxley Roxxx Some More concert, which happened Saturday night in the basement of Bexley Hall...

William S. Phipps ’09 tails the Williams College anchor leg as they run past cheering MIT athletes toward the final lap of the 4x800-meter relay, the final event of the men’s New England Division III championships. A ...

DJ Shiftee (Sam Zornow of Harvard University, left) plays a beat as Collin E. Johnson G takes a break from playing the saxophone. The Bexxxley Roxxx Some More concert, which happened Saturday night in the basement of ...

Guest bass guitarist Jack Murphy ’10 (left) and drummer Michael S. Fleder ’08 glance at each other during the performance by the Johnson/Fleder Sub-Trio, which featured Murphy and DJ Shiftee (Sam Zornow of Harvard Uni...

Jon “Okie” Williams ’07 of the carrie okie band (aka Fortran) plays the drums with a “Hello, World” program, written in the Fortran 77 programming language, on his chest. The Bexxxley Roxxx Some More concert, which ha...

The moon passed completely into the Earth’s shadow this past Wednesday night in the last total lunar eclipse until Dec. 2010. Here, the moon re-emerges after being completely eclipsed from 10:01 to 10:51 p.m. See http...

With 200 meters to go in the 5th heat of the 4x400-meter relay, John A. Granata ’11 chases a SUNY Cortland runner while trying to fend off a runner from Bryant College. The MIT relay finished in 3:22.46, placing 23 of...

Pritchett Dining (pictured here in April 2007) was closed during the summer in response to discontent from East Campus residents who said that dining halls do not gel with east campus culture.

Amy R. Magnuson ’10 at the New England Division III women’s track and field championship, May 5–6.

MIT Cycling Club, Sept. 16.

Stephen A. Morton ’10 takes his first attempt in the finals of the long jump competition. Morton went on to win the competition with a jump of 6.92 meters (22’ 8.5”). The MIT men’s track and field team destroyed the c...

MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, Nov. 17.

MIT Symphony Orchestra, March 16.

Kevin Y. Wang ’08 plays with the “Conductor Hero” project at the Eta Kappa Nu Student Project Expo. The game plays a pre-recorded song, following the conductor’s direction much like an orchestra would. HKN, the honor ...

Nathan B. Ball ’05, pole vault coach for the MIT track and field teams, competes in the BU Terrier Invitational, an open meet held at Boston University on Saturday, Jan. 26. Ball placed third in the competition after ...

Stephen A. Morton ’10 (far right) runs the 200-meter dash during the BU Terrier Invitational, an open meet held at Boston University on Saturday, Jan. 26. Morton finished the race in 22.45 seconds, placing 16th of the...

Jeremiah R. Cohen ’09 (left) competes in the mile run during the BU Terrier Invitational, an open meet held at Boston University on Saturday, Jan. 26. Cohen placed 25th of 97 runners with a time of 4:16.98. The fastes...

Praveen Subramani ’09 (top) and Xiao Xiao ’09 (center) explain the operation of their project, “Pittura Viva,” to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor Seth Teller (not pictured) as his daughter Sophia...

Patrick R. Barragan ’08 explains the navigation methods of “Tour Bot” to an attendee of the Eta Kappa Nu Student Project Expo. The project aims to build a robot capable of providing autonomous tours of the MIT campus....

Joshua A. Horowitz ’10 (right) tries out “SNGH Is Not Guitar Hero.” The game, created by Rhys A. Hiltner ’09 (center) and Ruth A. Shewmon ’08 (not pictured), evaluates the user’s playing on a standard electric guitar....

Members of the Mystery Hunt team Silly Hat Brigade work on a preliminary puzzle at the Mystery Hunt opening ceremony. The ceremony occurred in Lobby 7 this past Friday, Jan. 18 at noon. The team Evil Midnight Bombers ...

Adele D. Phillips G defends against a player from the Brandeis University women’s ultimate frisbee team. The MIT women’s ultimate team “sMITe” played a scrimmage against the Brandeis Banshees Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008, at...

A police officer (played by Jenny Gutbezahl, left) from this year’s Mystery Hunt opening ceremony skit talks to a team representative. Gutbezahl and Ed Poznysz, who also played a police officer, registered teams for t...

Adrienne M. Bolger ’09 hands off the baton to Andrea E. Bradshaw ’09 during the 4x400-meter relay. The MIT women’s track and field team finished the meet with 178.5 points, beating Bates College (158 points), Colby Co...

Shawn S. Conrad ’11 retakes the lead from a Bates College runner during the second leg of the men’s 4x800-meter relay. The all-freshman relay team, which finished first in 8:15.08, missed the freshman 4x800-meter reco...

Benjamin Gathier G, assistant pole-vault coach, clears 15’5 1/2” with room to spare during the track and field alumni meet held Saturday, Jan. 12. The meet pitted alumni from the MIT track and field team against the c...

Forty-six Steelcase chairs have been stolen from the Student Center’s 24-hour reading room; their replacement cost is about $20,000. Inexpensive task chairs (center) have replaced some stolen chairs.

Hazel L. Briner ’11, pole-vaulter and pentathlete, competes in a 400-meter hand-stand race held after Saturday’s track and field alumni meet. Briner finished the two grueling laps of the indoor track in 23 minutes, 16...

A fire engine backs off the patio in front of the Media Lab after firefighters responded to smoke in the building on Dec. 13, 2007. The smoke resulted from a failure of the hydraulic system of one of the building’s el...

Media Lab occupants huddle outside as firefighters confer on the first floor of the building on Dec. 13, 2007. A failure of the hydraulic system of one of the elevators produced smoke, which prompted the building’s ev...

Two MIT jazz combos performed in Killian Hall on the evening of Tuesday, Dec. 4, Here, Chih-yu Chao G (left) sings Clifford Brown’s “Sandu” as A. Keala Kaumeheiwa, the ensemble’s coach, plays bass and Maxwell N. Krohn...

Javier J. Ordonez ’10 (left) begins an attack against his Boston University opponent during an épée bout. The men’s and women’s fencing teams travelled to BU this past Saturday, Nov. 17, to compete in a Northeast Fenc...

Director Frederick E. Harris Jr. (center, rear) looks on as the Ensemble performs Kholhase’s “Jasper Jaguar/Deceptor.” The MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble performed a concert on Saturday, Nov. 17, titled “Celebrating Bosto...

Director Frederick E. Harris Jr. hops during a crescendo near the end of “Somethin’ Sassy,” by Hal Crook. The MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble performed a concert on Saturday, Nov. 17, titled “Celebrating Boston Jazz & the ...

Geoffrey Sheil ’09 (left) plays the guitar alongside Kohlhase (right) in “Buhaina Checked Out,” a song that Kohlhase composed in memory of jazz drummer Art Blakey (also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina). The MIT Festival...

Lindley C. Graham ’10 (right) jumps back as her opponent charges during a foil fencing bout. The men’s and women’s fencing teams travelled to Boston University this past Saturday, Nov. 17 to compete in a Northeast Fen...

Arin S. Rogers ’11 glances up during Duke Ellington’s “In a Sentimental Mood,” as arranged by Herb Pomeroy. The song was the first of a two-part medley in memory of Pomeroy, who passed away this year. The MIT Festival...

Matthew J. Rosario ’10 plays the electric piano during “In a Sentimental Mood.” The MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble performed a concert on Saturday, Nov. 17, titled “Celebrating Boston Jazz & the Music of Charlie Kohlhase.”

(Left to right) Sinan Keten G, Matthew J. Rosario ’10, Jack Murphy ’10, and Jason Rich G play the closing piece of the concert, Eero Koivistoinen’s “Kukonpesä.” The MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble performed a concert on Sa...

U.S. Air Force Cadet Nathan Elowe (Tufts University) slowly marches across the MIT Student Center steps during a remembrance ceremony held Tuesday afternoon. The Air Force, Army, and Navy Reserve Officers’ Training Co...

Dertouzos lecture series speaker Bill Dally, also chairman of Stanford University’s Department of Computer Science, listens to a question from Course VI Professor Anant Agarwal (right) after his talk last Thursday, Oc...

Danielle H. Yuen ’11 (left), Tanya S. Goldhaber ’10 (center), and Alex T. Vai ’11 play violin for Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, Opus 45. The MIT Symphony Orchestra performed this past Friday, Oct. 26 with new condu...

Ian C. Smith ’07 plays french horn during The Wand of Youth: Suite No. 1 by Sir Edward Elgar. The MIT Symphony Orchestra performed this past Friday, Oct. 26 with new conductor Adam K. Boyles. The concert featured piec...

New MITSO conductor Adam K. Boyles talks to the audience before Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, which was played by a subset of the orchestra. This past Friday, Oct. 26, MITSO performed a concert featuring pieces f...

Tiffany Ho ’11 (left, from Wellesley) and Minhee Sung ’10 play cello during Millennium Canons, by Kevin Puts. The MIT Symphony Orchestra performed this past Friday, Oct. 26 with new conductor Adam K. Boyles. The conce...

Tomina Parvanova tunes her harp during intermission at the MIT Symphony Orchestra performance this past Friday, Oct 26. Directed by MITSO’s new conductor, Adam K. Boyles, the concert featured pieces from Kevin Puts, ...

Mauro C. Braunstein G (right) and Lisa M. Danz ’10 (left) play bass clarinet and bassoon, respectively, in “Alleluia,” a song played in memory of Herb Pomeroy.

Roshini S. Zachariah ’09 (left) and Kaitlyn P. Becker ’09 (right) play flute during “Armenian Dances (Part 1),” by Alfred Reed.

Matthew J. Rosario ’10 plays the piano during “Dukãbãd,” the second song in a medley in memory of Pomeroy.

Frederick E. Harris Jr. spiritedly conducts the Wind Ensemble through “Armenian Dances.”

Aseem Kishore ’08 wails during a trombone solo in “Tall Cotton,” also by Nestico.

Jason P. Rich G (left) and Sinan Keten G (right) play opposite Collin E. Johnson G’s baritone saxophone during a sax solo in “Pressure Cooker,” a song by Sammy Nestico.

A student from the University of Vermont rocks out on top of a bike trailer during races on the University of Massachusetts-Amherst campus. The UMass cycling team hosted the races this past Saturday, Sept. 22.

Lisa F. Marshall G takes the hole shot at the start of the Women’s B category race. University of Massachusetts-Amherst held the series of races on their campus last Saturday, Sept. 22.

Zachary A. LaBry ’08 draws a bicycle in midair with a still-glowing ember at the end of a stick. The MIT Cycling Club hosted the “Wompatuck Whatchamacallit?!” mountain bike race this past Sunday, Sept. 16 in Hingham, ...

Zachary A. LaBry ’08 (foreground) passes teammate Nick C. Loomis G (background) during a rocky downhill section of the “Wompatuck Whatchamacallit?!” race course. The MIT Cycling Club hosted the mountain bike race this...

At the MIT Cogeneration Plant, Rich Hagar (bottom right) pumps a hydraulic jack piston as (top, left to right) Donny Warner, Denis Tebo, and Ricky Parker keep a close eye on the operation. The contractors inserted a 2...

Lines for the free Community Picnic lunch stretched along both sides of Killian Court Monday. The tables remained well-stocked with food throughout most of the picnic.

The MIT Community Picnic took place Monday in Killian Court, where tables and chairs were set up for a few who got there early enough to find a seat.

Sarah C. Hopp ’08 grins as the cart of a log flume ride built for EC Rush impacts the water. The ride, named “2 Chicks at the Same Time,” featured a net 17-foot vertical drop.

Rafael R. Peterson, one of the ride’s primary builders, takes the inaugural trip down “2 Chicks at the Same Time (The Ride)”. EC residents and freshmen built the log flume ride, which featured a net 17-foot vertical d...

An East Campus resident holds on tight as he rides down the initial ramp of “2 Chicks at the Same Time (The Ride).” EC residents and freshmen built the log flume ride, which featured a net 17-foot vertical drop, for E...

The cart of a flume ride built for EC Rush splashes into the deceleration pool. The ride, named “2 Chicks at the Same Time (The Ride),” featured a net 17-foot vertical drop, and the water from the cart’s impact was ty...

Freshman Romain A. Teil (left) and senior Sean C. Morton (right) bask in the water sprayed by a log flume ride built for EC Rush. The ride, named “2 Chicks at the Same Time (The Rid),” featured a net 17-foot vertical ...

A rider looks down the track of “2 Chicks at the Same Time (The Ride),” awaiting the start of the cart’s descent. EC residents and freshmen built the log flume ride, which featured a net 17-foot vertical drop, for EC ...

The main doors to Lobby 7 are covered while Facilities installs a new automatic opening mechanism. Once complete, the doors will appear unchanged, but should operate faster.

Rodney A. Brooks gets dessert at an ice cream social held in his honor on Friday, June 29. Brooks stepped down as the director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, after serving as director for CSA...

Gerald J. Sussman ’68, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, gives the closing keynote presentation on July 11 for the first Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems conference...

Fireworks light up the shore at Swampscott, Mass. on the night of July 3.

Zuzana Trnovcova '09 competes in the women's categories 3/4 road race of the Fitchburg Longsjo Classic this past Saturday, June 30. Trnovcova finished the road race in 44th position and continued on to complete the Cl...

Jordan Moore of the Onion River Sports cycling team rounds the final turn of the Fitchburg Longsjo Classic road race at the top of Mount Wachusett. The Classic, in its 48th running this year, challenged hundreds of ri...

Hackers added extra fish to those hanging above the first-floor Student Street in the Stata Center in late June. All of the fish were removed shortly thereafter.

Eric M. Edlund G sprints to the finish line at the conclusion of the Fitchburg Longsjo Classic road race last Saturday, June 30. Edlund placed 24th in the men's category 3 road race, and finished the Classic, a multi-...

Neal Smith, a contractor from Carr-Dee Corporation, examines some sediment flushed from a monitoring well during drilling near the Stata Center. John Brancaccio, another Carr-Dee contractor, said that the 37-foot-deep...

Contractor Wolf Hutchinson trims part of a temporary staircase to fit on Wednesday morning, June 6. The staircase will provide access from the Stata Center's third floor outdoor plaza to ground level while the Stata A...

xkcd author Randall Munroe considers audience suggestions for an on-the-fly comic regarding funny things that might fall from a kite. Randall Munroe gave a lecture on his webcomic, xkcd, to a packed house in 10-250 la...

xkcd author Randall Munroe signs a playpen ball with a man in a hat, a character featured in many of Munroe’s strips.

An audience member at yesterday evening’s xkcd webcomic lecture holds on to one of hundreds of labelled playpen balls which fell from ceiling hatches in 10-250. The label, which says ‘Our hobby: Posting “09 F9 11 02 9...

Amy R. Magnuson '10 competes in the long jump during the New England Division III championship meet, held last weekend. In addition to placing fourth in the long jump, Magnuson ran what was at the time the second-fast...

Rachel C. Grey ’98 (right) and Alan F. deLespinasse ’94 tinker with a xylophone after this past Sunday’s performance by the Time Table Percussion ensemble. After the concert, which featured pieces by students Cynthia ...

Lauren McLean, administrative assistant for Student and Young Alumni Programs, looks at an MIT campus map with Joe Hart, father of prospective freshman Karen Hart.

Media Arts and Sciences Professor Marvin L. Minsky presents his thoughts on future directions of artificial intelligence research to a standing-room-only crowd in the Media Lab's Bartos Theater yesterday evening. Aft...

Derrick Young piles vegetables onto a plate for Richard E. Hughes '08 slightly before Pritchett Grill's closing time of 9:00 p.m. yesterday evening. Pritchett plans to offer all-you-can-eat meals throughout the remain...

Rachel M. Niehuus '07 crosses the finish line after running the anchor leg of the women's 4x400m relay, which finished first with a time of 4:17.41. The MIT men's and women's track and field teams trained and competed...

MITSO Conductor Paul M. Biss applauds the members of the orchestra during his second curtain call at the end of the night.

Ina Zdorovetchi, a harpist from the New England Conservatory, plays during MITSO's final piece of the night, the 1919 version of Igor Stravinsky's "The Firebird Suite."

The MIT Symphony Orchestra performed a concert this past Friday, March 16 featuring soprano soloist Elisabeth A. Hon G, winner of the 2007 MITSO Concerto Competition. She is pictured singing during Wolfgang Amadé Moza...

Cai P. GoGwilt '10 plucks the strings of his cello during the intermission of the MIT Symphony Orchestra's concert last Friday, March 16. See more photos and a review on page 8.

Amy L. Norovich plays pizzicato during MITSO's performance of "In the Hall of the Mountain King," part of Edvard Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Opus 46."

Pianist Matthew J. Rosario '10 plays during "Ali Baba," also by Souriau. The MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble played a concert entitled "The Music of Magali Souriau" on March 9 in Kresge Auditorium.

Shanker Raman '09 (left), Matthew J. Abrahamson G, and Collin E. Johnson '07 play the tenor saxophone, bass trombone, and baritone saxophone, respectively. The MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble played a concert entitled "The...

Daniel R. Hochbaum '09 plays a soprano saxophone solo during "Rockin' in Rhythm" by Duke Ellington. The MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble played a concert entitled "The Music of Magali Souriau" on March 9 in Kresge Auditorium.

Magali Souriau discusses her composition "Lady with the Hat" before the ensemble premieres it. The MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble played a concert entitled "The Music of Magali Souriau" on March 9 in Kresge Auditorium.

Daniel E. Bickerstaff '09 plays guitar during "Herb de Provence," named for and dedicated to the Festival Jazz Ensemble's founder, Herb Pomeroy. The MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble played a concert entitled "The Music of M...

Christopher N. Kottke G plays a flugelhorn as Souriau sings in "Herb de Provence." The MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble played a concert entitled "The Music of Magali Souriau" on March 9 in Kresge Auditorium.

Anna F. Ward (left), an administrative assistant for the Department of Mathematics, walks through the still-wet hallway between MIT Buildings 2 and 4 last Friday afternoon. Facilities Mechanic Mark R. Cataldo attribut...

Joanna W. Tong '08, an épéeist, performs a flèche maneuver to score a bout-winning touch at the New England Championships on Saturday.

Nathan B. Ball G is this year's winner of the Lemelson-MIT $30,000 Student Prize. A powered rope ascender (lower-left) is among the inventions which led to Ball's receipt of the award.

Nancy Hua '07, a foilist, scores a touch against her first Tufts University opponent. The MIT men's and women's fencing teams hosted 11 teams this past Sunday, Feb. 4 for the MIT Invitational, a fencing tournament hel...

Trevor T. Chang '07 attacks a Yeshiva University opponent during his first bout of the men's épée team's second round of competition. The MIT men's and women's fencing teams hosted 11 teams this past Sunday, Feb. 4 fo...

Fencing Head Coach Jaroslav Koniusz has a spirited talk with foilist Spencer R. Sugimoto '08 during a time out. The MIT men's and women's fencing teams hosted 11 teams this past Sunday, Feb. 4 for the MIT Invitational...