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The solution of the Vol. 146 Issue 18 crossword, Halloween 2026.

The blank of the Vol. 146 Issue 18 crossword, Halloween 2026.

MIT Facilities workers part of the 32BJ SEIU union gather in Killian Court in preparation of a strike authorization vote. The vote passed Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026.

MIT Facilities workers part of the 32BJ SEIU union raise their hands to vote to authorize a strike. The strike authorization vote, held in Killian Court, passed Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026.

Harvard Kennedy School Professor Cornell William Brooks speaks to the crowd at the Nolan Wells memorial outside Harvard University’s Widener Library on Monday, Oct. 12, 2026.

Students from Harvard, MIT, Tufts, and Wellesley college raise homemade signs in honor of Nolan Wells during a community memorial outside Harvard University’s Widener Library on Monday, Oct. 12, 2026.

A woman and her daughter hold up homemade signs during the community memorial for Nolan Wells outside Harvard University’s Widener Library on Monday, Oct. 12, 2026.

A conversation with the ELIZA chatbot.

Researchers attend a presentation at the eighth annual Machine Learning for Molecules (MoML) conference at MIT’s Koch Institute, where scientists gathered to share advances at the intersection of artificial intelligen...

BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons conducts Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker at Boston Symphony Hall on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026.

Hilary Hahn (left), composer Carlos Simon (center), and Seth Parker Woods (right) bow after a BSO performance of Double Concerto Suite at Boston Symphony Hall on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026.

The interior of BRED Gourmet during an evening review of the Work from BRED special. Friday, Oct. 16, 2026.

Buttermilk fried chicken and jerk chicken sliders with a side of sweet potato fries from an evening review of the Work from BRED special at BRED Gourmet on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026.

Players filled out Tripa Chuca game sheets during the Central American and Caribbean board game night hosted by CAFE, APR, and CASA in the Wellbeing Lab on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026.

Special dominoes display the Cuban flag. Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026.

A mobile LED van outside of Lobby 7 displays imagery denouncing the Institute’s treatment of the MIT Police and advocating for a better contract on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026.