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Jessica H. Liao G recieves her doctoral hood for completeing her degree in Materials Science and Engineering at the hooding ceremony held in Rockwell Cage yesterday.

Mary Lee Hu's Choker #88 is on display in "Jewelry by Artists: The Daphne Farago Collection" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston until March 5, 2008.

Jeremiah R. Cohen '09 (far right) drives his robot—named "Kronos" for its speed—as his roommate Trevor B. Rundell '09 (center right) poises to activate one of the machine's critical mechanisms.

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...

The top eight contestants in this year's 2.007 competition line up in Johnson Ice Rink. From left to right and first to eighth place, the contestants are: Stephanie A. Sidelko '07, David A. Sanchez '09, Nathaniel S. S...

Senior Stephanie A. Sidelko's robot (foreground) and junior Keith M. Molina's robot (partially obscured) fight for control of the score-multiplying arrows on this year's 2.007 contest table while competition staff loo...

Karlen E. Ruleman '09 connects a wireless control box to her robot, "Nico," in preparation for an upcoming match. Students are given several minutes on an "on-deck" table prior to competing to ready their machines.

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...

Stephanie A. Sidelko '07 is carried around the stage by Professor Alexander H. Slocum PhD '85 after winning this year's 2.007 competition. At the beginning of the semester Sidelko "just wanted a robot that would move"...

Professor Alexander H. Slocum PhD '85 does one-armed pushups in a Hawaiian shirt. Push-ups are a regular part of the annual competition.