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Katherine M. Boothe ’09 navigates her way past Vanessa Murphy of Simmons college in last Thursday’s field hockey game. The Engineers shut out the Sharks 2-0.

Jeremiah T. Edwards ’10 climbs stairs during the Green Building Challenge held on Sunday night. Edwards went on to set a new record, climbing the building’s steps 48 times.

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...

Elizabeth A. Denys ’11 competes against Mount Holyoke College this past Saturday, Sept. 15. The Engineers shut out the Lyons 9-0.

MIT’s newest building, 6C, is integrated with the rest of the Main Group buildings through an atrium full of footbridges.

This engraving, a Chinese idiom, is located on the side of the Leshan Giant Buddha — the tallest stone Buddha statue in the world.

A giraffe grazes at Lake Manyara in Tanzania.

Tourists visit the Taj Mahal in Agra, India.

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, ...

Benjamin M. Judge ’11 listens to a 3.091 lecture in 26-100 via live video from 10-250. The 570 students in Professor Donald R. Sadoway’s popular introductory solid state chemistry class exceed 10-250’s 450-person capa...