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A V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft departs Briggs Field, May 3.

Elijah Mena—The TechMIT’s Senegalese percussion group RAMBAX, Feb. 13.

Lady Gaga visits MIT Museum, June 30.

Shakespeare Ensemble’s rendition of King Lear, Oct. 23.

An Evening with Champions at Harvard, April 16.

New security cameras, Aug. 27.

Cecilia R. Louis ’10 sings with the Chorallaries, May 2.

MIT’s Dance Troupe, May 7.

MITSO performs “Ladder to the Moon,” Dec. 4.

Professor Donald Sadoway toasts to his last day of 3.091, Dec. 8.

Fariborz Maseeh ScD ’90 contributed $24 million to complete the construction in W1, which had stalled for lack of funds. Maseeh Hall is scheduled to open in fall of 2011 and will help expand MIT’s student population.

Scott Pilgrim gives a new twist to the usual boy-meets-girl story.

The Class of 2012 Brass Rat design leaked to dorm mailing lists before the revealing ceremony on Feb. 12.

Rubblebucket Orchestra at the Middle East, Feb. 20.

Dramashop performs Arms and the Man, April 16.

Senior Reactor Operator Agata E. Wisniowska ’11 performs a startup, June 4.

Women’s Rugby regionals, Nov. 6.

Nicholas A. Davis ’14 goes for the layup, Dec. 7.

Man-Yan Lam ’11 guides the Women’s crew team, Oct. 24.

MIT Open Ballroom Dance Competition, April 24.

Genius grant for graviational wave detection, Oct. 8.

Maja Wiehrowska ’13 (left) and Laura Royden ’13 (right) dance in liquid nitrogen during the CPW Festival on April 8. The liquid nitrogen ice cream, provided by East Campus, is an icon of MIT student culture.

President Susan J. Hockfield spoke on January 7, 2011 about the uniqueness of the MIT community and thanked the MIT 150 steering committee for their work in putting together the MIT 150 exhibit. The exhibit floor at t...

The U.S. Army’s artillery squad fires off cannons during the Boston Pops’ rendition of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture.” The “1812 Overture” is a traditional part of the July 4th Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular at the ...

New Sloan building (E62), Sept. 17.

Barnum and Bailey elephants on Mass. Ave., Oct. 12.

For Campus Preview Weekend 2010, hackers installed a high-class lounge (complete with pool table, sleeping cat, whiskey, and hack plans) upside down on the Media Lab Arch on the morning of April 8.

Philanthropist, Microsoft co-founder, and Harvard dropout Bill Gates speaks to students in Kresge Auditorium on April 21 about global health, poverty, and education. He encouraged students to apply their talents towar...