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A schematic diagram of the equipment in the cell phone upgrade project.

DC power to the antennas and amplifiers is supplied by these power converters.

Support equipment for AT&T’s “4G LTE” is currently being installed.

The Distributed Antenna System in place.

Kyaw’s bike crushed beneath the tanker truck.

A wide angle shot of Kyaw’s bike and the tanker truck at the scene of the accident.

The State Police’s collision analysis and reconstruction drawing of the accident.

Captain America (Chris Evans) and Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) in The Avengers.

A “white cone” antenna, top center, will support enhanced cell phone reception inside MIT buildings.

Rafael Reif will be MIT’s 17th president. At a press conference on Wednesday morning, Reif said he would commit his presidency to advancing education, as he has already been doing though the MITx/edX initiative.

Provost L. Rafael Reif and his wife Christine leave the Bush room in Building 10 shortly after his election as MIT’s 17th president. Reif will take over from President Susan J. Hockfield on July 2.

Student advisory group members gave Reif Brass Rat-style napkin rings as a welcoming gift.

Reif also received a poster-sized hacker’s map, which shows MIT’s underground tunnel network.

Rafael Reif delivered remarks to students Wednesday evening, recounting his lifelong journey starting in Venezuela and culminating in his election to the MIT presidency this morning.

A procession of past, present, and future MIT presidents enter 10-250 on Wednesday afternoon. From back, President-elect L. Rafael Reif, MIT’s 16th President Susan J. Hockfield, 15th President Charles M. Vest, and 14t...

Reif with pancakes! The president-elect serves pancakes to MIT students at the Flapjacks for Finals event at Lobdell on Sunday.

MIT students gather on Kresge Lawn Sunday evening to watch the UA’s showing of Pixar’s Up.

Christine Reif, the president-elect’s wife, greets students in the Stata Center on Wednesday.

President-elect Rafael Reif greets students at an evening event in the Stata Center on Wednesday.

Students were invited by the UA and GSC to meet the president-elect. Dozens showed up to meet Reif, hear brief remarks, and enjoy light refreshments.

Rafael Reif shakes hands with Paul M. Kominers ’12 at a student-sponsored reception for the president-elect.

Bryan Owens Bryson G and Amanda C. David ’13, both members of the student advisory group to the presidential search committee, welcomed Reif as president on Wednesday evening in the Stata Center.

A press conference was held on Wednesday on the sixth floor of the new Media Lab

Rafael Reif discusses his dedication to continue involvement with the MIT community.

The Tech has an exclusive interview with the new president after the Wednesday press conference.

A flash mob wielding various flags of the world appeared shortly after President Hockfield’s speech. The mob danced in the middle of Killian Court before high-fiving Susan Hockfield personally.

President Hockfield, taken by surprise at the sudden appearance of the flash mob after her speech.

Chancellor Grimson shakes hands with President Hockfield after commending her various accomplishments as president.

MIT celebrated their 16th president in Killian Court on Thursday. Hockfield makes a speech directed at the community, offering reflections of her time as president.

Varun K. Ganesan ’14 and Aditya S. Kalluri ’13 open the Brohmance a capella concert, put on by the Ohms, on Saturday night.

Rebecca A. Vasquez ’12 demonstrates the Narrow Rickshaw project at the D-Lab showcase at the MIT Museum on Saturday.

Baker residents are forced to sleep in the fifth floor of the student center, among other places, on Sunday morning after a vandal discharged a fire extinguisher on the first, second, and third floors of the dormitory...

Local government and MIT administration officials, among many other faculty, students, and staff, gathered in 10-250 Wednesday afternoon to welcome President-elect L. Rafael Reif. Second row, from left: Cambridge City...

Student well-wishers left messages for the new president in a guestbook at a Stata Center meet-and-greet event.

By Manohar Srikanth Staff Photographer The idea behind the shot was to get the wide angle perspective of the Simmons Hall, with trail of clouds in the background. The vertical facade, because of the camera position ...