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In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Verdi’s birth, the La Scala Chamber Orchestra performed Fantasies from Verdi’s Operas in Kresge Auditorium on Oct. 7, 2013.

Album cover art of Chvrches’ The Bones Of What You Believe.

Kori Rae, the Pixar producer of Monsters University.

A still shot of Dark Profiles by José Mateo, the first of three pieces in the ballet production Shadows Fleeting.

Bedouins (1905-1906) from Sargent’s travels in the Middle East and North Africa.

Santa Maria della Salute (1904) from Sargent’s travels in Venice. On loan from the Brooklyn Museum, the painting hangs next to his watercolor of the same church from the MFA’s collection.

The MIT Symphony Orchestra’s first performance of the season in Kresge auditorium last Saturday, Oct. 12.

Elizabeth Dethy ’15 swings at the ball during a field hockey match against Clark University on Saturday, Oct. 12. MIT won 4-0.

Victoria Tam ’16 serves in a Women’s tennis match against Smith College on Saturday, Oct. 12. MIT won 9-0.

Michael A. Nackoul ’14 competes in Pittsburgh. Nackoul has been selected for the USA World Weightlifting Team.

Carrara: A Quarry (1911), one of many watercolors from Sargent’s travels to the quarry in Italy; it shows his fascination with light on stone.

Paola Cappellaro (left), an associate professor in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Susan J. Hockfield (right), the former President of MIT, share insights during an interdisciplinary panel on wom...