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Senator Scott Brown (R-Mass) observes a demonstration by Materials Science and Engineering and Biology Engineering Professor Angela M. Belcher during a tour of the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at MIT.

The MIT Golf team makes use of the Paul Rudovsky Indoor Training Room for practice.

The MIT Men’s Hockey team prepares for a game against Merrimack on Tuesday evening.

Trader Joe’s 2010 Vintage Ale

Aeronautics and Astronautics Professor Ian A. Waitz will become MIT’s sixteenth Dean of the School of Engineering on February 7. He succeeds Subra Suresh, whom President Obama nominated to head the National Science Fo...

Christie S. Chiu ’13 and Nicholas J. Torgerson ’13 shoot during sport pistol team practice on Wednesday.

Kristin D. Watkins ’11 practices on the balance beam on Wednesday.

Jacob T. Shapiro ’11 stretches during gymnastics club practice. Seven of the eight teams stripped of varsity status were reinstated as club sports.

Karis E. Stevenson ’11 is coached on the uneven bars.

Kristen D. Watkins ’11 and Jacob T. Shapiro ’11 continue to participate in gymnastics at MIT, although it is no longer a varsity sport.

The pistol team was one of the sports that lost its varsity status as a result of budget cuts.

Alexandra Jiang ’11 and Andrew K. Sugaya ’11 discuss pistol affairs.

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.