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One fake acrobat hangs from an aerial silk.

Mayumi Fujita finished seventh in the women’s race with a time of 2:39:11.

Runners are encouraged by supportive signs from the crowd.

This year the Boston Marathon featured over 22,000 runners, of which approximately 96% finished the race.

Tommy Greenless of Walnut Creek, CA finished 36th in the men’s race with a time of 2:34:08.

Bryan M. Beller ’12 prepares to catch the ball at the Men’s Lacrosse game this past Wednesday afternoon. The Engineers won a decisive 8-6 victory over Salem State University.

Workers install an image on the side of N52, the MIT Museum, for an exhibit in the Kurtz Gallery — Berenice Abbott, Photography and Science: An Essential Unity, which runs May 3, 2012 through Dec. 31, 2012.

Architects Toshiko Mori and Maya Lin, center, break ground for Novartis’ new building at 181 Massachusetts Ave. The new building, on the former Analog Devices lot, should start to rise up in early 2013. To the right o...

Andrew Z. Sommer ’13 and Stephanie Tong ’12 of the MIT sailing team face off against Roger Williams University in the first round of Saturday’s team racing double round-robin tournament. MIT placed 4th overall in the ...

Alfred N. Mireault ’15 of Kappa Sigma does a handstand on a less-than-stable platform Friday night during Alpha Phi’s King of Hearts in Kresge Auditorium. All proceeds from the event, a male beauty pageant featuring m...

This was taken at Legal Seafood at sunset. I nearly missed the reflection the first time around. The lack of warm colors in the sky provides a nice contrast to the incandescent lighting of the fish. At first, I though...

Members of the Class of 2014 board a bus to watch The Hunger Games Thursday night in a class movie trip.

The student presidential search committee hosts an open forum in the Lobdell Dining Hall Thursday evening to gather student opinions on what students would like to see in the new president of MIT.

A boat rocks gently on the Charles on a warm Wednesday afternoon while sailboats run downwind beneath the John Hancock Tower.

Jonathan E. Rea ’14 rounds third base in Wednesday’s game against Brandeis University. The Engineers managed to break a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the fifth to eventually win the game 9-2.