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Some students displayed symbols representing their major on their mortarboards.

Seven thousand people arrived at Killian Court to celebrate MIT’s 150th birthday.

MIT President Susan J. Hockfield uses a sword to cut the MIT-shaped cake.

Professor Alex H. Slocum ’82 was just as excited as the graduates.

The class of 2011 was MIT’s 145th graduating class, which coincides with MIT’s 150th year. The discrepancy was caused because the Civil War delayed the start of classes.

A stuffed Pikachu is visible on one graduate’s mortarboard. Other creative designs included a graduated cylinder and flags of different nations.

Lightning appeared in the sky over Boston during the tornado and thunderstorm last week.

Balloons representing the class years of alumni present for their class reunions were scattered throughout Killian.

Ice sculptures of objects with significance to MIT’s history and the Toast to Tech event adorned tables around Killian.

On June 3, 983 undergraduates and 1,471 graduate students received their degrees.

An Army UH 60 Black Hawk helicopter visited Briggs Field for an inspection by MIT’s Army ROTC.

Liquid Archive by Head of the Department of Architecture Nader Tehrani and Professor of Visual Arts Gediminas Urbonas was installed for the FAST Arts Festival. During FAST Light in early May, an hour-long program of e...

For MIT’s 150th anniversary, hackers installed 20–30 hacks all over campus. This sideways lounge hack was installed to commemorate the upside-down lounge hack installed during Campus Preview Weekend 2010.

At noon on April 30 an organized “flash mob” convened in Lobby 7, singing and dancing to a selection of pop and dance music. The flash mob required advance sign-up and rehearsal attendance.

Undergraduate Association President Vrajesh Y. Modi ’11 holds up the iPad used to sign a recommitment to MIT’s charter at the MIT Next Century Convocation on April 10.

Visitors explore the Unflat Pavilion/Feather-Weight House, a freestanding pavilion constructed from laminated plywood that appeared on campus in early May. The structure was created by Nick Gelpi, a lecturer in the De...