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Course 20 — Building 16 — Niles Lab. The Niles lab uses biochemical methods to engineer tools for studying infectious diseases and model organisms. Niles’s current work focuses on malaria parasite biology and controll...

Hackers illuminated both domes with purple lights and placed a purple ribbon above the entrance to 77 Mass. Ave on Wednesday. The lights honor Paint the Campus Purple week and the Relay for Life to fight cancer. Relay...

Using props and sketches, the winning team of the FarmHack Event presents design solutions for water usage and associated energy consumption for small-scale farms. Farmhack@MIT, which is part of the MIT Global Challen...

Jeremy M. Hahn ’12 (Protoss) takes on Yue Jack Chu G (Terran) in the first round of the Starcraft II tournament finals on Sunday, March 6. Hahn went on to the final round, but lost to Max M. Nelson ’12 (Terran).

Robert A. Weber ’13 throws the frisbee under pressure from a Northeastern defender. The Engineers and the Northeastern Huskies played an exhibition game at TD Garden on Sunday, March 6.

Patrick J. Vatterott ’13 prepares to spike the ball after a set by Timothy R. Lee ’11 in the Men’s Volleyball game held at Rockwell Cage this Saturday. The Engineers beat Mount Ida College in a decisive victory with a...

An event was held on Tuesday at noon in Lobby 7 to greet the new Chancellor on his first day on the job. Lobby 7 was decorated with a string of lights for the event, which was well-attended by students, staff, and adm...

Mounds of toilet paper litter the floor of the popular lecture hall 26-100 at the conclusion of Bad Taste.

Burton Third Bombers cheered when they were honored in a brief skit during the Chorallaries’ Nth Annual Concert in Bad Taste in 26-100 on Saturday.

Varsha J. Raghavan ’14 and Gustavo N. Goretkin ’13 perform a skit about friendly interactions between local college students.

Current and former members of the Chorallaries perform “The Engineers’ Drinking Song” during their Bad Taste concert on Saturday.

Tommy Ciesielski ‘11 commences Bad Taste with the Chorallaries’ infamous list of this year’s dedications.

Susan J. Hockfield welcomes Chancellor W. Eric L. Grimson PhD ’80 to his first day on the job. President Hockfield mentioned the thousands of students Grimson has taught over the years and congratulated him on his new...

On Monday evening, the sword disappeared from the anvil in Lobby 7 and reappeared in front of the Chancellor’s office in Building 10. A plaque accompanies the sword. It reads: “On the Night of February 28th, 2011, Pro...

Patrick J. Vatterott ’13 and David R. Thomas ’12 block a shot during the men’s volleyball match against Lesley University on Feb. 21. MIT won 25-9, 25-17, and 25-17 to improve their record to 16-4 overall.

On Sunday morning, hackers placed a sword stuck in an anvil on one of the pedestals in Lobby 7. The hack, presumably to welcome the new chancellor, has a plaque inscribed “Who So Pulleth Out This Sword of this Stone a...