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Construction crews broke ground for the installation of a new sculpture in front of W20. The piece, by Jaume Plensa, is scheduled to be installed in November.

President Susan Hockfield delivers opening remarks at Wednesday’s State of the Institute address. During the annual summary of the Institute’s financial and strategic positions, administrators emphasized the stabilit...

The pledges of Phi Kappa Theta perform a skit/dance based on the “Yes Dance” of YouTube fame at Sigma Kappa’s Late Night. The variety show, held last Friday, benefited the Sigma Kappa Foundation’s Alzheimer’s research...

After several days of on-and-off service, the Burton-side elevator in Burton-Conner House broke down Saturday night, trapping students inside. The Cambridge fire department managed to free them within 20 minutes.

Sharon S. Hao ’14 sets the ball in the third game of a volleyball match against Williams last Friday. The Engineers won the game 28-26.

Dave Munro of the band Air Traffic Controller performs at FredFest III at the East Campus courtyard last Friday.

A Bank of America ATM in Building E52, the Sloan Building, was pried open and robbed on Saturday morning. The window behind the machine was broken from the inside, the ATM was emptied of all money.

David A. Alfonso ’13 and Eben M. Freeman ’13 (sail 10) sail back to the shore in the Commonwealth Invitational on Saturday on the Charles.

Patrick C. McDaniel ’13 snoozes in the tent he constructed in front of East Campus desk on Sunday. McDaniel was hoping to be first in line for IHOP, East Campus’ monthly free breakfast event. McDaniel was indeed the f...

The Cambridge Fire Department responds to a chemical spill in 18-006 on Thursday evening. Building 18, the chemistry building, was designed by I.M. Pei and constructed in the 1960s.

Gregory Gaultier of France retrieves a tough return hit by Amr Shamana of Egypt during the Showdown@Symphony squash tournament on Wednesday. Each of the four professional squash players invited to play in the tourname...

Professor of Applied Physics Harry A. Atwater of the California Institute of Technology speaks about solar cell technology at Technology Review’s Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT on Thursday. Now in its tenth y...

Yoshio S. Perez ’11 and Joanna E. Faulk ’11 dance to traditional Mexican music played by the Mariachi Palenque. Students celebrated the Dia de la Independencia (Mexico’s Independence Day) delicious food, live music, a...

Flying Junior sailboats race upwind after the start of a race of the Women’s Toni Deustch Trophy regatta at MIT on Saturday afternoon.

Ann Ouyang, A Next House desk worker, sorts through a deluge of package deliveries. Other dorms have also been inundated with packages recently. East Campus, for instance, reported receiving over 90 packages a day las...

Masjid Raya Batam, or Batam Great Mosque, in Batam Centre, Indonesia. Batam is a small island off the coast of Singapore.