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MIT President Susan J. Hockfield is presented with a tie-dye style T-shirt from members of the crew team as part of the Crew Alumni Association’s boat dedication at the Boathouse on Saturday morning.

(From left) David A. Croom ’09, Kamo Jurn ’10, Jason A. Scott ’10, Ayaboe K. Edoh ’10, and Tarikh C. Campbell ’09 perform in Sigma Kappa’s Late Night on Saturday evening in Kresge as the dance crew Back Bay Boys.

The MIT sailing team competes in the Smith Trophy last Saturday on the Charles River.

Comedian Russell Peters gestures during his headlining act of MIT’s Fall Festival on Friday evening in the Kresge Auditorium. Peters’ show, which is known for his jokes about racial stereotypes, was very popular, sell...

Elephants from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus walk down Massachusetts Ave. past Building 1 on Monday evening. The elephants, along with other circus animals, were being transported from train cars behin...

Daniel Chen ’11 and Tiffany W. Guo ’09 perform as Aladdin and Jasmine in the IFC/Panhel act of SK Late Night in Kresge. This act won the crowd favorite award after a vote by the audience at the end of the show.

Qiaochu Yuan ’12 and Christopher S. Brathwaite ’12 build a model of buckminsterfullerene from gumdrops and skewers at TEP on Sept. 2 during rush.

Christopher S. Chin ’12 makes liquid nitrogen ice cream along with the brothers of TEP on Sept. 2 during rush.

Devon D. Sparks ’12 discusses geodesic constructions at a TEP event on Sept. 2 during rush.

The Baker (J. Michael Spencer) and Jack (Timothy Wilfong) discuss the sale of a cow during the Music Theatre Guild’s presentation of Into the Woods, which is playing this weekend and throughout September in the Little...

French instructor Sabine Levet talks about the options for French studies at MIT with freshman Emavieve R. Coles during the Academic Expo in Johnson Ice Rink on Wednesday.

Women’s novice openweight rowing coach Aaron Benson talks about the crew program with Allison C. Hinckley ’12 and Monica C. Oliver ’12 during the Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation Gateway on ...

Dr. Elizabeth Vogel Taylor talks about the chemistry program at MIT with freshman Rachel G. Chasin during the Academic Expo in Johnson Ice Rink on Wednesday.

Maria Brennan (first from left), Assistant Director of the International Students Office tells jokes at International Students Office Welcome Reception. The reception was attended by over two hundred international stu...

Sara R. Segal ’09, Eli A. Cohen ’10, and Matthew L. Fisher ’10 welcome Sarah R. Geller ’12 (right to left) to MIT with warm smiles and bagels at the Boston T Party Event in the Student Center on Wednesday.

Professor Steven B. Leeb ’87 instructs freshman Rui Hu how to ride the Go-Kart with Tucker Chan ’12 looking behind them. The Go-Kart is a product of Power Electronics Laboratory (6.131).