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SAN DIEGO—Giant panda Bai Yun rests in the enclosure she shares with her cub Zhen Zhen (whose name means “Precious”) at the San Diego Zoo. The zoo celebrated Zhen Zhen’s first birthday on Aug. 3, 2008 with a cake made...

MIT hackers illuminated the Green Building with a bat signal on the night of July 17, in honor of the midnight opening of the 2008 Batman film The Dark Knight.

Over 350,000 spectators visited the New England Sand Sculpting Festival at Revere Beach where 11 sculptors from across the globe competed for $15,000 in prize money. The event was held July 14–20,

Belfor Property Restoration trucks are seen in front of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity midday on Saturday, July 26. Summer residents of ATO had to be relocated after a water pipe burst, causing water damage to the int...

Carl Jara of Cleveland Heights, Ohio focuses on the details as he constructs his masterpiece at the New England Sand Sculpting Festival, held at Revere Beach on July 18. The world class sculptor won the festival’s top...

Former Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez steps up to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning against the New York Yankees on Sunday, July 27. Ramirez was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers as part of a three-way deal ...

Jazz pianist Harvey Diamond stands after playing Duke Ellington’s “Don’t You Know I Care?” at a Saturday evening concert in memory of Herb Pomeroy, founder of the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble. The concert featured perfo...

Eleojo E. Ocholi ’08 (second from right) and Daniel J. Wendel ’05 (right) take the lead vocals in the MIT Cross Product’s performance of “In the Light” by dc Talk during Saturday’s concert in 54-100.

Ethan L. Huwe ’10 tries unsuccessfully to extract his robot from the clutches of his opponent’s “bother bot,” a small robot designed to rapidly cross the competition field and jam its opponent’s movement. The annual 2...

Katherine A. Jarrell ’08 (left) and Tess E. Wise ’10 show their vocal chops at the OMG Concert thrown by the MIT Chorallaries on Friday, May 9.

Encased in a foam suit, Aaron E. Ramirez ’10 makes last minute adjustments and checks on his robot prior to facing an opponent in the second round of the 2.007 competition. The annual 2.007 competition, this year enti...

Arushi Dugar ’08 sings at the OMG Concert thrown by the MIT Chorallaries on Friday, May 9.

Everett Longstreth shares some words with the audience prior to conducting the Festival Jazz Ensemble through John Cale’s “Sig Ep.” Saturday evening’s concert, held in memory of Ensemble founder Herb Pomeroy, featured...

Flügelhorn soloist Christopher N. Kottke G (left) and Festival Jazz Ensemble director Frederick E. Harris, Jr pause for a moment at the conclusion of Saturday evening’s concert in memory of Ensemble founder Herb Pomer...

MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble pianist Matthew D. Rosario ’10 finishes John Cale’s “Sig Ep” with a flourish during Saturday evening’s concert in memory of Herb Pomeroy, the Ensemble’s founder. The concert featured perform...

A robot constructed by Joshua B. Gafford ’10 rescues a baby beaver and places it in the competition board’s “lodge,” the only robot in the second round and beyond to do so. The annual 2.007 competition, this year enti...