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MIT Symphony Orchestra, March 16.

American Jiu Jitsu belt test, Feb. 28.

MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, Nov. 17.

Building W1, currently known as Ashdown, will undergo a complete renovation before it reopens as an undergraduate dormitory in the fall of 2010.

Commencement 2007, June 8.

Kevin Y. Wang ’08 plays with the “Conductor Hero” project at the Eta Kappa Nu Student Project Expo. The game plays a pre-recorded song, following the conductor’s direction much like an orchestra would. HKN, the honor ...

Jeremiah R. Cohen ’09 (left) competes in the mile run during the BU Terrier Invitational, an open meet held at Boston University on Saturday, Jan. 26. Cohen placed 25th of 97 runners with a time of 4:16.98. The fastes...

David S. Baumgartner ’08 prepares to swing during the MIT squash match against Fordham University on Jan. 26. Although Baumgartner defeated his opponent, MIT lost 7-2.

Stephen A. Morton ’10 (far right) runs the 200-meter dash during the BU Terrier Invitational, an open meet held at Boston University on Saturday, Jan. 26. Morton finished the race in 22.45 seconds, placing 16th of the...

Nathan B. Ball ’05, pole vault coach for the MIT track and field teams, competes in the BU Terrier Invitational, an open meet held at Boston University on Saturday, Jan. 26. Ball placed third in the competition after ...

Praveen Subramani ’09 (top) and Xiao Xiao ’09 (center) explain the operation of their project, “Pittura Viva,” to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor Seth Teller (not pictured) as his daughter Sophia...

Joshua A. Horowitz ’10 (right) tries out “SNGH Is Not Guitar Hero.” The game, created by Rhys A. Hiltner ’09 (center) and Ruth A. Shewmon ’08 (not pictured), evaluates the user’s playing on a standard electric guitar....

Patrick R. Barragan ’08 explains the navigation methods of “Tour Bot” to an attendee of the Eta Kappa Nu Student Project Expo. The project aims to build a robot capable of providing autonomous tours of the MIT campus....

The Boston skyline at dawn on Tuesday, Jan. 29. Ice covered the surface of the Charles River for much of January.

Sean C. Morton ’08 samples roast pig at East Campus’ annual Bad Ideas competition on Saturday, Jan. 26. Bad Ideas is a three-day event in which students come up with and pull off outrageous stunts.

Laura A. Daher ’08 poses a question to the panel of artists and scientists at the sneak preview of the film “Jumper,” hosted by the Lecture Series Committee in 26-100 on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008.