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Design for 181 Mass. Ave., by architect Maya Lin. It features translucent glass behind granite blocks with open gaps.

Layout of the new Novartis campus east of Massachusetts Avenue, also bounded by Albany, Osborn, State, and Windsor Streets. The campus features a large green courtyard that will be publicly accessible — at least durin...

Design for 22 Windsor Street, by architect Toshiko Mori. It is characterized by five mini-atriums connected by diagonal staircases on the transparent south facade.

Jessica Chastain, Laramie Eppler, Brad Pitt, and Tye Sheridan in The Tree of Life.

Sean Penn plays a man struggling to come to terms with complicated relationships and the modern world in The Tree of Life.

Salman A. Khan ’98 will deliver the keynote address at the 2012 Commencement. Khan is known for founding Khan Academy, a popular online educational resource — more popular, even, than MIT’s OpenCourseWare.

Situation for Noon Eastern Time, Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Perhaps Zelda’s creepiest villain ever, Ghirahim will face you in battle a few times throughout the game.