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A view out onto the desert from the inside of the Pier.

Whiteouts, caused by whirling dust in high winds, were common this year due to the lack of precipitation last winter.

By Nora Vrublevska Alexander Calder’s La Grande Voile (Big Sail) outside the Green Building is one of the modern sculptures seen on campus. The long exposure captures the fine texture of steel and bolts together with...

Christopher A. Maynor Staff Photographer One of the many metal plates in the sculpture in the MIT Chapel sculpted by Italian-born artist Harry Bertoia is angled just so, reflecting bright evening light into the lens...