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Lieutenant Joshua J. Jahnke SM ’10 passed away on April 28. He was 29.

Photo courtesy U.S. Navy

Reimbursement and direct-to-vendor checks processed by SAFO from July to December 2009. Volume spikes at the end of term.

Source: Jed W. Wartman

At March’s Faculty meeting, and again at an April meeting for administrative and financial officers, Provost L. Rafael Reif presented planning models of the Institute’s budget deficit out to the year 2020, based on va...

Synthpop band Cobra Starship will be playing at the House of Blues in Boston this Sunday as part of the Too Fast For Love Tour. Guitarist Ryland Blackinton (right) sat down with The Tech for a quick chat.

Courtesy of Fueled By Ramen

Patents applied for by MIT and issued to MIT, by year, from 2000 through 2009.

Source: Jack H. Turner, MIT Technology Licensing Office

Patents issued to U.S. universities every five years since 1969. In 1980, the Bayh-Dole Act was passed, and many more patents were issued.

Source: United States Patent & Trademark Office

Swede Noomi Rapace gives a stunning performance as computer hacker Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Courtesy of Music Box Films

Your typical hero story, but with cuter characters.

Courtesy of Paramount Pictures