Elijah Mena

Chancellor Eric Grimson PhD ’80.

Edwin M. Zhang ’14 hits a volley in the third set of his match at the No. 1 singles spot on Wednesday afternoon. Both he and MIT lost to Tufts. This brings MIT’s overall record to 18-2. Zhang was just named the NEWMAC...

Ricardo J. Perez ‘13 slides into home plate in the sixth inning of a baseball game, one of the two runs scored following a bunt by Karl M. Sorensen ‘15. MIT won 7-1 against Babson, increasing MIT’s overall record to 1...

President L. Rafael Reif leads a conversation about the future of MIT and online education, among other things, at Sidney-Pacific on Tuesday evening. The discussion, as part of the Sidney-Pacific Distinguished Lecture...

Harvard professor Steven Pinker gives a lecture entitled “The Evolution Psychology of Religion: Do We Have a ‘God Gene’ or a ‘God Module?’” to a packed auditorium. The talk, which was held in 32-123 on Thursday evenin...

Martha M. Gross ’12 (second from left) places sixth in the 400-meter dash.

Stuart Schmill ’86, Dean of Admissions

Chancellor Eric Grimson PhD ’80

Building 42 houses a gas turbine that can supply up to about 22 megawatts of electrical power. However, it normally supplies only a fraction of the electricity used on campus.

A policeman directs traffic in front of 77 Mass. Ave. Traffic was bumper to bumper from the Harvard Bridge to Central Square.

The Infinite Corridor was only partly illuminated during the power outage.

Much of Cambridge was out of power for two hours on Thursday evening. The blackout was believed to be related to a transmission line.

Jon Hindmarsh, guitarist and lead singer for the band Hirvana, performs in the Coffeehouse Lounge on Thursday evening. The band played Nirvana covers.

Card readers have been installed outside of the student center. Starting Tuesday, card access will be required between 1 to 6 a.m.

(Right to left) Ingwon Chae ’14, Richard C. Yoon ’13, and Eddie Ha ’13, producer, star, and director, respectively, of the hit MIT Gangnam Style video, pose for a photoshoot at The Tech.

There were 33 restaurants and eateries in Cambridge inspected. The food establishments are inspected two times each year during unannounced visits.

Kevin Marume (center) and other brothers from PKT dance to a theme about becoming a man. Their choreography included songs such as “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” from Mulan and “Sexy and I Know It” by LMFAO. The event, ...

Simmons Hall is composed of aluminum panel facades.

The MIT Honor Guard, composed of several police officers, prepares to march into the ceremony.

MIT’s 14th president Paul E. Gray ’54 spoke at the ceremony. In fact, the past three presidents prior to Reif were in attendance: Gray, Charles M. Vest, and Susan J. Hockfield.

The MIT Ceremonial Brass performs.

The student percussion ensemble Rambax performs at the ceremony.

The MIT Chorallaries sung a crowd-pleasing “The Engineer’s Drinking Song.”

President L. Rafael Reif spoke about the opportunities to use technology to improve education.

The procession into Killian Court was led by James Champy ’63, the chairman of the Presidential Search Committee. He is also a member of the MIT Corporation’s Executive Committee.

Anne E. C. McCants and William D. McCants will serve as the new housemasters of Burton-Conner this year. They had both previously served as the housemasters of Green Hall from 1992 to 2002. Anne McCants is a profess...

Josh Knowles, singer and violinist from the folk rock band “Nemes,” performed last Friday evening at Fred Fest V. Fred Fest is an annual outdoor concert held at East Campus and co-sponsored by WMBR.

Benjamin R. Bond ‘13 juggles last Friday evening on Killian Court. The MIT Juggling Club holds regular meetings for people to drop in and juggle.

After a two-year rush suspension, PBE is rushing for the first time this year since 2010. Two other fraternities, Alpha Sig and Beta, have also started recruitment this year.

The Institute held an Ice Cream Social on July 2 to celebrate L. Rafael Reif and Chris A. Kaiser’s PhD ’87 first days as president and provost, respectively. Hundreds of members of the community lined up along the Inf...

Walter Lewin gives a special lecture on Friday June 29 titled “Trajectories in Moving and Accelerated Reference Frames” to a packed audience in 6-120. This was one lecture in an 8-lecture series that will continue unt...

Ray Magliozzi ’72 talks about the creation of Cartalk, its most memorable moments, and why he and his brother decided to discontinue the show.

Spectators cool off from the hot day by grabbing free bottled water at booths located at both sides of Killian Court.

Faculty members, adorned with red hats and gowns, assemble under a tent in front of Kresge.

Jessica A. Artiles ’12 and fellow graduates march along Amherst Street.

Family members look on as the graduates pass by the Z Center.

Graduates sit outside the Z Center prior to lining up.

Salman Khan ’98 delivered the 2012 Commencement address on June 8. The founder of the widely-used educational site Khan Academy told the graduating seniors to listen to others, to appreciate every opportunity, and to ...

Flowers are sold outside of Lobby 7 to friends and family of the graduates.

Alumni are applauded and take a seat along the side of Killian Court. Red coats are given to alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago.

Faculty members take their seats along the podium.

A six-piece brass ensemble plays as the graduates marched to Killian Court.

Kyle J. Hannon ’13 competes in the 1500-meter run, finishing with a time of 4:00.36.

Sheldon N. Trotman ’14 competes in the triple jump. He finished with a distance of 12.93 meters.

Nicholas A. Diamantoni ’15 runs in the 400-meter dash. He came in second in this heat, but 11th overall.

Michael J. DuPlessis ’14 (right) races toward the finish of the 100-meter dash. He came in third.

Martha M. Gross ’12 (second from left) places sixth in the 400-meter dash.

Room 68-164 opened as a lounge for biology postdocs last week. The space was formerly occupied by the Bio Cafe, which was replaced by the Koch Cafe. The windows face the Stata Center and the walls are adorned with art...

Jessie T. Zhang ’15 overlooks her robot during the 6.270 final competition. In the IAP course 6.270, the Autonomous Robot Design Competition, Lego robots faced-off in a hexagon ring and scored by dropping white balls...

This rearrangement of the word “Techfair” appeared early last Thursday morning. The letters were placed there as advertisement of this year’s Techfair, which concluded on Monday.

Lawrence H. Summers ’75 (right) spoke Wednesday evening in Building E51 in a lecture sponsored by the Undergraduate Economics Association. In his talk, titled “Stimulating Growth in the Short and Long Run,” Summers sp...

Kiele D. Miller Oana ’15 fights for the ball in the first half during MIT’s Saturday game against the Coast Guard Academy. The Engineers won 2-0, bringing their overall record to 10-3-2.

Professor Steven B. Leeb ’87 holds up the three-foot screw awarded to him for winning this year’s Big Screw contest, an annual fundraiser sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega. Leeb is a professor in the Department of Electric...

Scott T. Landers ’13 advertises himself for the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Camp Kesem Date Auction on Saturday night. The event sold 22 dates and raised $6,000 to benefit Camp Kesem, a summer camp for children whose parents ...

Stephen T. Frost ’13 and Caitlin R. Pomeroy ’13 unveil the bezel of the 2013 Brass Rat on Friday night. The bezel features the beaver, who clutches a branch with four leaves, and a framing square in the shape of a sev...

New security cameras, Aug. 27.

Ann Ouyang, A Next House desk worker, sorts through a deluge of package deliveries. Other dorms have also been inundated with packages recently. East Campus, for instance, reported receiving over 90 packages a day las...

Party-seekers dance late Sunday night at the East Side Party, held in the East Campus Courtyard.

Danny Chiao ’14 (left) and George T. Cheng ’14 add the final gummy bears to a gingerbread house during the “Games, games… Graham Simmons?” REX event held by Simmons Hall on Sunday night.

Freshman ride the “Merry-Go-Death” at the East Side Party last Sunday night. As the platform spins, riders stand near the edge and walk toward the center, causing the ride to spin faster.

A student turns back after trying to cross between Buildings 7 and 3 yesterday. Flooding water later flowed into the elevator of Building 10. The water also trapped cars.

A car sloshes through the underpass at the intersection of Buildings 7 and 3, where the flooding on Thursday evening was worst. Gushing out of a burst pipe underground, the water was nearly 1.5 feet deep.

Paul D. Niksch, a graduate student in Health Sciences and Technology, walks under the security cameras in W31. The cameras are positioned at the intersection of the locker rooms and the hobby shop.

Jordan Lloyd Norman Allison, a graduate student in the School of Architecture and Planning, walks through the gate near the railroad tracks. The path links the west and the northwest sections of campus.

Gushing water from a burst pipe flooded the parking lot between buildings 3, 5, and 7.

Christine Ortiz, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, was recently appointed the new Dean of Graduate Education. She will assume her new position on August 1.

The Fourth of July fireworks are seen from the top of the Green Building (Bldg. 54). Anxious spectators began lining up along the Charles River early in the morning to reserve prime viewing spots for the July 4th Bost...

Raymond S. Stata ’57 speaks to graduates of the class of 2010 during the 144th Commencement in Killian Court on June 4. In his keynote address, Stata shared insights about entrepreneurship and business management.

The Class of 2010 graduates listen as Raymond S. Stata ’57 gives the keynote speech at Commencement in Killian Court on June 4. Stata, founder of Analog Devices, told students, “As MIT graduates, we are all innovators...

An alumnus of the Class of 1960 attends Commencement 2010 in Killian Court on June 4. Commencement also coincided with Reunion week.

Family of graduating seniors watch a live stream of the Commencement exercises in room 2-105 on June 4. A live video webcast was provided by the MIT Academic Media Production Services.

President Barack Obama formally nominated Subra Suresh ScD ’81, Dean of MIT’s School of Engineering, to be the next director of the National Science Foundation last Wednesday. If confirmed by the Senate, Dean Suresh w...

Graduates of the Class of 2010 display their decorated mortarboards during Commencement on June 4 in Killian Court. Other creative designs included a pair of stuffed beavers and a camera.

President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that he intends to nominate Subra Suresh ScD ’81, Dean of MIT’s School of Engineering, to be the next director of the National Science Foundation. If confirmed by the Senat...

Members of Lil’ Phunk look on as others perform solo onstage during Footwork 2010. The event hosted professional groups as well as student groups from MIT and BU.

Jessica L. Iacobucci ’12 fields a ground ball during the softball game against Wellesley on Friday. The Engineers lost 1-6.

The dance crew Lil’ Phunk rushes on stage during Footwork 2010, held in Kresge Auditorium on Saturday. Lil’ Phunk is the official Celtics junior dance crew, consisting of children aged 5 to 13.

Mad Margaret (Elise C. Kuo ’11), widow of Henry VI, curses her enemies.

Richard (Christopher D. Smith ’12) asks Lady Anne (Grace M. Kane ’11) to kill him if she will not marry him. MIT Shakespeare Ensemble’s final performances of Richard III are on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.

MIT’s Senegalese percussion group RAMBAX performs during Pulse 2010, MIT’s annual Black Culture Show, in Kresge Auditorium last Saturday. Pulse 2010 was the culmination of Black Week and featured performance groups fr...

Volunteers hand out hummus samples at the Hummus Taste Off, sponsored by MIT Hillel, in the Bush Room on Jan. 28. Tasters voted for the best flavors and tried hummus ice cream from J.P. Licks.

James R. Burke ’13 attempts to block mid-court during the Dec. 5 game against Gordon College at Rockwell Cage. The Engineers won 78-73 in overtime.

Portia M. Jones ’12 (left) and Hazel L. Briner ’11 (center) compete in the Women’s 55 Meter Hurdles at the MIT Coed Invitational held Saturday at the Johnson Indoor Track. Jones placed second with a time of 8.74 seconds.

Phillip D. Hunt ‘12 is pole vaulting over the bar. He tied for fourth place in the event at the tri-meet held by MIT on Jan. 16 versus Bates College and Colby College. Both men’s and women’s team won.

Team Codex Seraphinianus coordinate and work on problems Friday night during the Mystery Hunt. They were based in several rooms in Building 5 this year.

James R. Burke ’13 attempts to block mid-court during the Saturday game against Gordon College at Rockwell Cage. The Engineers won 78-73 in overtime.

Yum-Yum, played by Julie Lauren Stevens, is joined by her sisters Pitti-Sing (Virginia K. Quaney ’10) and Peep-Bo (Sarah E. Flowers ’12).

The townspeople of Titipu gather to celebrate the love of Yum-Yum (Julie Lauren Stevens) and Nanki-Poo (Barratt Park G) at the end of Act I of The Mikado presented by The MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players. The play will ...

Koko (David S. Rolnick ’12) is hoping for a kiss from his unwilling bride-to-be, Yum-Yum (Julie Lauren Stevens) during The Mikado, presented by The MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players in La Sala de Puerto Rico.

(left to right) Pooh-Bah (Dan Salomon), Koko (David S. Rolnick 12), and Pish-Tush (Jonathan Nussman) receive an alarming message from the Mikado (Johari Frasier ’13) during The MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players’ renditi...

Michael G. Zomnir ’11 (right) competes against a Northwestern University player in a squash match on Friday, November 20. MIT lost overall, 2-7.

The Boss, performed by Zachary B. Barryte ’13, leads the circus company during the Musical Theater Guild’s production of Side Show in La Sala de Puerto Rico. The show runs tonight and tomorrow evening at 8 p.m.

The boss, played by Zachary B. Barryte ’13, leads the opening scene during the Musical Theatre Guild’s production of Side Show in La Sala de Puerto Rico. The show will play three nights this weekend, Nov. 12–14, at 8 ...