Martin Segado

Atheist philosopher Peter Singer (professor of bioethics at Princeton University, left) addresses questions about morality and ethics last Saturday as Christian philosopher John Hare (professor of philosophical theolo...

Christians from various groups at MIT listen to a talk by Daniel E. Hastings PhD ’80, dean for undergraduate education, at the semesterly “Reg Day Service” hosted by MIT’s United Christian Organization on Monday eveni...

On Feb. 14, W1 residents were given a tour of the almost finished NW35 dormitory that the Phoenix Group moved into in the fall.

Audience members attending the Product Engineering Process (2.009) final presentations sat in the aisles of room 34-101 on Monday night, as most or all seats were taken. The room nominally seats 325 people.

Michael L. Stern ’09 discusses the Red Team’s fire safe microwave after the Product Engineering Process (2.009) final presentations on Monday evening. The microwave, shown partially disassembled here, contains built-i...

Professor David Wallace PhD ’95 (center) and several members of the Silver Team stand behind the team’s “Infinite Range” prototype following the Product Engineering Process (2.009) final presentations on Monday evenin...

Members of the Yellow Team take down their ModuWall portable do-it-yourself wall system following their final presentation for the Product Engineering Process (2.009) on Monday evening. The wall system used vertical p...

Jared A. Sartee ’09 unfolds “elika,” the Green Team’s collapsible designer coffee table, at the Product Engineering Process (2.009) final presentations on Monday evening. The coffee table featured carbon fiber and sta...

J. Kim Vandiver PhD ’75 and Wenxian Hong ’10 play with a prototype of the Blue Team’s “DOT it” portable Braille label maker after the Product Engineering Process (2.009) final presentations on Monday evening. The labe...

Leslie S. Nachbar ’10 of the MIT-Wellesley Toons co-ed a cappella group sings at the third annual Concert for a Cure on Saturday evening in 10-250. The show featured a cappella groups from many local colleges, and rai...

Steven R. Lerman ’72 is the Dean for Graduate Education.

Hawaiian Sarah P. Kama ’08 is decorated by her family in flowers at the Commencement reception area on Kresge Oval. This year’s Commencement ceremony was held June 6.

Eleojo E. Ocholi ’08 (second from right) and Daniel J. Wendel ’05 (right) take the lead vocals in the MIT Cross Product’s performance of “In the Light” by dc Talk during Saturday’s concert in 54-100.

The southeast corner of MIT’s NW35 dormitory, which will soon house about fifty undergraduates.

Current W1 residents tour a partially-finished apartment in NW35 on Feb. 14. A group of undergraduates, GRTs, and housemasters who intend to move into W1 will live in 57 rooms of NW35 until fall 2010.

Alumni join the MIT Cross Products for their alumni song, “The Reason We Sing.” The Cross Products performed their fall concert in 10-250 on Saturday, Dec. 8.

Gabriel A. Ha ’11 sings the lead vocals to the MIT Cross Products’ rendition of “You Are a Child of Mine.” The Cross Products performed their fall concert in 10-250 on Saturday, Dec. 8.

Robert M. Randolph, formerly senior associate dean for students, is now MIT’s first Institute Chaplain.

Katharine A. Smolley ’08 paints a wooden box at Friday’s SaveTFP Crafts Night with fiancé Jonathan L. Mercurio. SaveTFP puts on free events for the MIT community, ranging from Friday Night Coffeehouse to next Saturday...

President Susan Hockfield speaks at the State of the Institute forum in Kresge Auditorium on the morning of Oct. 2, 2007.

Professor Alexander H. Slocum PhD '85 does one-armed pushups in a Hawaiian shirt. Push-ups are a regular part of the annual competition.

Stephanie A. Sidelko '07 is carried around the stage by Professor Alexander H. Slocum PhD '85 after winning this year's 2.007 competition. At the beginning of the semester Sidelko "just wanted a robot that would move"...

Karlen E. Ruleman '09 connects a wireless control box to her robot, "Nico," in preparation for an upcoming match. Students are given several minutes on an "on-deck" table prior to competing to ready their machines.

Senior Stephanie A. Sidelko's robot (foreground) and junior Keith M. Molina's robot (partially obscured) fight for control of the score-multiplying arrows on this year's 2.007 contest table while competition staff loo...

The top eight contestants in this year's 2.007 competition line up in Johnson Ice Rink. From left to right and first to eighth place, the contestants are: Stephanie A. Sidelko '07, David A. Sanchez '09, Nathaniel S. S...

Jeremiah R. Cohen '09 (far right) drives his robot—named "Kronos" for its speed—as his roommate Trevor B. Rundell '09 (center right) poises to activate one of the machine's critical mechanisms.

Students climb over the wreckage of the Baker House piano drop in search of salvageable parts.

A piano is captured in the last fleeting moments before it crashes to the ground.

Workers prepare for Baker House’s annual Piano Drop.

Members of MIT Banghra perform at the CPW Festival last night in Johnson Athletic Center.

Hundreds of prefrosh listen to Dean of Admissions Marilee Jones speak at yesterday's CPW welcome in Rockwell Cage.

Hackers dropped a banner in Killian Court early Friday morning reading "This is a bomb. This is not a bomb. Is your ego satisfied? Brought to you by the MIT Bomb Squad.," with drawings of a bomb and a Mooninite respec...

Emily Pittore of Lexington, Mass. adds Oreo cookie chunks to her liquid nitrogen ice cream at the CPW Festival in Johnson Athletic Center last night.

Prospective students (left to right) Daniel Zhang, Caryn Krakauer, and Susan Song join in on a game of Giant Twister set up by residents of East Campus.

Shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, one of MIT's five e-mail servers stopped functioning, disrupting service to approximately 4,000 faculty, students, and staff. Some e-mail accounts were still unavailable as of p...