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“Blue Umbrella,” now on view at the MFA, depicts Alex Katz’s wife and muse, Ada.

Mitchell H. Kates ’13 hustles past a defender in the Final Four game against Wisconsin-Whitewater on March 16.

Four MIT riders in prime position fight for intermediary sprint points.

Point Park in Kendall Square is at the south end of Main Street, where it meets Broadway, Wadsworth, Third Street. MITIMCo envisions that Wadsworth street, off the left edge of this photo, would be broadened into a wi...

MIT’s zoning proposal will address four areas of Kendall Square that MIT controls. The south side of Main Street; an extended outdoor “infinite corridor” from E25 to E53; a riverwalk from Point Park down Wadsworth Str...

The MIT cycling team won the Easter Collegiate Conference Cycling Championships last weekend, beating out top teams such as West Point and Harvard.

MIT and Harvard presidents Susan J. Hockfield and Drew Faust announce edX during Wednesday’s press conference. “We come together with conviction to say that online education is not an enemy of residential education,...

Susan J. Hockfield smiles for the camera after the press conference introducing edX, MIT and Harvard’s new online learning collaboration.

Protagonist Bobby Strong (Trevor J. Mulchay ’15) leads a rebellion in the MIT Musical Theatre Guild’s production of Urinetown, a “tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution.” The play will be performed on both Fr...

Plunger-wielding Bobby Strong (Trevor J. Mulchay ’15) leads a call to arms against potty oppression in MTG’s production of Urinetown.

Penelope Pennywise (Karen Hart ’11) leads a spirited rally during a scene in Urinetown, MTG’s newest production.

The north portion of Random Hall’s block is slated to become 300 Mass. Ave; a residential building is planned for two blocks north, on Sidney St.

Forest City has petitioned the city for zoning changes to permit building a new life sciences research building. The proposed building would have ground-floor retail frontage on Massachusetts Avenue, and a lobby passa...