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MIT Graduate Student Council Bike Safety holds an orientation in Kendall Square.

East Campus-based band Putz Up! performing at Fred Fest.

The omelet line at the Forbes Family Cafe in the Stata Center on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025.

Students line up near the Stratton Student Center for chicken and waffles at SEB's Fall Fest.

Repurposing waste, participants fill pipette boxes with soil and seed provided by MIT Farm.

A band plays in front of the Stratton Student Center at SEB's Fall Fest.

Students gather on the Kresge Lawn for SEB's Fall Fest.

Anantha Chandrakasan was named as MIT's provost on July 1, 2025.

The MIT Canvas website is down because of the worldwide AWS outage on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025.

Tim Berners-Lee speaks in conversation with Juan Enriquez on October 1, 2025.

Members of the Asian American Association share cultural food with festival goers.

Attendees buying merchandise in an EC-managed merchandise booth.

U.S. Senator Alex Padilla '94 displaying his Brass Rat at a MIT Club of Washington D.C. event on May 30, 2023.

A protester wears a costume mocking President Trump at the Boston No Kings rally on Boston Common on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.

U.S. Senator Alex Padilla '94 (right) while a Mechanical Engineering student at MIT.

The Balourdet Quartet performs Hadyn's String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76, No. 1 under the direction of Robert Kapilow on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.

Conductor Andris Nelsons conducts Tchaikovsky at Symphony Hall on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025.

Festival goer adds sprinkles to their dessert.

Pianist Daniil Trifonov and baritone singer Matthias Goerne play Schubert in Jordan Hall on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025.

Domingo Hindoyan conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra and pianist Yuja Wang in Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto on Thursday, Oct. 23.

Signage posted inside the Stud welcomes families as they arrive on campus for Family Weekend, lasting from Friday, Oct. 24 to Sunday, Oct 26, 2025.

The number of MEng students has dropped by 11.6% from 2024 to 2025, from 363 to 321.

Yunchan Lim plays Bach's Goldberg Variations in his Celebrity Series solo recital debut in Boston's Symphony Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025.

BSO performs Adams and Tchaikovsky, with Augustin Hadelich as the soloist of Adams' Violin Concerto on Thursday, Oct. 16.

On Saturday, Oct. 25, the pop-up's sign was placed in front of the Darling patio for the first time.

The pop-up sells traditional Palestinian keffiyehs, as well as embroidered ones made to order.

These books at the pop-up were donated by community members.

The MIT/Wellesley Toons perform for families in Kresge Auditorium, the a cappella group being one of many at the Family Weekend concert on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025.

The MIT Alumni Association puts a sculpture of MIT's logo on campus between the Stud and Lobby 7 on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025.

Memorial Lobby with an outside view of Killian Court on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.

Students play spikeball on the Kresge Lawn at SEB's Fall Fest.

MIT Latte Lab shares drinks during Fall Fest.

Repurposing waste, participants fill pipette boxes with soil and seed provided by MIT Farm.

A band plays in front of the Stratton Student Center at SEB's Fall Fest.

The BSO, soloists, and the Tanglewood Festival Choir perform Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.

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Elena Baskakova '28 demonstrates her team’s 3D “digital twin” simulation of one of the Institute’s supercomputers.

Rev. Mariama White-Hammond from the New Roots AME Church gives a speech at the No Kings Rally on Boston Common on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.