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Christine Reif, the president-elect’s wife, greets students in the Stata Center on Wednesday.

Local government and MIT administration officials, among many other faculty, students, and staff, gathered in 10-250 Wednesday afternoon to welcome President-elect L. Rafael Reif. Second row, from left: Cambridge City...

A procession of past, present, and future MIT presidents enter 10-250 on Wednesday afternoon. From back, President-elect L. Rafael Reif, MIT’s 16th President Susan J. Hockfield, 15th President Charles M. Vest, and 14t...

Rafael Reif delivered remarks to students Wednesday evening, recounting his lifelong journey starting in Venezuela and culminating in his election to the MIT presidency this morning.

Reif also received a poster-sized hacker’s map, which shows MIT’s underground tunnel network.

Student advisory group members gave Reif Brass Rat-style napkin rings as a welcoming gift.

Provost L. Rafael Reif and his wife Christine leave the Bush room in Building 10 shortly after his election as MIT’s 17th president. Reif will take over from President Susan J. Hockfield on July 2.

Rafael Reif will be MIT’s 17th president. At a press conference on Wednesday morning, Reif said he would commit his presidency to advancing education, as he has already been doing though the MITx/edX initiative.

Baker residents are forced to sleep in the fifth floor of the student center, among other places, on Sunday morning after a vandal discharged a fire extinguisher on the first, second, and third floors of the dormitory...

A “white cone” antenna, top center, will support enhanced cell phone reception inside MIT buildings.

Meme-related products are displayed for sale at last Friday’s ROFLCon III. Special guests at the “Internet culture conference” included Alan Schaaf, founder of Imgur, and Blake Boston, also known as “Scumbag Steve.”

Co-captain Tara P. Sarathi ’12 scores a crescent kick on her opponent at the 2012 National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships held at MIT April 7 and 8.

Michael A. Nackoul ’13 earned a bronze medal for his weight class at the National Collegiate Weightlifting Championships and hopes to represent the U.S. at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Robert M. Randolph was appointed MIT’s first Chaplain to the Institute in September 2007. Randolph also serves as Bexley’s housemaster.