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Jamie L. Simmons ‘12 finished second in the 400 meter dash with a time of 56.51.

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

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

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...

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

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,...

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

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

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

Lindsay M. Sanneman ’14 performs a back handspring on the beam.

In September, hackers lit up the Green Building in a patriotic display of an American flag in honor of 9/11. The flag was the first use of the LED system that was later featured in the Tetris hack.

Students and prefrosh alike were able to play a fully functional game of Tetris on the Green Building over Campus Preview Weekend. Hackers used the already installed LED arrays to light up the windows with a variety o...

A woman plays Tetris on the display on the Green Building during Campus Preview Weekend.

In March, the same LED arrays were used to display a purple ribbon in recognition of Relay for Life.

A close up view of board number 121. Of note is the antenna at the top of the image; each pixel is independently controlled via wireless link. The larger black IC is a PIC24FJ32GA — an inexpensive micro controller sim...