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At noon on April 30, an organized “flash mob” convened in Lobby 7, singing and dancing to a selection of pop and dance music. The flash mob required advance sign-up and rehearsal attendance.

MIT President Susan J. Hockfield uses a sword to cut the MIT-shaped cake at the Toast to Tech event in June.

The bibliodoptera exhibit was installed in the corridor between the Lewis and Hayden Libraries for the MIT FAST Arts Festival last spring. Designed by Elena N. Jessop G and Peter A. Torpey G, the butterflies in the di...

Professor W. Eric L. Grimson PhD ’80, Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, assumed his role as MIT’s new chancellor on Mar. 1.

Senators of the Undergraduate Association enjoyed a “R.I.P. Senate” cake after the Senate’s last meeting ever on Dec. 12. The body will be replaced by a UA Council made up of representatives from dormitories and FSILG...

The UA Senate met for the last time ever on Dec. 12. It will be replaced by a 21-member council in the spring.

Madame Yandong Liu and President Susan J. Hockfield toast after signing an MIT-China educational partnership agreement at the McGovern Institute.

Stephanie Lin ’12 won a Rhodes scholarship to study medical anthropology at Oxford University this year. She is majoring in biology.

Noel Hollingsworth ‘12 squares up against the opposition in the paint to take a shot.

The team “Death From Above” works to solve puzzles. They placed 12th overall.

Members of the hosting team “Borbonicus and Bodley” on one of the Lobby 7 plinths during the opening ceremony on Friday.

Members from the team “Freshman 15” work in Building 34 to solve puzzles Saturday evening. Each team has a headquarters in separate bases located throughout MIT.

Mystery Hunt participants gather in Lobby 7 last Friday at noon to receive instructions before they begin solving puzzles. They learned that the theme of this year’s hunt is making bad Broadway musicals, based on the ...