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The Smoot 50th Anniversary Plaque is seen sitting on the vice of the Computer Numerical Controlled milling machine which worked it last Friday in the Hobby Shop in Building W31.

The engraving of the Smoot 50th Anniversary Plaque.

Emergency personnel, including MIT Police Captain Albert F. Pierce Jr. (center, facing right), investigate the death of Han D. Nguyen G, who was found in the parking lot on the east side of Building E19 on Tuesday, Ju...

Nitish Nair G, PhD candidate for the Department of Chemical Engineering, receives his doctoral hood from department head Klavs F. Jensen at the Johnson Athletic Center midday Thursday.

The busted iPod Shuffle is seen after its encounter with a .22 bullet. The ash seen in the lower part of the unit where the bullet struck is the Lithium battery.

DURABILITY TESTING—A .22-caliber bullet fired by MIT Pistol Coach Will Hart Jr. hits the latest iPod Shuffle at the MIT Rifle Range. The strobe used to illuminate the shot was provided by Jim Bales of the Edgerton Cen...

A 26 oz. T-bone steak with allium butter and fried onions is served in KO Prime style, decorated with flower petals.

A dark chocolate fondue with a splash of Grand Marnier with fresh fruits and cookies for dipping.

Emergency personnel, including MIT Police Captain Albert F. Pierce Jr. (center, facing right), investigate the death of Han Nguyen G, who was found in the parking lot on the east side of Building E19 on Tuesday, June 2.

The pastry chef at Elephant Walk prepares a dessert called Mousse aux Fruits de Passion, a tart passion fruit mousse served in an almond lace cup, garnished with fresh pineapple chunks, and macerated in dark rum, suga...

Four robots sprawl out onto the field during the 2.007 (Design and Manufacturing I) competition. Each contestant was allowed to have two drivers, so many created a secondary “bother bot” which would prevent their oppo...

An empty chair at the New Tech Barber in the basement of the Student Center on the afternoon of May 4. The New Tech Barber is scheduled to be evicted this Friday because of unpaid rent.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, addresses a packed Kresge Auditorium on Thursday afternoon at the inaugural event of The Dalai Lama Center of Ethics and Transformative Values, a venture under MIT’s Of...

Melissa A. Gymrek ’11 is seen here 400 yards away from the finish line on Boylston St. during The 113th annual Boston Marathon on Monday April 20, 2009. The 26.2 mile event brings together runners and spectators from ...

A Cambridge Bomb Squad officer attempts to disable a device placed on Kresge Field on the morning of April 24. The device was, in fact, a cherry-bomb-shaped concrete block advertising for this weekend’s annual DTYD pa...

John P. Holdren ’65 (left), director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, delivered a presentation as part of Monday’s forum on clean energy. The forum, sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative, w...