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Erik Tamayo is a prospective student from Lawndale, Calif.

Writing tutor Susan Spilecki works on an essay with graduate student Masafumi Hashimoto on April 16. Institute-wide cuts could affect communication departments at MIT.

East Campus residents prepare wildly-flavored liquid nitrogen ice cream during the CPW festival on April 16. The selection included blueberry, vanilla, mango, and rhubarb ice cream, along with an array of fun toppings.

Electrical components, such as these resistors, will be cheaper for MIT associates thanks to a new agreement with supplier Digi-Key.

Provost L. Rafael Reif answers student questions at the Undergraduate Association Senate meeting last night. Reif discussed the Institute’s financial situation, budget cuts, and student input in the decision-making pr...

(from left) David A. Brescia ’10, Skylar W. Desa ’10, Yoni Gray ’10, Prannay Budhraja ’10, Mia A. Shandell ’10, Bryan C. Hernandez ’09, and Travis S. Newsad ’10 contemplate their murderous actions during the dress reh...

MIT Natya members perform Sakti: Women of Power in Little Kresge on Sunday.

Mathura J. Sridharan ’11 (left) and Renuka Ramanathan ’10 portray Kannagi and Kovalan in MIT Natya’s show Shakti: Women of Power in Little Kresge on Sunday.

Randy Runyon, Zak Croxall, and Thomas Hartman all joined Morita at Sculler’s last Tuesday. The gig also marked the release of Morita’s debut CD, Colors.

Dhaya Lakshminarayanan ’96 has done live stand-up comedy engagements in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Boston.

Tenzin Lungjangwa pipets growth media in the Whitehead Human Stem Cell Facility, which was established entirely with private funding to circumvent President Bush’s ban on federal funding for the use of all but a small...

Undergraduate Association president-elect Michael A. Bennie ’10 (left) and vice president-elect Margaret K. Delano ’10 sat down with The Tech to share their plans for the upcoming school year. They said they plan on i...

Jeff Tweedy sings a Wilco classic, “I’m Always In Love,” at Calvin Theatre in Northampton, Mass.

Gregory E. Chamitoff PhD ’92, who recently returned from a 179-day tour of duty aboard the International Space Station as the Flight Engineer and Science Officer for Expedition 17-18, which began June 2, 2008, stands ...

The Video Game Orchestra plays a Donkey Kong Country medley at The Berklee Performance Center on Thursday, March 5 in Boston. This was the first performance of its kind — an orchestra playing popular video game compos...

Los Angeles artist Eleni Mandell played new material from Artificial Fire at TT the Bear’s Place in Cambridge on Sunday.