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Daniel Chen ’11 and Tiffany W. Guo ’09 perform as Aladdin and Jasmine in the IFC/Panhel act of SK Late Night in Kresge. This act won the crowd favorite award after a vote by the audience at the end of the show.

Qiaochu Yuan ’12 and Christopher S. Brathwaite ’12 build a model of buckminsterfullerene from gumdrops and skewers at TEP on Sept. 2 during rush.

Christopher S. Chin ’12 makes liquid nitrogen ice cream along with the brothers of TEP on Sept. 2 during rush.

Devon D. Sparks ’12 discusses geodesic constructions at a TEP event on Sept. 2 during rush.

The Baker (J. Michael Spencer) and Jack (Timothy Wilfong) discuss the sale of a cow during the Music Theatre Guild’s presentation of Into the Woods, which is playing this weekend and throughout September in the Little...

French instructor Sabine Levet talks about the options for French studies at MIT with freshman Emavieve R. Coles during the Academic Expo in Johnson Ice Rink on Wednesday.

Women’s novice openweight rowing coach Aaron Benson talks about the crew program with Allison C. Hinckley ’12 and Monica C. Oliver ’12 during the Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation Gateway on ...

Dr. Elizabeth Vogel Taylor talks about the chemistry program at MIT with freshman Rachel G. Chasin during the Academic Expo in Johnson Ice Rink on Wednesday.

Maria Brennan (first from left), Assistant Director of the International Students Office tells jokes at International Students Office Welcome Reception. The reception was attended by over two hundred international stu...

Sara R. Segal ’09, Eli A. Cohen ’10, and Matthew L. Fisher ’10 welcome Sarah R. Geller ’12 (right to left) to MIT with warm smiles and bagels at the Boston T Party Event in the Student Center on Wednesday.

Professor Steven B. Leeb ’87 instructs freshman Rui Hu how to ride the Go-Kart with Tucker Chan ’12 looking behind them. The Go-Kart is a product of Power Electronics Laboratory (6.131).

SAN DIEGO—Giant panda Bai Yun rests in the enclosure she shares with her cub Zhen Zhen (whose name means “Precious”) at the San Diego Zoo. The zoo celebrated Zhen Zhen’s first birthday on Aug. 3, 2008 with a cake made...

MIT hackers illuminated the Green Building with a bat signal on the night of July 17, in honor of the midnight opening of the 2008 Batman film The Dark Knight.

Over 350,000 spectators visited the New England Sand Sculpting Festival at Revere Beach where 11 sculptors from across the globe competed for $15,000 in prize money. The event was held July 14–20,

Belfor Property Restoration trucks are seen in front of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity midday on Saturday, July 26. Summer residents of ATO had to be relocated after a water pipe burst, causing water damage to the int...

Carl Jara of Cleveland Heights, Ohio focuses on the details as he constructs his masterpiece at the New England Sand Sculpting Festival, held at Revere Beach on July 18. The world class sculptor won the festival’s top...