photos

Lawrence H. Summers ’75 (right) spoke Wednesday evening in Building E51 in a lecture sponsored by the Undergraduate Economics Association. In his talk, titled “Stimulating Growth in the Short and Long Run,” Summers sp...

The largest pumpkin dropped was filled with all sorts of fun!

Oscar Figueroa ’12 “makes science” by mixing water and flour for filling pumpkins.

MIT students walk through shattered pumpkins at the bottom of the Green Building. During Pumpkin Drop on Saturday, residents of EC’s First West dropped 120 pumpkins off the roof of the highest point on campus.

Spectators and participants at Pumpkin Drop walk through the remnants of the dropped pumpkins in front of the Green Building on Saturday evening.

First West Hall Chair Samantha R. Hagerman ’14 prepares to toss a pumpkin over the edge of the Green Building roof.

Pumpkins anticipate their fate along the 1W hallway at East Campus.

Tech chairman Joseph R. Maurer ’12 pokes at the remains of a broken pumpkin.

The season’s first flakes of snow float through the lights shining over Steinbrenner Stadium on Wednesday night.

A water pipe broke under the Main Lot, between Buildings 3 and 5, shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 26. Water pressure cracked and lifted the asphalt in the middle of the parking lot, and overwhelmed the drains near th...

Kiele D. Miller Oana ’15 fights for the ball in the first half during MIT’s Saturday game against the Coast Guard Academy. The Engineers won 2-0, bringing their overall record to 10-3-2.

Craig Slater of Navesink River Rowing rows through the first mile of the men’s championship singles race.

The women’s championship doubles teams make their way through the starting line. The Boston skyline and overhead clouds made for a serene view of the race.

Viewers watch the race from the Boston University bridge, a prime spot for many fans and spectators of the regatta.

Physics Nobel Prize winner Adam G. Riess ’92 gives a talk in 10-250 about his research in measuring the rate of expansion of the universe. The auditorium filled in the first three minutes.