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Students watch as a V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft departs Briggs Field during a brief rain squall on Monday, May 3. The Osprey, operated by the Marines of VMM-264, Air Station New River North Carolina, arrived at MI...

Students and visitors examine the pieces available at the MIT Glass Lab’s annual Mother’s Day sale yesterday afternoon. The sale is primarily staffed by students and staff of the Glass Lab, many of whom have pieces av...

Artist and architect Otto L. Ng G stands in front of MURAL ORIGAMI, his winning entry in the 2010 MIT Student Mural Competition, in Stata on Monday. The mural consists of a photograph of a person walking on the sidewa...

Sean D. Fannin ’13 and Jordan Lyday dive and struggle against their bungee-cord harnesses to get their velco marker further along the centerline at the Greek Week(end) 2010 carnival held by Panhel/IFC on Kresge lawn o...

Richard S. Yau ’10 performs his Senior Singout, a dramatic rendition of Mulan’s “I’ll Make a Man Out of You,” with the MIT/Wellesley Toons at the Toons’ 20th Anniversary Concert Saturday evening in 10-250.

Students eagerly explore the insides of a MV-22 Osprey. The tilt-rotor helicopter landed on Briggs Field and visited other Boston landmarks on Monday as part of Marine Week Boston.

Sam Franklin of “Mamarazzi” plays on Saturday at Steer Roast 2010. Mamarazzi was one of eleven bands that performed at Steer Roast.

Ben Huh, CEO of Pet Holding, Inc., talks about the emergence of internet memes like “lolcats” and “Rickrolling” during a talk sponsored by the MIT Sloan Innovation club on Thursday in E51. He explained how he has crea...

Dustin Brackney of Apex Green Roofs shows sedum cuttings that are being planted on the new green roof on the new Sloan building, E62. Sedum, also known as stonecrop, is a large genus of popular garden plants.The 7,000...

Dance Geek Mafia, composed of Daniel S. Kim ’11, Carter A. Chang ’12, Jonathan H. Blackwood ’11, and Stephen G. Goodman ’12 from MIT Dance Troupe, won Best Overall Act for their dance composition during AXO’S 22nd ann...

Joseph S. Lee ’08 prepares a tasty treat for Professor W. Eric L. Grimson PhD ’80, head of the EECS department, at one of the many food booths during the Association of Taiwanese Student’s annual Strait To Taiwan even...

Tiffany A. Chen ’12 teaches Andrew D. Bosson G how to play the erhu, a Chinese bowed string instrument, after the MIT Chinese Ensemble’s spring concert on Sunday in Twenty Chimneys. The concert featured several pieces...

Participants in the IDEAS competition explain their ideas to one of the judges in Lobby 10 on Monday. The IDEAS competition, organized by the Public Service Center, promotes innovations with a focus on public service.

Jackson L. Prestwood ’13 gets his revenge as he throws a fistful of gulaal, colored powder, on Raghu Mahajan ’11 during the Holi celebrations, organized by the Hindu Students Council, on Saturday. Holi, a Hindu festiv...

Vivian Lee ’12 of the Asian Dance Team performs a Chinese ribbon dance at I-Fair, hosted by the International Students Association, on Friday. I-Fair gives international culture groups at MIT a chance to present a lit...

MIT students took a study break to watch N.E.R.D perform live on Friday evening in the Johnson Ice Rink for the Spring Weekend concert. N.E.R.D played a mix of their older songs and songs from their upcoming album, No...