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Stephen A. Morton ’10 (far right) runs the 200-meter dash during the BU Terrier Invitational, an open meet held at Boston University on Saturday, Jan. 26. Morton finished the race in 22.45 seconds, placing 16th of the...

Nathan B. Ball ’05, pole vault coach for the MIT track and field teams, competes in the BU Terrier Invitational, an open meet held at Boston University on Saturday, Jan. 26. Ball placed third in the competition after ...

Praveen Subramani ’09 (top) and Xiao Xiao ’09 (center) explain the operation of their project, “Pittura Viva,” to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor Seth Teller (not pictured) as his daughter Sophia...

Joshua A. Horowitz ’10 (right) tries out “SNGH Is Not Guitar Hero.” The game, created by Rhys A. Hiltner ’09 (center) and Ruth A. Shewmon ’08 (not pictured), evaluates the user’s playing on a standard electric guitar....

Patrick R. Barragan ’08 explains the navigation methods of “Tour Bot” to an attendee of the Eta Kappa Nu Student Project Expo. The project aims to build a robot capable of providing autonomous tours of the MIT campus....

The Boston skyline at dawn on Tuesday, Jan. 29. Ice covered the surface of the Charles River for much of January.

Sean C. Morton ’08 samples roast pig at East Campus’ annual Bad Ideas competition on Saturday, Jan. 26. Bad Ideas is a three-day event in which students come up with and pull off outrageous stunts.

Laura A. Daher ’08 poses a question to the panel of artists and scientists at the sneak preview of the film “Jumper,” hosted by the Lecture Series Committee in 26-100 on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008.

Sarah N. Trowbridge ’08, co-captain of the women’s gymnastics team, does a handstand during her floor routine at MIT’s quad meet in duPont Gymnasium on Jan. 19, 2008. The Engineers placed second behind Ursinus College...

Trace U. Sauter ’11 takes off at the beginning of the men’s 100-yard backstroke at the MIT swimming and diving team’s Saturday meet with Colby College. The Engineers won the meet 176-94 at the Zesiger Center Pool.

Judges Christopher A. Schuh, Jacob K. White, and Kate Delaney (left to right) taste brownies at the 2008 Battle of the Brownies, sponsored by the Laboratory for Chocolate Science on Jan. 17, 2008.

Shawn S. Conrad ’11 retakes the lead from a Bates College runner during the second leg of the men’s 4x800-meter relay. The all-freshman relay team, which finished first in 8:15.08, missed the freshman 4x800-meter reco...

Adele D. Phillips G defends against a player from the Brandeis University women’s ultimate frisbee team. The MIT women’s ultimate team “sMITe” played a scrimmage against the Brandeis Banshees Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008, at...

A packed crowd awaits the sneak preview of the film “Jumper,” hosted by the Lecture Series Committee in 26-100 on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008.

Adrienne M. Bolger ’09 hands off the baton to Andrea E. Bradshaw ’09 during the 4x400-meter relay. The MIT women’s track and field team finished the meet with 178.5 points, beating Bates College (158 points), Colby Co...

Doug Liman, director of the film “Jumper,” participates in a panel discussion at MIT with the film’s star Hayden Christensen and MIT Professors Edward Farhi and Max E. Tegmark on Wednesday, Jan. 16 in lecture hall 26-...