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Defendant Anna L. Tang and her attorney Robert A. George at her status conference Friday, August 27.

Assistant District Attorney Suzanne M. Kontz argues against Tang’s request to attend a mobile app development class at Boston University. Tang has been under house arrest since late 2007.

The untitled stainless steel sculpture, by Anish Kapoor (India, b.1954), is the latest addition to MIT’s public art collection.

Edwin H. Blashfield (Brooklyn, New York, 1848 – 1936), Walker Memorial Mural. Painting. Walker Memorial (Bldg. 50).

Harry Bertoia (Italy, 1915 - 1978, Barto, Pennsylvania), Altarpiece for MIT Chapel). Brazed steel. MIT Chapel (Bldg. W15).

Sol LeWitt (Hartford, Connecticut), Bar of Color within Squares. Terrazzo floor. Green Center for Physics (Bldg. 6C). Commissioned with MIT Percent for Art Fund.

Pablo Picasso (Spain, 1881 – 1973, France), Figure découpée. Cast concrete. Temporarily removed during Sloan School expansion project. Famous cubist.

Freshman ride the “Merry-Go-Death” at the East Side Party last Sunday night. As the platform spins, riders stand near the edge and walk toward the center, causing the ride to spin faster.

The dance group PROject Nailz film a video for Ke$ha’s “Never Know About Love.” From left to right: Stephanie S. Shim ’10, Cindy Ko (Tufts ’12), Sarah Elentukh (BU ’10), Amelia Laughton ’06, and Tovah Heller (Cornell ...

Danny Chiao ’14 (left) and George T. Cheng ’14 add the final gummy bears to a gingerbread house during the “Games, games… Graham Simmons?” REX event held by Simmons Hall on Sunday night.

Auguste Rodin (France, 1840 – 1917), Large Head of Iris (Grosse Tête d’Iris). Bronze. Hayden Library, 2nd floor (Bldg. 14S), Humanities Library. Rodin best known for his mastery of the human form, as in his famous sc...

Jacques Lipchitz (Lithuania, 1891 – 1973, Italy), Birth of the Muses. Bronze. Hayden Library (Bldg. 14W), west plaza. Gift of Yulia Lipchitz in Memory of Dr. Jerome B. Wisener.

Frank Stella (Malden, Massachusetts, 1936- ) Loohooloo. Acrylic on fiberglass. (Bldg. 7, 3rd floor), Wolk Gallery. Gift of Elliot K. Wolk, MIT Class of 1957.

Anish Kapoor (India, 1954 - ), Untitled (Sculpture for TSMC Lobby). Stainless steel. TSMC Lobby, Stata Center (Bldg, 32G). Commissioned with MIT Percent for Art Fund. Kapoor’s sculpture is MIT’s newest addition to it’...

Henry Moore (United Kingdom, 1898 – 1986), Three-Piecde Reclining Figure, Draped. Bronze. Killian Court. Gift of the Eugene McDermott Family and Other Friends of MIT.

UFC lightweight fighter Clay C. Guida signs autographs for a young fan Friday morning.

Canadian Mixed Martial Arts fighter Shawn Tompkins (right) teaches a right hook during a training session. He emphasized starting with a jab and punching with the shoulders.

Two Brazilian Jiujitsu fighters compete in Grapplers Quest, a grappling tournament held at the UFC Fan Expo August 27 and 28.

Yesterday morning, the illuminated Dr. Who police box was “teleported” by hackers from the roof of Building 7 to the Great Dome. On the British science fiction show, the box is actually the TARDIS, a “Time And Relativ...

Party-seekers dance late Sunday night at the East Side Party, held in the East Campus Courtyard.

Alexander Calder (Piladelphia, Pennsylvania, 1898 – 1976, New York, New York), La Grande Voile (The Big Sail). Painted steel. McDermott Court. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McDermott. Standing at a soaring height of 40 ...