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A map of planned campus-wide renovations under the “MIT 2030” framework.

Scene from Golden Globe winning Les Misérables, released Christmas Day 2012.

Hackers are caught on the Dome in the MIT Musical Theater Guild’s production of Hack, Punt, Tool.

INFOGRAPHIC BY CONNOR KIRSCHBAUM

Alexander C. Klein ’15 serves for MIT against Harvard.

Joseph M. Paggi ’16 (left) and Priyanka M. Chatterjee ’15 represent the A division sailing team in the Smith Cup.

John S. Reed ’61, chairman of the MIT Corporation, hands over the Charter of MIT to President L. Rafael Reif, making Reif’s presidency official.

MIT has in the past recognized not only the importance of merit but also the significance of race and background.

IKE (Interdimensional Kinetic Entity), an alien creature from the puzzle-platformer video game Quantum Conundrum, developed by Airtight Games and published by Square Enix.

Allison Tovo-Dwyer G.

Brian G. Anderson ’13.

Heng “Nikita” Guo G.

Sam P. Heilbroner ‘13 performs with the festival Jazz ensemble in the annual family concert, a joint concert held with the MIT Wind Ensemble in celebration of Family Weekend last October.

(Right to left) Youngsoo Jang ’15, Ingwon Chae ’14, and Richard C. Yoon ’13 take a break during filming the MIT Gangnam Style video that went viral this last semester.

Anjali B. Thakkar ’12 (far back) performs with members of the Abhinaya Dance Company, hosted by MIT Natya last spring. The concert paid homage to various women from Hindu mythology.

Protagonist Bobby Strong (Trevor J. Mulchay ‘15) leads a rebellion last May in the MIT Musical Theatre Guild’s production of Urinetown, a “tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution.”

The Kerf Pavilion, installed near the Green Building last October as part of the Pavilion project, created spaces to sit and enjoy quieter moments on campus.

MIT and Harvard presidents Susan J. Hockfield and Drew Faust announce edX during a press conference on May 2. “We come together with conviction to say that online education is not an enemy of residential education, bu...

Susan J. Hockfield smiles for the camera after the press conference in May introducing edX, MIT and Harvard’s new online learning collaboration.

Martha M. Gross ’12 (second from left) places sixth in the 400-meter dash.

MIT swimmers compete in the 200-yard freestyle relay.

Benjamin D. Hessels ‘14 leaps over a defender in a lacrosse game against the Wentworth Institute of Technology.

The MIT women’s varsity lightweight crew team rows in a regatta co-hosted by MIT and Harvard-Radcliffe.

MIT Bhangra performs in the Student Center in November at Ring the Alarm, an annual dance competition held by Mocha Moves with competing teams coming from colleges all over the Boston area. MIT Bhangra won the competi...

The neutral beam accelerator at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center’s Alcator C-Mod tokamak.