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Yan Zhu ’12 asked Lady Gaga to sign her MIT ID card when Gaga visited the MIT Museum on Wednesday June 30. Gaga spent a couple minutes signing autographs for fans on her departure at approximately 3 p.m.

The Fourth of July fireworks are seen from the top of the Green Building (Bldg. 54). Anxious spectators began lining up along the Charles River early in the morning to reserve prime viewing spots for the July 4th Bost...

The U.S. Army’s artillery squad fires off cannons during the Boston Pops’ rendition of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture.” The “1812 Overture” is a traditional part of the July 4th Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular at the ...

A jam-packed crowd watches on as Conductor Keith Lockhart leads the Boston Pops at the Hatch Shell. Well over 500,000 people lined the Charles River to watch the 4th of July fireworks celebration.

Christine Ortiz, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, was recently appointed the new Dean of Graduate Education. She will assume her new position on August 1.

As Lady Gaga left the photo shoot from the back of Building N52, one MIT student asked her to sign his lab pipette. On June 30, Lady Gaga came to MIT to have her portrait taken with an extremely rare Polaroid 20x24 ca...

Lady Gaga had her portrait taken on the 3rd floor of Building N52 on Wednesday, June 30. During her departure at approximately 3 p.m., Gaga took two minutes to sign autographs from the seat of her escort for anxious f...

Polaroid executives and MIT Museum curator Deborah Douglas pose with the Lady Gaga portrait at the Polaroid press conference at the MIT Museum. On June 30, Lady Gaga came to MIT to have her portrait taken with an extr...

Wolfe B. Styke ’10 testifies on the opening day of the Commonwealth v. Anna Tang on Friday. Tang, a former Wellesley student, stabbed Styke while he was sleeping in his dormitory room at Next House in October 2007. Th...

A macroburst, a large downdraft of hurricane force winds, hit the Esplanade during Sunday’s tumultuous thunderstorm. Over 30 trees sustained significant damage and cleanup crews were brought in to remove the debris.