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What To Drive Out? artist response by Liu Xiaodong.

A present-day view of Kendall Square looking down Main Street towards Boston. MIT recognizes that the retail space in Kendall Square today doesn’t engage passers-by.

The numbered buildings on the map indicate areas that could be developed as part of MIT’s plan to revitalize Kendall Square within the next five to twelve years.

An artist’s rendition of what Kendall could look like in the wintertime. A large screen might exist in the background and there might be dances. Or not — these are preliminary conceptions, and are certain to change.

An artist’s rendition of Kendall Square, looking east towards Boston, in the springtime after development. The plans are not definite and are certain to change in the future.

MIT plans to develop its real estate at 298-334 Mass Ave. A five-story, 240,000 square foot facility will replace buildings just north of Random Hall.

Judge Bruce R. Henry will decide if Anna L. Tang (left), the Wellesley student who stabbed Wolfe B. Styke ’11 (right) in October 2007, was too mentally ill to “appreciate the wrongfulness of her conduct.”

Walker Memorial may become the new home of the Music and Theater Arts department. Currently, Walker houses a number of student groups, in addition to being used for exams.

City of Cambridge public works employees repair a broken water main on Massachusetts Avenue outside Building 33 (left). The Student Center (W20) was without water for most of Sunday because of the break, and all bathr...

The Forbidden Karate Kid: Jackie Chan films about Western youth improving themselves through martial arts — ideal for an evening in with your fellow training-montage fans and cartons of Chinese takeout.

Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and company wait, poised for uncertainty.