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Scroll down to see images of Robert Satcher ’86, PhD ’93 as he prepared for and then began carrying out mission STS-129. All images courtesy of NASA.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A pair of astronauts stepped out on the third and final spacewalk of their shuttle mission Monday, helping to install an enormous oxygen tank at the International Space Station.

Parking garages are rarely compared to works of art. Consumers are more likely to think of them as unsightly yet convenient, clunky but inevitable. However a new exhibit at the National Building Museum may flip that thinking, in part, because it showcases the work of architect Harry Wolf ’60.

Professor Patrick Henry Winston ’65, SM ’67, PhD ’70 describes a goofy late term moment when he hacked his own teaching assistant by describing a faux case of quiz rage.

On Veterans Day, an Institute holiday, MIT students got the rare opportunity to take a day off in the middle of the week. Some relaxed in their dorms, some explored Boston, and some participated in events on campus such as Katwalk, a fashion show put on by the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

“When you’re faced with the entire living kingdom as a materials library, what do you design?” That’s the way Wired magazine describes the challenge at the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition (iGEM), the premiere undergraduate synthetic biology competition held at MIT Oct. ...

How does someone go from studying engineering to writing for television? Saladin K. Patterson ’94 did it by studying TV like an engineer.

Though still a few year’s off, an international team of artists, architects, and engineers, which includes MIT professor Carlo Ratti, recently released plans for a 400-ft tall spherical cloud structure that would rest atop long, thin towers and be a center-piece of the 2012 London Olympics.

Apparently being a grad student at both MIT and Harvard isn’t time-consuming enough for some people. They just want more...such as a seat on the Cambridge City Council.

The semester is weeks away from being over, and I have officially had to retire my flip flops. ...but here are some glimpses of summer occupations of my friends...

The original Spock (aka ‘Spock Prime’), Leonard Nimoy is returning to his home town of Boston this weekend to attend The New England Fan Experience. And Boston is so proud of their native son, that they are declaring Saturday (November 14th) "Leonard Nimoy Day". ...