The control room of the MIT nuclear reactor is shown in this Tech file photo.

The Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences set the lights in the Green Building to display the word “SOX” on the Boston-facing side of the building in support of the Red Sox in the World Series. The Sox are up 2-0 in the series against the Colorado Rockies.

Yale Professor Charles Perrow (right) gave the Arthur Miller Lecture on Science and Ethics on “The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters” in the Media Lab’s Bartos Theater on Monday, Oct. 22. He is the author of a book with the same title.

The Prudential Building is lit with the words “GO SOX” before both home games of the 2007 World Series on Wednesday night and Thursday night this week.

MIT hackers strung a “GO SOX” banner between the Tang Hall graduate residence and MacGregor House undergraduate dormitory on Thursday, Oct. 25.