Center, the market value of MIT’s endowment in real dollars (not inflation-adjusted); market value includes new gifts added each year.

Pearl Jam will tour Australia in November.

Picketers from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers stand outside Lobby 7 on Wednesday afternoon. Members of the electricians’ union have been protesting MIT’s contracting practices for over five weeks.

Left, MIT’s endowment investment return versus the Standard & Poor’s 500 index from 2000 through 2009 (present).

Right, sources of research revenue on the MIT campus (excluding Lincoln Laboratory and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology). Health and Human Services revenue has been a significant component of increased federal research revenue more than tripling.

Michael Moore stands outside of Goldman Sachs headquarters in Manhattan. Wall Street is among the targets of Moore’s new film, Capitalism: A Love Story.