Fariborz Maseeh ScD ’90 contributed $24 million to complete the construction in W1, which had stalled for lack of funds. Maseeh Hall is scheduled to open in fall of 2011 and will help expand MIT’s student population.

The Class of 2012 Brass Rat design leaked to dorm mailing lists before the revealing ceremony on Feb. 12.

Dramashop performs Arms and the Man, April 16.

Women’s Rugby regionals, Nov. 6.

Maja Wiehrowska ’13 (left) and Laura Royden ’13 (right) dance in liquid nitrogen during the CPW Festival on April 8. The liquid nitrogen ice cream, provided by East Campus, is an icon of MIT student culture.

Barnum and Bailey elephants on Mass. Ave., Oct. 12.

Rubblebucket Orchestra at the Middle East, Feb. 20.

For Campus Preview Weekend 2010, hackers installed a high-class lounge (complete with pool table, sleeping cat, whiskey, and hack plans) upside down on the Media Lab Arch on the morning of April 8.

Genius grant for graviational wave detection, Oct. 8.

MITSO performs “Ladder to the Moon,” Dec. 4.

Professor Donald Sadoway toasts to his last day of 3.091, Dec. 8.

Philanthropist, Microsoft co-founder, and Harvard dropout Bill Gates speaks to students in Kresge Auditorium on April 21 about global health, poverty, and education. He encouraged students to apply their talents toward tackling these issues.

President Susan J. Hockfield spoke on January 7, 2011 about the uniqueness of the MIT community and thanked the MIT 150 steering committee for their work in putting together the MIT 150 exhibit. The exhibit floor at the MIT Museum was packed with students, alumni, and faculty. There were 657 people in the exhibit by the end of the speeches.

MIT’s Dance Troupe, May 7.

Lady Gaga visits MIT Museum, June 30.

Cecilia R. Louis ’10 sings with the Chorallaries, May 2.

New security cameras, Aug. 27.

Man-Yan Lam ’11 guides the Women’s crew team, Oct. 24.

A V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft departs Briggs Field, May 3.

Shakespeare Ensemble’s rendition of King Lear, Oct. 23.

Senior Reactor Operator Agata E. Wisniowska ’11 performs a startup, June 4.

Scott Pilgrim gives a new twist to the usual boy-meets-girl story.

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MIT’s Senegalese percussion group RAMBAX, Feb. 13.

An Evening with Champions at Harvard, April 16.

New Sloan building (E62), Sept. 17.

Nicholas A. Davis ’14 goes for the layup, Dec. 7.

MIT Open Ballroom Dance Competition, April 24.

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 Hatch Shell.