MIT Police officers look on as Monday’s MIT Community Picnic held on Killian Court wraps up.

President Susan Hockfield discusses student life with (from left) Julie Laure K. Maison ’09, Neeharika Bhartiya ’10, and Timan E. Goshit ’09 at Monday’s MIT Community Picnic.

Katherine M. Boothe ’09 navigates her way past Vanessa Murphy of Simmons college in last Thursday’s field hockey game. The Engineers shut out the Sharks 2-0.

President Susan Hockfield delivers the concluding comments of the 2008 MIT Excellence Awards on Tuesday afternoon.

MIT’s newest building, 6C, is integrated with the rest of the Main Group buildings through an atrium full of footbridges.