Christine Reif, the president-elect’s wife, greets students in the Stata Center on Wednesday.

President-elect Rafael Reif greets students at an evening event in the Stata Center on Wednesday.

Students were invited by the UA and GSC to meet the president-elect. Dozens showed up to meet Reif, hear brief remarks, and enjoy light refreshments.

Student well-wishers left messages for the new president in a guestbook at a Stata Center meet-and-greet event.

Rafael Reif shakes hands with Paul M. Kominers ’12 at a student-sponsored reception for the president-elect.

Bryan Owens Bryson G and Amanda C. David ’13, both members of the student advisory group to the presidential search committee, welcomed Reif as president on Wednesday evening in the Stata Center.

The Beehive Cooperative is a startup incubator located in E52 that houses and supports over 40 MIT-affiliated entrepreneurial teams.

A runner braves the cold rain and howling winds on the Harvard Bridge brought about by the hurricane Monday afternoon.

MIT Facilities workers board up a glass panel at the front entrance to Simmons that was blown out by high wind gusts on Monday night.

Students make their way down a darkened Infinite Corridor Thursday evening after power went out in Cambridge.