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Sports Shorts for Jan. 14: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsMen’s volleyball ranked in preseason top-10; Sailing team 10th in Rose Bowl Regatta.

Daniel Hastings to step down as dean for undergraduate educationFollowing seven years of administrative leadership, Hastings will return to the MIT faculty.

Sports Shorts for Jan. 7: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsMen’s basketball opens conference play with victory; Faculty Athletics Rep. Hank Smith honored by NFF

The What, Who, and How of DUE: Global Education and Career Development (GECD)Global Education & Career Development (GECD) comprises three complementary areas within one office.

MIT Chapel is open dawn to duskThis week, chaplains especially available for private conversations

Sports Shorts for Dec. 17: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsPhillips named MAC Shooter of the Month; Desmaris named Regional Coach of the Year

Three from MIT named Marine Microbiology Initiative investigatorsGordon and Betty Moore Foundation awards given to pursue high-risk research in marine microbial ecology.

MIT Medical marks World Diabetes Day with community outreachProvides information to Institute community members on risk factors for the disease.

Buongiorno and McKrell awarded more than $400,000 by CEA, FranceThe researchers will investigate transient boiling heat transfer phenomena under rapidly escalating heat fluxes.

Ocean currents play a role in predicting extent of Arctic sea iceDiscovery of feedback between sea ice and ocean improves Arctic ice extent forecast.

MIT Spouses & Partners program celebrates 40th anniversary

Michael Short spans classroom, forge, reactor

Devin Caughey: Straddling the divide between qualitative and quantitative eras of political science

UAAP rolls out new website and system for IAP 2013Community members can easily browse Independent Activities Period activities by sponsor, category or date.

IS&T recommends community members wait to migrate to Windows 8IS&T is making Windows 8 Enterprise available for early adopters, but strongly recommends delaying the transition.

IS&T announces full support for OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 and higherIntroduces several new features and changes, including new Notes and Reminders applications and a security feature named Gatekeeper.

How to communicate science visuallyIn a new book, MIT’s Felice Frankel aims to help scientists and engineers improve the way they portray their research through photos, diagrams and graphs.

Department snapshot: Mechanical EngineeringMore MechE students choose to design their own education.

MIT Medical sets new single-day record for flu shotsSecond flu clinic being held Thursday, Oct. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Student Center

MIT OpenCourseWare marks 10th anniversary of pilot site launchThe first materials from 32 courses were published in a pilot site launched 10 years ago last month.

Department snapshot: Aeronautics and AstronauticsAeroAstro takes off in new directions — prompting a 50 percent spike in new undergraduate enrollments.

Developing future library leadersMIT Libraries launches Fellows Program

Walk-in flu shot clinic this Friday

Slideshow: Community Inauguration FestivalSaturday's events — including a road race, campus quest and global barbecue — marked the end of the week of festivities around inauguration.