Photos of the Day 02.11.16

By Isabel G. Alexander, Sidni M. Frederick, and Mark Kelsey

February 12, 2016

Fire Pit Pit stop - Carl Leahman and Leo Koch make a stop to warm up by the fire pits in Science Center Plaza. Locals bundled up to keep warm as temperatures dropped into the single digits in Cambridge Thursday night. By Sidni M. Frederick

Polartec Big Air Competition in Boston - With the Prudential Tower as his backdrop and a crowd of thousands cheering him on, American snowboarder Charles Guldemond soared into third place at the Polartec Big Air competition at Boston's historic Fenway Park in February. By Mark Kelsey

Adams Dining Hall Returns to Normal - A student places a glass onto the dish return in Adams's dining hall. After a broken pipe interfered with the dining hall’s disher washers, Adams residents were left using plastic cutlery for several days this week. By Isabel G. Alexander

A Wine and Microbe Affair - Harvard affiliates and Cambridge locals watch as microbiology and immunobiology professor Roberto Kolter introduces “Appreciating Wine and the Microbes that Make It”, an outreach event by Harvard’s Microbial Sciences Initiative. Attendees listened to a lecture about the chemical processes involved in winemaking and had the opportunity to taste wine samples at the end of the program. By Sidni M. Frederick

Painting Myanmar - People eat hors d’oeuvres and view the work on display at the opening of “Altered State: Painting Myanmar in a Time of Transition.” The gallery, featuring paintings by Burmese artists, went up in CGIS South Concourse Thursday evening. By Sidni M. Frederick

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