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  From across the Web… Recent happenings across the Web.

  

  Some random links I've been accumulating: The New York Times asks Professors Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo of MIT's Poverty Action Lab about ... being done at both the Poverty Action Lab and the Program in Developmental

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  tEpikazoo Thoughts on cooking and gratuitous prefixes

  

  penned dining section articles for the New York Times in my head while ... Pot Pie was stunning, sort of like the 100-page rant at the end of Atlas ... four bacon apple pies, as featured in the New York Times. (The reporter

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Public Statements

  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  . You can watch these remarks, and the distribution of the diplomas (yes ... accomplishment at having completed one of the most difficult and rewarding ... . Like MIT, this process of building your new identity is something you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hello, world

  

  , Long Island, New York, a small town with a tourism and maritime economy ... of the AP classes the school offered by my junior year. With few ... very appealing. And, yes, 42% of the population at MIT, as it turned out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 6, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  , associate professor of literature, shows in her new book, "Collaborations With ... : ------------------------------ Henderson explores many shapes of Shakespeare Book examines 'Shake ... September 13, 2006 The works of William Shakespeare have a timeless quality

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  article! We’ll be going back to New York in the beginning of June for more ... Glamorous moments, in the traditional sense, are fleeting at MIT ... the night before, or knowing that you will be spending the rest of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  ). The conference was held at Washington University (where former MIT ... hosts at WashU. The conference was attended by nearly 400 US university ... abroad, as well as some international student advisors at universities and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  show at the beginning of the semester and our response was “OMG YES!” We ... sent new information, new changes, new plans of action. It was very overwhelming. And these types of updates seemed to have become a new normal

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DEATH AND THE POWERS: The Robots’ Opera [by Ken Haggerty '11] An * exclusive sneak peak * of Prof. Machover's exciting new…

  

  Opera in New York with my family and La Bohème at the Boston Opera ... at least once my freshman year when I was a part of the Media Lab ... of having a yearbook photographer at the dress rehearsal." And this is

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  Credit Suisse in New York City. I'll be researching companies in the ... 18, of Random Hall): "I'm working at Akamai, which is not all that ... House, formerly of Simmons): "Summer internship at NASA-Langley Research

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  in the 20s because a large number of Macy's employees were new ... new every day.) Macy's is a huge department store, the main branch of which is located on 34th street in New York City. (Hence the movie title

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  !?), it brings back memories of what I was feeling at the time. I was ... -- I remember going through the whirlwind of FYRE to switch from New ... plenty of times) and I don't do so well on the meeting-new-people front

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • March 5, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  Manhattan, but I'm not complaining. That's one of the things I love about New York - you can find every single kind of person here, even Red Sox fans ... are pretty busy by day, but at night we've been heading to this sports

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  an art exhibit at MIT (in the New York Times!). And for now, off to ... It's been another late night at work, but I wanted to at least post a ... , we are in the process of matching you to an MIT student host. If you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  summer experiences -- an engineering camp at New Mexico Tech and a trip to ... -- all feats of engineering he tried at camp -- were very much his style ... Continuing our series Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor '13

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  trading, and research. I have never worked at one of these jobs, but from ... Fund, or Fed (generally at one of the Federal Reserve's regional banks). You can also do this sort of work at places like the government's Office

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Transporting In & Around MIT Everything you need to know about how easy it is to get around MIT.

  

  New York City, is walking. I daresay most people walk. For example ... : How often do people at MIT take these things? Well, some of you might ... the City of Boston has to offer). This short route is shown below

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. As a matter of philosophy, MIT is committed to the idea of equal access to higher education for everyone. It has been our experience that the cost of applying

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Letting the days go by Fish finders, the Apprentice, and techie fashion.

  

  are lots of terrific applications! This will be a challenging year to choose from so many great applicants. A quick roundup of some interesting news... A nice article in today's New York Times science section: A

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  than 50 colleges and universities in Greater Boston, making it easy to visit a variety of colleges from one base. Most of the major universities ... . At the conclusion of the tour, student tour guides lead a tour of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006