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  Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar.

  

  In 1965, Jocelyn Bell arrived at Cambridge University to earn her Ph.D. Two years later, she found herself working with four other people to string up 120 miles of wire…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  Listen: writing well is hard. It is hard for a lot of different reasons. Sometimes it is hard because you don’t know your audience and have to guess. Sometimes it…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Total immersion An MIT-Italy student finds her way around Rome

  

  Rachel Foley Junior MIT-Italy Program Internship: ENEL ThIis post was first published on Rachel's Incredible Italian Inquisition: http://rachelsincredibleitalianinquisition.blogspot.com It has officially been two months since I arrived in Italy, and I must…

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  danger!awesome firin' mah lazers...at basically any(every)thing

  

  Earlier this week I purchased a present for a friend. This friend loves wooden puzzles, and so I went with a wooden puzzle box: a box, itself a puzzle, which…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Salut! A look at Grenoble

  

  QinQin Yu Freshmen MIT-France Program Internship: Institut Néel at CNRS Salut! I'm spending my summer in Grenoble, France, at the Institut Néel, a world-famous magnetism research center situated in the heart…

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Walter Lewin ESG Lecture Oh, you know, only one of the most famous Physics Professors of all time

  

  Earlier this year I had the pleasure to meet Walter Lewin at an ESG Friday Luncheon. A close friend of ESG’s 8.012/8.022 Professor Paola, he sat with us and answered…

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

        On the evening of June 6, 2012, a satellite with its camera pointed toward the sun sent the first 500 GB of its daily report back to…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  Sometimes I can’t help but wonder what people at MIT, students, professors, and even tourists think about MIT. Why are they here? What kind of things are they working on? How…

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  Finally back on the blogs, and it feels so good! (I’d normally start out my blogs apologizing for my lack of blogging, but I think I’ve said it so many…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Publishing abroad A taste of an MIT-Russia student's blog

  

  Daniel Parker Sophomore MIT-Russia Program Internship: Agency for Journalistic Investigation (AJUR) and RIA Novosti. This post was first published on http://dfactorial.tumblr.com I wrote an article about the warship, and it was…

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Coming Full Circle C’mon & zoom, c’mon & zoom, c’mon & zooma zooma zooma zoom.

  

  My last post described how I finally made the definitive switch from architecture to media. And since then, I’ve been embarking on new adventures involving writing, kid shows like Arthur,…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  MIT-Now in Español!

  

  Hola! I’m delighted to introduce the newest page to the MIT Admissions website- MIT Admissions en Español! After brainstorming content ideas for the page and working with the communications team…

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • July 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two cakes and six cupcakes ...they may or may not resemble astronomical objects.

  

  I mentioned that I’m in the midst of a summer research program at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory – there are eight other summer students here with me, and one…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  My typical summer weekday runs as follows: 5 AM: Beep-beep-beep-beep – my alarm goes off, I look out my window, and I realize that once again, I’m awake before the…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  This summer, I’m working part-time at the Division of Student Life (in addition to still blogging for MIT Admissions – sorry eager blogging frosh-to-be, my spot’s still taken, but we’re…

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  It occurs to me that I haven’t told you much about what I’m doing this summer, which is sort of embarrassing since I keep making reference to it. So, here’s…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  Kevin Rustagi ’11 is a designer, entrepreneur, and musician whom I first met while judging Battle of the Bands at CPW 2010. Today, at 3:54 PM ET, the kickstarter for…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  Language is a funny thing. It's so natural and as kids we pick it up quite readily from those around us. And now, while it is more difficult, you can…

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Get to know Tim the Beaver! Tim shows off some moves at an MIT men's ice hockey game

  

  While browsing the internet, I stumbled across this video. While spectators waited patiently for the Zamboni to finish during a men’s ice hockey team against Harvard this past season (we…

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  My earliest memory of making a presentation consists of saying nothing at all. It was fifth grade science class. Each student had to design and present a new kind of…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012