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  Two Cool Projects

  

  In this second-to-last entry, I want to encourage all of you to check out two projects: (1) Sacha Yaku (“Jungle Water”) The brainchild of Kendra Johnson ’09, Sacha Yaku aims…

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  Update on 8/19/2008: Prof. Jeff Karp has been recognized as one of Technology Review’s Top 35 Innovators Under 35 for 2008. The metallic blue hue of morpho butterflies, the super…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  ICIC A journey to deliciousness

  

  With two weeks left until Bike and Build (donate donate donate!) I decided it was time to bring my casual bike ride form of training to the next level by…

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 30, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  CRACKED [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Part art-support group, part studio, part community, and part activist.

  

  [by Sadie Scheffer ’10] For the final art blog of the school year, I’d like to tell you a little more about Cracked. Cracked is a student-run art group that…

  • by ARTalk
  • May 29, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  [To be honest, I’ve had a little bit of writer’s block lately, under the circumstances. I spent the last two weeks studying for finals, taking my last possible final at…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  You can steer yourself, any direction you choose. Today was my first day at work. Due to a lovely and thick stacks of nondisclosure agreements and the threat of prison…

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  The land of 85% humidity, cheap food, and scooters that can outmaneuver any NYC taxi. The Motherland. I woke up last morning to the slow hum of the air conditioner,…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh the People You See *does a barrel ro-- I mean a double take*

  

  Today was moving day. My role in life on May 25th, was to move all of my crap (believe me, a lot of it is crap) up a floor (onto…

  • by Snively '11
  • May 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Noam Chomsky and the humanities at MIT Chomsky gives a talk on Iraq on May 23

  

  Many applicants and incoming freshman have concerns about whether MIT will provide them with a well-rounded education. Will they graduate from MIT knowing about math and science and nothing else?…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 25, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Neil Gaiman! The uncensored version =P

  

  1. As you apparently know already, Neil Gaiman came to speak at MIT today. Oh man – oh man – it was – just – wow. What a great speaker…

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  Diffusion, that’s what’s happening now. Finals, all of them, are completely done. This means everybody has one important commitment left: Pack. Many of MIT’s dorms lie along the same stretch…

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  As I mentioned earlier, Neil Gaiman is coming to MIT! The lecture he’s giving was even featured on the MIT homepage for today, which is how you know something is…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  As of noon today, I am officially done with my first year at MIT. I turned in my last final, walked out of the exam room into the bright Boston…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  P.S.—Check out the Booklet!

  

  I forgot to mention that America in the World: MIT Speaks has been published! You can check it out at http://web.mit.edu/cis/pdf/FAP%20Booklet.pdf.

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The One and Only Melis

  

  5.0 G.P.A. Rhodes Scholar One of Glamour Magazine’s Top 10 College Women in 2007 Member of the 2008 All-USA College Academic First Team . . . . I’ll never forget…

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  So I’m trying to figure out a matrix issue while studying 18.03 and, realizing I have very little idea how to do it, I let my eyes stray to the…

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Update The Waitlist Committee has finalized decisions and has emailed all waitlisted applicants.

  

  We are writing with a quick followup to Matt’s recent entry. The Waitlist Committee has finalized decisions and is currently emailing all waitlisted applicants. A brief overview: Of the 629…

  • by Decisions
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  I know, I know, I haven’t written in forever and a week. Um, yeah, about that. Basically, Jess Kim summed it up as well as I could, so there’s really…

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Post-finals stress? Oh, it happens. Trust me.

  

  I was lucky enough this semester to have only one final exam, which I took this afternoon. So, I should be relaxed right now, right? Wrong. I need to have…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  I took my first final today: 8.022, Electricity & Magnetism with Theory. It wasn’t a bad class, all told. Circuits are pretty cool, and I liked the bits about relativity…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008