This year, MIT learned that two beloved members of our community would be leaving the institute at the end of the year. Professor Peter Dourmashkin and Lecturer Mohamed Abdelhafez are…
i. the sleeping hummingbird Here’s something you should know about me: everyone at MIT calls me the King of Boston. And by “everyone” I of course mean myself and about…
Area Four (A4) is a popular pizzeria/cafe near MIT. Known for their wood-fired pizza made from a 10-year-old sourdough starter, A4 is the go-to pizza spot for many MIT students.…
I shouldn’t have ranked Maseeh first. That’s the thought that kept creeping around the back of my mind during all of REX17 Residential Exploration, better known as REX, is a…
You can now read this blog on the Morningside Academy of Design (MAD) website here: Designing a First Year at MIT First year MIT students are given the choice of several…
This semester I built a Tamagotchi: a 2000s toy where the user takes care of a virtual pet! My Tamagotchi, fondly named Tamako, was like the fetus version of a…
When I found out Hank Green would be our commencement speaker, my heart felt so full. !!! Hank is a man of many passions: science communicating across generations, launching companies…
Earlier this week, I finished my last exam as an MIT undergrad. It was a bittersweet moment; I was elated that I’d made it through not just 6.7800 (Inference and…
In his most famous book, James Carse categorizes human activity into 2 types of games. Finite games where the goal is to win on a finite time horizon. Infinite games…
I am coming to you live from the coveted Boston Logan International Airport Terminal C Gate 28 31!!🤮🤮 Today was move-out day, and HRS38 Housing and Residential Services, because why…
I spent the beginning of this week in the company of a select group of college enrollment leaders and college counselors from across the country and around the world. Spending…
Well, are you rural? You might have heard about the STARS College Network—which stands for Small-Town and Rural Students—and wondered, “Am I from a rural or small town?”. This is…
I had a funny realization. I found myself setting something on fire 3 different times in the same week—twice for classes, once for a club—and each ignition taught me something…
This semester, due to a careening series of events42 decided I could finish both my design and cs majors + uncertainty about post-grad plans , I took an ill-advised courseload…
Every few seasons, the hallowed concrete walls of Simmons Hall come alive with the echoes of laughter and plastic pucks and the ritual shouts of “ON YOUR SCOOTAH!” This season,…
Do you LOVE robots? Do you LOVE Wicked? Do you LOOOOOVEE FREE BODY DIAGRAMS?? Well then, you’re going to LOVE the 2.007 Manufacturing and Design Final competition!!! This semester,…