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  Bryan Owens: Developing bioreactors An interview with fellow blogger, Bryan Owens, to find out more about his awesome UROP…

  

  Drug discovery is a difficult and expensive process. The approximate average Research & Development cost of one drug is around $850 million. Pharmaceutical companies are facing enormous pressure to cut…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  I like to break a mental sweat, too. Missed it by that much.

  

  If you commented any questions in the past few weeks or so, I’m going to go through and answer them all tonight… unless they were so inspiring that I got…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  (Also see Bryan’s entry) The first full week of October is always an exciting time to be around MIT, because it is Nobel Prize week. For me, this week is…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  So it’s Nobel Prize week, and this year, MIT has been able to add another name to it’s list of professors, affiliates, and alumni who have won Nobel Prizes. This…

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Study Abroad Fair Learn about opportunities to study in another country (8 pictures)

  

  (This is a direct paste from an email.) The Undergraduate Association Committee on Student Life is proud to present MIT’s second-ever Study Abroad Fair! When: Today, Wednesday, October 5th 2005,…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…

  

  Some things I did since the last time I wrote: Attended 13 hours of cheerleading camp and practice. Thanks to some amazing coaches we flew in from Texas, we now…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  I’ve got an exam in twenty minutes, but I wouldn’t be able to concentrate unless I shared with you guys the most exciting e-mail I’ve received in a while. Date:…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  Finally back in the office! When we last left off, I’d just finished my Philly school visits. I visited Girls High (Alia’s alma mater), then drove downtown to JR Masterman,…

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism A day in the life. In full color. =)

  

  So yesterday I… made this and ate these =) before going here. Then I went here (because it was nice out) to read this and then here just to visit…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Party pics

  

  My last few entries have been, well, very academic. You get the point – we work hard at MIT. We work very hard. We also have fun outside our work.…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Can you patch me through to the blimp? "Can you patch me through to the blimp?"

  

  So I can’t take an ounce of credit for this artistic endeavor, but I will applaud it’s shear awesomeness. So this weekend my friends Diana, Yonas, Chris, Tom, Christi, and…

  • by Bryan
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick update A short entry, a quick link, and I become Seth Cohen.

  

  In honor of my trip to the OC, Ben made this for me: And the link of the day: The Art of Problem Solving (more on this next entry) A…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  I’ve been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn’t quite sunk in yet. College is supposed to be about freedom. Discovering yourself is supposed to be a…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday vacation An atypical (but more entertaining than average) day in the life

  

  (Note of warning: this entry may be short, because I seriously screwed up my back/shoulder/neck area at cheerleading camp tonight, and I kind of can’t move my head. This makes…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More humanities than a humanities major Bitter complaining and fond reminiscing. Can't beat that with a stick.

  

  Okay folks, here’s what I have to do this weekend… 1. Write a blog entry 2. Study for 10.213 test Monday 3. Study for a 10.302 test Tuesday 4. Do…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  And if I had a million dollars Solve this problem and win a million dollars, SERIOUSLY.

  

  Read this book. Or you can just solve one of these math problems. The distribution of such prime numbers among all natural numbers does not follow any regular pattern, however…

  • by Bryan
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The real O.C. Travels in Southern California.

  

  (…as opposed to other OCs) I’m in Orange County California, in a hotel shouting distance from Knott’s Berry Farm. But it hasn’t been all fun & games; I’ve conducted 2…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  ZBT Soiree A part with many desserts and friends... fortunately, I left before the karaoke part. (9…

  

  (See Bryan’s entry for more pictures of and information about the event.) For dinner, I went to India Quality, in Kenmore Square. After dinner, I hopped on the Boston West…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On Tour Goin' each and every place with the mic in their hand.

  

  We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man Goin’ each and every place with the mic in their hand New York, NJ, N.C., VA We on Award Tour with Muhammad…

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  I’m in Southern California now, preparing for the following Central Meetings: Orange County: Wednesday, September 28 (tonight!), 7:00pm; Troy High School Auditorium, 2200 E. Dorothy Lane, Fullerton, CA 92831Los Angeles/Westwood:…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005