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• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: A sneak peak at research @ MIT This new website is sure to change the way that the world thinks about MIT…

  

  about her life-long love of science, what sparked her interest in organic ... Ever wondered if scientific journals like Nature or Science were ... researcher (or more likely, a group of researchers) behind the finding. Granted

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 13, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  of the post offers ways to feed yourself in a non-dining community for ... variety of diets. They all offer cheaper options and discounts for first ... on the presence or absence of dining (unless cost is an important

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  of in awe of the fact that I'd apparently survived almost a full year at MIT. I did not, shall we say, come from the most stringent of high ... . (Hey, speaking of my sleep statistics -- (awesome) Professor Wolfe, who

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  voting, despite being aware of current events, I never participated for ... I had to miss a free, pre-screening of Be Kind Rewind AND a chance to hear the awesome director Michel Gondry speak (courtesy of LSC), and

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  science team, and incredibly sure of myself. I had no idea I'd be where I ... 't remember any of it. My earliest memory is from 1987. I'm 10 months old ... and science early, and I get hooked. Sometime in 2000 I read about

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  And I realize I’m going home Cards for sorrow, cards for pain, cards for my last blog entry from Germany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? In eighth grade, my science teacher taught me that the formula for the surface area of a sphere (4 pi r squared) was not exact, and ... , they would get a lot of money. No, really. This man had been teaching

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “Hala’s Escape from Groundhog Day” season 18 episode 98

  

  is, life at MIT - and any university - will always be full of lectures ... like I’ve fallen straight into that movie - the newest victim of its endless loop. Welcome to season 18 episode 98 of my life: “Hala’s Escape

  • by Hala K. '29
  • October 13, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  self care define it or perish

  

  ...which makes me think of how much time i had this summer to do things!! i took advantage of it for sure, but wow, being in the middle of the semester and looking back makes me feel like i'm in another universe right now. i mean

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  president of the state university of Haiti describe how he pulled his father ... night of live music, dancing, and some pretty funky Haitian food, and ... didn't eat all that much, I feel so full of everything that's happened

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  mimicked in a higher-pitched voice and some sort of everlasting smile. It ... , a land of glue, x-acto knives, mounds of paper, pencil and pens ... (Fundamentals of Energy in Buildings) that morning. After the review I had but

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  ? IV. As my friends know, I'm a pretty big fan of the University of ... had a perfect view of Cambridge and Boston out my window. The plane was ... other bits and pieces of buildings strewn throughout Boston and Cambridge

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part three) junior trinkets

  

  This is the 3rd part of our 4 part Sentimental Objects series! Here ... memorabilia from the school year! He has yet to successfully hold ALL of ... -ish shape, and will now describe all of them as we reminisce. 1

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 26, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  moved that he brought it to Star Trek. For those of you who don’t know ... , sitting on stage at Symphony Hall.” “Pops” is a portmanteau of “popular concerts.” The Boston Pops was founded in 1885 with the goal of performing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  , but do you go regarding each new person you meet with some degree of ... Some lessons, we learn by virtue of way of life. They’re the kind of ... simplicity of daily routine, implicit enough to be anything but noteworthy

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Journal of Negative Results, among other things Absurdities I encounter while livin' my life.

  

  , right?) Item the first: The Journal of Negative Results. My advisor and ... isolation of the Clock gene in mice. Clock is the result of a point mutation in chromosome 5, leading to an extension of the circadian period from

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  of the real world this summer when I had to track down a place to live ... because I've been preparing to apply to grad schools, scholarships and ... with a mug of tea contemplating how I've reached the point I'm at. If

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting the new bloggers! With a new school year approaching, it's time to pick the next set of bloggers.

  

  Perhaps the second most exciting time of the year (after selecting the incoming class) is the selection of the new bloggers. And now, with freshman orientation quickly approaching, that time of year is upon us! As

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rejoicing A few things worth celebrating.

  

  starting my 5.60 pset (due Friday), and c) brightening your lives, many of ... postal worker. To those of you, I bring item #6 from the yellow To-Do Post ... 9.15 (Biochemistry/Pharmacology of Synaptic Transmission), a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  New Semester From caving adventures to amazing classes, MIT is awesome.

  

  . I honestly regret taking all science and math courses instead of ... one of my New Year’s Resolutions was to get back to doing one of the ... .   Pistol First of all, I JOINED THE PISTOL TEAM! (Photo Credit

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 13, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  . For the class of 2025 [annotation note="oh god so young"] applying next ... Applying to things doesn't end after you come to MIT, and waiting ... as simple as the bus or the end of a rainstorm. Right now, I'm waiting

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019