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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  plenty of time to read both the New York Times and the Boston Globe. The ... of offering ''universal access to human knowledge," and, in pursuit of ... Brewster Kahle '82 (right, courtesy Library of Congress) and the Internet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  good teachers, and my school offered a lot of them, so I took them ... So, usually I stay away from College Confidential, as it has a way of making me despair of the state of humanity on the rare occasions that I do

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  the additional component of technology. Instead of traditional ... of a success, but I gave it a shot. There have been tons of articles ... the event justice in this blog because of my general inexperience with

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • October 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  Great front page article in today's New York Times on the proposed ... determine the DNA sequence of thousands of tumor samples, looking for ... of all such mutations, which would be freely available to researchers

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  of science and engineering courses it offers, and the fact that most of ... where you want to be? How much of this was unique to MIT as opposed to ... . It's a bit of a tough one because my goals have changed substantially

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  rise to the level of a [annotation note="Although, if a minor is offered ... computation and its technologies, making clear the relevance of MIT ... offer insights to improve the social, cultural, and political impact of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  Wiz anyway because of its association with food murderer Sandra Lee. So ... gave me plenty of great recipes for Apple Bake, Burton-Conner's annual ... Bravo at MIT, so this evening I watched Battle of the Network Reality

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  to court her. She ultimately chose the Massachusetts Institute of ... can speak for all of MIT in saying that our thoughts and hearts are with ... so happy to meet so many of you. I hope you all make the right decision

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Engineer, Blogger… Rhodes Scholar (!) Melis wins the Rhodes Scholarship!

  

  Institute of Technology, where she majors in mechanical engineering and minors ... Massachusetts Institute of Technology senior from Bethesda, said yesterday. She ... institute. Her senior thesis is in the use of micro-electro-mechanical devises

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  whatever classes they want, within the constraint of satisfying their degree ... you satisfy the set of General Institute Requirements (GIRs), so those ... stories about the history of technology, especially as it pertains to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Google

  

  With several of the core General Institute Requirements out of the ... starting sometime in September of this year, in their New York Office ... chapter on the Institute reaches a conclusion that part of me isn’t entirely

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 5, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Some Time in New York City I'm not much of a man by the light of day, but by night I'm…

  

  the conclusion of the New York Marathon. I have to tell you, I was ... THERE. Like, right out my window. For two-thirds of you, it's just going to be a half-mile walk out of your room and across the Harvard Bridge

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer

  

  , Institute of Medicine) d) Advocacy/Professional Associations (e.g. AFL ... One of my sophomore advisees asked me about MIT summer opportunities ... the educational and life experiences of students through leadership and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  one of these students, majoring in Management, and I had many friends in Urban Studies & Planning, Architecture, Economics, and more. Of course ... second major. Also, if you stay a 5th year to get your M.Eng. degree in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  , influential positions at the GAO, the Institute of Medicine, the Department of ... employed tool. Knowledge of specific technologies will never be assumed ... 't, but I assure you that the cultures of these institutions make them the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Research Fellowship (SURF) program at the National Institute of Standards of Technology (NIST). I never thought that I would find a place that loves ... picture? Those are zinc oxide nanowires growing on the edge of a silicon

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  Neurobiology, one of three lab courses offered by the Brain and Cognitive ... undergraduate degree in the subject of your choice. You don't have to be a biology ... 'd fill you guys in on some of the nuts and bolts of a life in science

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  offered that meet a few of the HASS requirements. Terrascope is a bit different from the rest of the FLCs in that what they offer is less about ... 1pm. With the large number of classes offered, you're then allowed to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 3-108Cambridge, MA 02139 ... about the possibility of deferring admission, also known as taking a gap year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  This year was one of the most competitive admissions cycles in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2015