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• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  fresh minds of grad students naturally come up with new ideas that ... polarization-gradient cooling of trapped ions": A way to shrink quantum computers from taking up an entire room to fit on a chip the size of your fingertip

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  When I’m Home Did you enter the PE lottery yet?

  

  Thanksgiving. I spent most of it watching Food Network and The Jeffersons on TV ... DID YOU KNOW? The first time I ever went to New York City it was to see Lucy Lawless play Rizzo in a Broadway production of Grease. After 18

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  provides a pretty good definition of what this is: Computational neuroscience ... few of them had opportunities in their undergraduate program to focus on ... , or being more involved on-campus outside of classes. Luckily, within a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about coronavirus for free this fall the new subject will be broadcast to the public beginning tomorrow, sept 1

  

  description reads: Lectures by leading experts on the fundamentals of COVID-19 ... video of the lecture on this page. And here is the syllabus: I'm glad ... up for classes. I'm co-teaching an a first-year advising seminar on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Events

  What If… I Met Randall Munroe? ... Something would have to blow up

  

  the website, some original answers to brand-new scenarios, and a list ... spent walking through one of new chapters in the book, which I won ... , I elbowed my way to somewhere near the front of the line, eager to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three from MIT! Three MIT Young Futurists

  

  trio of my favorite MIT students featured prominently on an online ... that were featured on the website. So for your viewing pleasure, I ... of 25 African American students under the age of 21 who are making

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Movin’ On Goodbye '09//Hellooo IAP

  

  at 11:45 AM…good call on my part. Pat pat. Without further ado, the ... there’s a bunch of IAP offerings on programming. The options include ... apps are, for the most part, history! Lastly, Happy New Year’s, of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  we are twins … but ARE OUR AGENDAS?!? (not clickbait)

  

  year with a cute new cover! This year, mine (the one on the right), had a ... , we’ve both always gotten new agendas at the beginning of each school ... our entire lives (at least during the semester). Lots of people use

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 06 The inside scoop on all 54 units I am taking this semester

  

  . Requires a 20-page paper on the economics of long-run economic growth ... Nobel Prize and National Medal of Science) good thing I have: An alarm ... Description: Preparation and analysis of financial statements. Focuses on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  start on the construction after finals week, for fear of not getting ... experience (thanks to a lot of instruction) to work a little on my own before something completely new comes up. One of the best things about working at

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  , musings on this broad range of topics had led to a number of late ... of the content is all neatly crafted such that the learning builds on ... and help to pave the way for the pro-market, small government wave of

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A poem for every day of August or nearly; I wrote 25 in all

  

  scribble a new poem in my notebook. The process took about an hour on good ... of work. Poems are a great way to try out new ideas, or condense ... Workshop this fall, to keep on trying new forms and commit to workshop a new

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  Jump into a new comfort zone!

  

  project focused on studying and tuning the optical properties of polymer ... work on represents a different area of materials science than I had ... Nina Sinatra Class of 2012 Materials Science & Engineering

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  ...so bear with me. Me working on one of my planes There are a few constants ... understand." I'd give this pset a 2 out of 5 on the "assume the fetal position ... conducted on warm, calm, rain-free days. The problem is that it's March in New

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  based on the availability of alumni in your region of the world.  It is ... not, because it is based on the availability of ECs in your area ... hear about their MIT experience. Plus, it’s good practice, and a lot of

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  to some fixed point on Earth, you're all moving - and fast. It's all ... involve an embarrassing, toddler-y lack of coordination. Moving on.) Now ... , "Well, what good was it for?" If you're on the waitlist, you might not

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  Today does a cool piece on Helen Greiner '89 SM '90, founder of i ... last couple of years -- our favorite one required scanning a barcode on a box of EZ Mac to gain entry -- but he's finally settled on the simplest

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  after a problem on methanol synthesis, I had the privelege of discovering ... feed ingredients, what is the best way of making a reactor for ... Monday schedule... even though it's Tuesday. Just think of how fascinating

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  , I really love all sorts of theater. I'm not talented in any way in ... , Violence and Victory), thousands of Vagina Monologues productions are put on ... Keri produced entirely during "the Month of January/IAP." It was about a

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  of! Going on vaca Adam and I are going to the Bahamas tomorrow and ... really quite similar, though I believe 7.013 has more of an emphasis on ... have a flowchart on my Degrees in Biology PDF!) The way this works out is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006