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  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  There was an article in the New York Times yesterday about a topic ... . A new survey by her association found that among 39 states that ... 7 spent less than $1 million and 8 spent nothing. "For a nation, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  *THE* double a room tour from an (only slightly) obnoxious duo

  

  down a pinterest-boarding, wishlist-making, room-blue-printing spiral. By the time we said our goodbyes in May, The Double was already a space in ... probably took a year off our lives — story for another time?— it gave us time

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  I have seen much in these past weeks. Here is a small selection ... the dome decoration is here.) It must have taken a lot of work and it really warmed my heart at a time when I was quite nervous about my next

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Senior Haus "find where you thrive"

  

  a dedicated group of sympathizers spent summer days photographing the ... almost feel like a museum exhibit if I didn't recognize some of the faces ... exhibit was supplemented by a virtual tour of the dorm. x This was

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  I saw a tweet from MIT News late last week about how some researchers ... a way to 3D print glass. I'd actually seen some objects on display at ... even possible. a 3D printed glass vessel   Last week, however

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fashion Design at MIT calling all fashionistos and fashionistas [pictures inside!]

  

  Fashion is, evidently, alive and thriving at MIT (we're not just a ... . Now, fashion shows are amazing things if you're a photographer looking to become a better photographer, so I have a bunch of pictures for you

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sigma ChIgloo MIT Fraternity brothers engineer a 10 foot igloo while relaxing in Maine

  

  roommate Mike '13 and I did a quick calculation. Approximating the igloo we built as a half sphere with an inner radius of 7 feet and an outer radius ... snow is about 1/5th that of water (which we conjectured based solely on a

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • March 6, 2012
• Blog / Events

  298 Tickets. All for us

  

  A lot of 'lasts' happened this past week: - I turned in my last 5 ... , and I'm still not done with work. - I went to get an eye exam at a ... ever going to make an 8: 45 a.m. doctor's appointment ever again

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  Amazingly, I've been an admissions blogger for a bit over twelve ... most individual entries have a relatively short half-life - that is, the ... lasts for a week. What happens after that? Well, once an entry leaves the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer & the Coming Commencement stuff and things.

  

  landscaped NW buildings that no one really ever visits on a whim. Living in EC ... I'm living at Bexley for the summer and working just a short distance ... location was a blessing. Yesterday, it was so hot and today, it is so cold

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  CHICON 2008 by C/4C Adam Fuhrmann '11, C/4C Patrick Ernst '11, and C/4C Daniel Darlington '11

  

  Darlington, Ernst and Fuhrmann traversed the nation to a gathering of ... Commander Colonel William R. Kunzweiler. We also witnessed a fantastic ... hosted a luncheon for the cadets where we heard an incredible war story

  • by ROTC
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  There are only a few authors whom I feel very strongly about, let ... excitement when I saw a poster advertising her upcoming MIT visit, which was ... and I have a class in the Longwood Medical Area (a 15-minute drive from

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Ali Khademhosseini: Building tissues, cell-by-cell Khademhosseini, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the joint MIT-Harvard Health Sciences and Technology Program,…

  

  . Just like humans, cells develop in response to their environment; a heart cannot be grown by simply placing stem cells in a Petri dish. However, Ali ... ;bottom-up” approach. Rather than creating a 3-D gel scaffold and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest! This week, the MIT Class of 2010 ... know their classmates and MIT. Thre are more than a dozen different Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs (FPOPs), each covering a different subject

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  -- plus 18) to change the policy. :-P (For Karen, below: A legacy is an ... sophomore year at a party at Baker, but I wasn't really aware of his existence ... be an usher!) that he had a crush on me. Being a boy, Carl promptly

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Energy Forum Come drink from the solar-paneled firehose. ("Enjoy that metaphor, by the way, because your grandchildren…

  

  global needs and produce a plan for a cohesive initiative to tackle the ... Council 10:00-11:15am PANEL SESSION I - followed by Q & A Science and Technology for a Clean Energy Future * Yang Shao-Horn - Session Chair

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Melis and the AXO Chocolate Factory AXO Fondue was last night!

  

  , my sorority, Alpha Chi Omega (AXO), had a chocolate fondue party, where ... , it went off without a hitch, with about fifty staff members and 400 ... a row house on Commonwealth Avenue (two minutes from Fenway Park.) The

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  There was a nice article in yesterday's Boston Globe about the ... origins of schizophrenia and autism. They talk a little bit about ... building is a plan to try to combine brain-scanning with genetics to figure

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

  So done Midterm week = loss of Mollie's mind

  

  So depending on a) what major you are, b) what classes you choose to ... what I had due this week: Monday -- nothing Tuesday -- 21A.260 paper on dualism in Western thought (7 pages), 21A.100 paper on cultural relativism

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Small Things I Like About Autumn A short reflection on a colorful season

  

  across both our campus and Boston create a beautiful canvas and culture ... few things that make the fall season such a significant time of year for ... , and orange of the leaves, for me, always adds a new type of warmth to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 31, 2025