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• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  Influenza A, subtype H1N1 is the most famous swine flu virus. It is endemic to birds, humans, and pigs. The 2009 strain was officially a ... hospitalized, and between 8,870 and 18,300 people died due to H1N1. Influenza A

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  , as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone ... MIT, with a unique talent for both writing and astrophysics. Perhaps you ... . Last Thursday, I attended a Science Journalism panel sponsored by the MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  . Rhythms were broken, routine thrown for a loop (or many loops), and I spent ... security craziness and what would inevitably be a very emotionally difficult ... government) asking if we wanted to host a community barbecue in our dormitory

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  About 6.5 years ago, I graduated with a Philosophy degree and a minor in Political Science. Two and a half years ago, after graduating again ... time due to mental health issues, but I’m thriving, and I’m a health

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  !']If you weren't able to secure a ticket—worry not:[/annotation] there's a ... fall, I suffered a brain injury and stepped back from my role for the ... , supporting my team the way I had hoped, and taking a backseat overall. But, it

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Recap: wearables, games, and other SUPER products

  

  .009 (Product Engineering Processes), a capstone product design course in Course 2 (MechE). As promised, I wanted to follow up with a recap blog post this ... watch a particular team demo a particular product, you can use these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Solar Eclipses and Bloggers bloggers around the country all watching the eclipse

  

  A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth. To someone standing on Earth, the Moon would cover the Sun. In a ... roosters crowing. On Monday, August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse was

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 22, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  that time of year… ...when every day feels like 48 hours instead of 24. When's summer?

  

  cannot get here fast enough. My brain is very fried. There's only a couple things that have kept me going. And a big one is listening to this video on a loop:   You are in the front yard of your aunt's house

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  old. (Sidenote: a fun consequence of having a Halloween birthday is ... , the nurse/doctor/receptionist says WOW!!! YOU'RE A HALLOWEEN BABY?? SO ... notifications up the wazoo. 7:13pm - My Floor I went out to lunch at a Japanese

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skies over MacGregor Views of campus, Boston, and the Charles River from ten stories up.

  

  spent a lot of my time in MacGregor, which is where Cory was living for ... half-floor suites. B entry has a common entry lounge on the eleventh floor, with colossal windows on two of the walls, and we also had a suite

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Entrepreneurship invasion I love it when students start useful companies.

  

  So yesterday, I'm in my office trying to catch up on email when a student who I haven't seen in a long time stops by my office. In the process of catching up, he asks me about how one takes a year off from MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  21 years old. Well, it's been a while. According to MT I started writing this entry one week ago today. A lot has been up. I designed a microfabricated fuel cell that could be used to power a cell phone. We filled Ruth

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  I think you guys set a record for ben.mitblogs.com - 353 comments in ... that it was a personal entry in my personal blog about my personal ... being human and for recognizing that I am the same. I had a long response

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Professorial Help Thanks to the faculty.

  

  While we continue working 7 days a week toward selecting the Class of ... Sadoway. Speaking of Professor Sadoway, there was a nice article about him in the Boston Globe a week ago. Check it out: ...Sadoway, a professor

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We are the people in your neighborhood… On MIT's diversity

  

  First off, sorry I haven't posted in a while, it's been an intense yet fun week, and I'll probably blog about that this weekend. But on a ... over? A newspaper of course, silly. So my name appeared in this week

  • by Bryan
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Pardon my French! Join me as I cross the English Channel and dodge oncoming traffic on the Champs-Elysees.

  

  was a long trip.) I'd been to Paris before, but I wanted to ride the ... beneath a body of water, but at this point it's so routine that most ... is only a twenty-minute endeavor. Ah, Paris. Pretty typical

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We, the people

  

  As you know, I'm a big fan of Indian Bollywood movies, and last night ... 't get a chance to talk with him, but as he was leaving I heard his one-line summary of the film: "It was a geeky, MIT-type of film." In many ways, he

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making my Ring Delivery Dress and some reflections

  

  In my junior year of high school, I had a phase of telling everyone about how I was going to make my dress for senior prom. I had never used a ... desire to be quirky with a nonstandard prom dress. Unfortunately, my senior

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  Career Fair is a magical time: in addition to the opportunity and the ... we, um, don't). They are a half-hour walk from MIT, by 3 pm or before they run out of donuts. That day we got to get a lot of donuts to share

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  A summer in Cambridge did wonders for my knowledge of the area. While ... the North Point Park, which is a nice way to see the Leonard P. Zakim ... Revere Park is fun to explore as well; there's a great waterfront area

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020