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  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  figurative (and for many literal) feet, not only for the quality of the speaking, but the substance of which he spoke. For many people, Colin really ... with you all. Here's a video of the speech, and below is the text. For

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask A VC Boston 2016 networking with over 20 venture capitalists all over the startup scene

  

  invests money from the venture capital firm they work for into those ... for one's company. I wanted to meet as many as I could and learn as much ... ; Reasons not go: The event starts at 8am. My sleep schedule has been

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  , I was telling my sister about hunting for a place in Boston, and she ... for Undergraduate Research OPportunities. As my family demonstrates, it ... ‘internship’ at MIT, you mean an internship with an outside company. Research

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  is always a cause for celebration. And, on the surface at least ... with my academic work. Even at moments when missing classes to study for ... melodramatically shrieks, “Avada Kedavra!” at Harry Potter in the penultimate forest

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  or just pressing you about that special someone you stare at for all ... Nine days ago, I was at the Boston Logan Airport, and it felt strange ... that’s been on everyone’s mind for the past week. The pre-wedding dinner

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  . When my attempts at conversation are warped by a desire for relatability ... performed live, interspersed among acting scenes, I marveled at the commenters’ powers of inference. When I saw Firebringer in my freshman fall at MIT

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / Class Projects

  Make a Lamp! and cart the pieces of it from IDM to IDC, the forge, Metropolis, and back…

  

  thoroughly impressed by everyone's lamps at the end. This blog covers my design ... process, a guest lecturer, and lab time to test out the process for ... background, and he delivered lectures on joinery, finishing, and casting. For

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  desires are currently a part of me and that, for now at least, that means ... spoilers for the movie arrival (and by extension, the novella story ... sleep normally for several weeks afterwards, probably because of affection

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Burton 1 Cribs A look at the interiors of several rooms on Burton 1.

  

  Ben's room "more soulless than any dorm room I've seen at MIT." I haven ... frantically around the floor with David '08, aka DTemp, a photographer for the ... biggest suite on the floor, so it's a pretty central location for people to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  -sleep aboard the bus for 14 hours, we awoke in Barcelona. Because of the abnormal ... rounded app square on my iPhone. At the corners of each square, there was ... ="97070" image2="97069" /] By this point, we were a bit hungry. At the cozy

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 11, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  summer 2021

  

  'd wake up at 5:30am to get ready for my 6am-2pm work day (Hawai'i is three ... Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams) arrive at a remote forest cabin for a ... yet more at work than meets the eye. was not here for this movie but

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 5, 2021
• Blog / Events

  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  , unabashed law and policy geek. Before I began working at MIT, I was a Research Assistant at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and I still stay ... the occasion. At the Hunt wrap-up — presented as an awards show for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  Bridge finalist. My friend, was accepted. I was so happy for him, but I was also ... to do this for me. Later (in a silvery package) I received an official ... : while at the 'tvte I was slightly worried if things would change with

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  't actually help at all and sleep on your futon for essentially the entire ... Step 1: Wait and Hope You have to wait. Not a week. Not a month. At ... At this point, others have claimed the organ before you. Don't lose

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  there is still deciding where to go for college. happy decision day ... approaches. for those of you who've already decided to come to MIT, yay! welcome! for those of you who are still on the fence, i thought i might

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wish I Joined the MIT 100K as a Freshman four years of this would've been great

  

  I look at the clock - it's 5 am. I started working at 3 pm. What just ... working on stuff for the MIT 100K Competition. I started helping out with ... acquired by Broadcom for $1.24 billion. The competition occurs three times a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 8, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  took Simmons 40 days and 5 hours. I am incredibly grateful for the help ... ,000 piece puzzle to leave out in Simmons for people to solve over IAP? If this were anywhere else, they probably would have chuckled at the joke that I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  wearing a firefighter costume I bought off Amazon for a separate occasion ... ever, after having dyed hair for more than six years now. I've always ... /slept with my kitten until more meetings at 4pm. I was really tired. I slept

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Family Weekend 2014 family weekend 2014, day 1 and how I had fun

  

  . Well, not really free time. I COULD be studying for my 8.02 exam on ... about the hackathons that happened all the way back at the beginning of ... waaahmbulence for a bit, I got straight to work. I traded away sleep hours for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  arrived, he suggested that I borrow his sister's mountain bike for the ... around the parking lot for a while. I felt okay, so off we went! The first ... stomach hurt, I was out of breath, and my butt was NOT happy at bumping over

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014