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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  blog about some MIT references. First up, the book Freakonomics by ... News Office reports, "Acemoglu is the fifth member of the present ... , "Number of Nobel prize winners among current and former members of the MIT

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  generations. For a few weeks, the first, larger set of hens acted aggressively ... was not ready for it.[/annotation] The intensity of the weekend didn ... of my parents had raised chickens before coming to America, so the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mexico things my MISTI experience

  

  research at a tiny university on the outskirts of Mexico City, which was a ... ’re flexible! Anyway, when I first met with the coordinator for the program, she ... the coordinator not being able to find one available in your field of

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 10, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  the weight of. there's a distinct lack of permanence when it comes to ... records in central square has a few cases of $1 records at the entrance, but ... binder full of cds and dvds and a player that would strap to the passenger

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Terrascope Save the world. Go. (:

  

  , and a rhetorical question. If I asked you what the meaning of life was ... meaning of the word life is, or what the meaning of the meaning of the word ... of the bad question that is, in essence, unanswerable. Now, if you

  • by Ana V. '15
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  For the the first time ever, we spent a prolonged period of time ... commitment. For the first two weeks of IAP, it met from 11am to 3pm five days a ... , and I attended them during the first week of IAP. I learned the basics

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common, but more EXTREME! You even see a bunch of people swimming in it all the ... ... ...first I tested the water with Bao '07 and Ling '07 (Kendall '07 was taking

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ice cream and an onion Chun Li, pirates, magnetic poetry, and an RLC circuit.

  

  , mostly seniors. I forget the exact name of the event right now, but the point is--there's a Halloween theme. Basically you could eat the cost of the cruise in complimentary pizza rolls within the first 5 minutes of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Students Are Cool: Brian Chan edition These are the kind of people that you will go to school with.

  

  imagine.  The Hobby Shop (one of the first MakerSpaces on campus) just ... about some of the awesome and amazing people that I went to school with ... for one of the most prestigious research journals in the world: Nature

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  .670 course website): The first day of class was like Christmas and Hanukah and ... of machine and computer tool use so all the Mechanical Engineering ... the engine is only half of the process. The machining is divided between

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  . EVER. After the first paper, everyone in the class found a speaker of a ... coming to an understanding of a text through the writing process itself. I ... my eyes to the intricacies and mind-blowing consistencies of language

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Scootah Hockey a sport of tradition, friendship, and raw athleticism

  

  Every few seasons, the hallowed concrete walls of Simmons Hall come alive with the echoes of laughter and plastic pucks and the ritual shouts ... Eugenie who led this time-honored tradition: the sacred game of Scootah

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 13, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  in the eyes of the vendors and I become invisible. They talk to the ... class at The Ohio State University and I am one of three females in a ... , only a quarter of the math department are women. … I do not get credit

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday vacation An atypical (but more entertaining than average) day in the life

  

  difficult, or at least uncomfortable.) One of the perks of being a biology ... the disruption of moving. After running around the lab like a chicken ... breakfast to go into lab early), I decided to heed the rumblings of my stomach

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer, East Campus rush, and the new term East Campus orientation activities, the summer, and the upcoming term.

  

  The month of August was pretty busy for me - a combination of work ... lot out of the experience. It's kind of nice to settle down to classes ... -- got to know some of my co-workers a little better with more time in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  also a tricky one. My first reaction to reading this part of the prompt ... The summer before you come to MIT, there’s a bunch of forms to fill ... ’s smoked barbecue brisket, or the smell of fresh mulch in spring. Some of my

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  welcome to new york went to nyc & all i got was this blog post

  

  "Welcome to New York" as the musical version of a peppermint latte. It was ... to name the feeling of cool tenderness on my tongue, my entire mouth ... . I entered the Broadway lottery and won a ticket to one of the less

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 12, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  , with a short break in the middle. It’s the first time since March 2020 ... exhilarating. We run each piece over and over, first learning the rhythms and ... , penciling in notes between the lines, and the two hours of rehearsal fly by

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  share with you. First things first: as you may know, the foundation of ... student-chosen area of focus within the HASS requirement that does not quite rise to the level of a [annotation note="Although, if a minor is offered

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

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  ." Why today?  Today is Friday: the most glorious day of the week. I woke ... in French House, celebrating the beginning of my week off by (finally) blogging about a trip I took a month ago. Sorry for the delay - this sort of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013