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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Brief Taste of Orgo Basically, Sam Maurer is a prophet.

  

  oxygen on the vacant end of each double bond - and voila, ozonolysis. There's much more going on than that, of course - including a lot of oxygens ... Wikipedia article would let on. Basically, you take a double bond and some

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 12, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  8.021 and my favorite moments the class that taught me to love physics

  

  people who failed and really struggled with the normal version of E ... live lectures, and the office hours are really well run! But most of all ... it was, for a pset) and for the rest of the class, he immediately

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 17, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Mr. E. Hunt In which I return to blogging only to learn that I forgot how to blog,…

  

  Physics major and. But on the bright side of the other hand, I spent 42 ... on. As per usual, I hunted with the Random Hall team and had one of ... sentences without the crutches of LaTeX syntax and an average math density of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 18, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  you ever been walking down the hall and caught a whiff of rotting flesh? Maybe heard the sounds of a shuffling creature behind you, limping and ... convenient and easily accessible form of defense. Some are oblivious to the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of student support services are available?

  the water pressure. They are a friendly and easily accessible hub of ... and the holistic experience of students, especially undergraduates. S3 reinforces the core values of MIT by providing support in an accessible and
• Blog / Events

  Play hard…and then work hard! There's no excuse not to have an AWESOME time this weekend!

  

  . Volunteers meet outside of McCormick and travel to Lawrence, MA to work on ... students) and exams officially start on Friday and continue until Thursday ... campus on the last semi-sane weekend of the semester!: Friday: 2

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cultura MIT students use online collaboration with their French counterparts to learn about each other's cultures.

  

  observations, ask for clarification and chat with the French students on a ... granted, and it's been a useful way to bridge the gaps of our cultures. ... Gilberte Furstenberg (teacher of French III, a class we're both taking). The

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  and international students at MIT. The Institute has a long history of ... activities of the earliest international students. And, for the Admissions Blogs, I collected screenshots of MIT student history and culture from

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  going on that are pretty exciting, and for all of you '09s reading this, I encourage you to participate in all of it as Jessie and Mollie have both also ... thrown on us at Blue Man Group Thursday: - a tour of IPI pharmaceuticals

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  meet the baby bloggers! (some of whom are older than me)

  

  around Europe (and milking goats!) Waly N. '24 of New York, and yes it ... making those dotted lines on chalkboards and knows Many Things about economics and education Mel N. '24, of Iowa & Minnesota, who was born in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 6, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Lost Art of Hand-Lettering Lives at MIT hidden in plain sight

  

  . A lot of doors. And a lot of them with letters on them, like this one ... letters on all of these doors have been hand-lettered by one man, Glenn ... ; and see, the next time you visit campus, that these small, acts of love

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  what are we to do? we are not helpless in the face of injustice.

  

  , classmates, students of color. we talked about being white, and we talked about ... frustration and our feelings of inarticulation and confusion and powerlessness ... violence, research of racism and unconscious bias and structural injustice

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 13, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  other people, and really getting into the groove - but mostly the banging-on ... class (21M.460), open to just about anyone with some sense of rhythm and a desire to rock out, so we get 6 units of credit per term - just to bang on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Break and New Year Resolutions In which I try to express how wonderful being home is

  

  It's been a couple weeks, hasn't it? Now that I'm back on campus for IAP, TA-ing a class (blog post to come) and continuing one of my UROPs ... too. This one's a bit rough around the edges, mostly made up of video I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / Events

  HT@MIT: Department Lectures and Final Presentations MIT's Best Kept Secret

  

  paragraphs of text are incomprehensible and there's a severe lack of the word ... into the future and a look at what you might be working on if you go to ... ] as part of your protocol? Presenter: Yea, that was a bullet on my last

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • December 28, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  my towering intellect and spirit, and not the combination of bushy ... partner and I were supposed to teach a group of kids (ages 6-8ish) about ... jumped up and down and grabbed each other and tried to climb on the table

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  New Major in Climate System Science and Engineering

  

  most pressing global challenge of our time. Solutions for mitigating and ... and engineering applications—as well as an understanding of human and ... program, jointly offered by the Departments of Civil and Environmental

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  . Hornady's book on the animals of North America and instantly chose the ... year and wear the beaver "sitting" on them until graduation. At ... member from each of the Classes of 1930, 1931, and 1932 to design a ring

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  in mind, as opposed to emailing all three at once. And on top of that ... , but if any of his grad students would be willing to help supervise, he will sign off on the papers Leave the meeting thankful and hopeful

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  on the harsh overhead lights of an interrogation room, illuminating a ... , licks pie off of Emad's horrified face, still in slow motion. On Sunday ... down on the steps of Lobby 10, I set up my normal non-slow-motion camera

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014