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• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  World: MIT Speaks, that showcases 25 undergraduates' responses to the following question: "What is the most important challenge facing our world

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  if I sit around and wait for the news, the world around me isn't going ... 's really not the end of the world. You probably don't want to believe me as I

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Scooper Bowl All you can eat ice cream.

  

  Bryan, Boston has some of the world's best ice cream makers and shops (for ... world"), most within walking distance of MIT. Today is the second day of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)

  

  Department in fall, 2006: The Challenge of World Poverty. The class is intended ... world poverty, have some economics (14.01 is the prerequisite), and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  Friedman, talking about his new book, The World Is Flat. MIT President ... available at MIT World. EDIT: Friedman closes his talk: "Go out and export

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How good are the academics at MIT?

  MIT is one of the best places in the world to be a student! Incredible faculty We are a research university that places a great deal of ... it's how problems are solved in the real world, by small teams of smart
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  day, for MIT, for the country, or for the world. In addition to the ... my thoughts to the new graduates we share with the world this afternoon ... world. That charge will be all the more meaningful now, grounded in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  's what led me to see life the way I do: The world isn't just something you ... , most boring town in the world, there are adventures around every corner ... . I'm warning you now. With this in mind (the world, not parenthetical

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  as various other folks from Cambridge/Boston and the rest of the world ... various communities of the world who need MIT and whose voices call out to ... want MIT to be the dream of every child who wants to make the world a

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  developing world’s rising middle class." His proposition is simple and compelling: there are more smart students in the world than there are seats in ... rely "strictly on the world's most demanding intellectual standards

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  labs to "disrupt" the world, and in doing so also disrupted MIT, because MIT is a part of the same world it is disrupting. Whether you want to or ... bunch of stuff so you can succeed in the real world later: your college

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  . Caballero 14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty; HASS-S, CI-H  | F. Schilbach ... World: Greece; HASS-H, CI-H | S. Ostrow 21H.157 The Making of Modern South ... . Pollock, T. Neff, A. Boyles 21M.030 Introduction to World Music ; HASS-A, CI

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Beantown, H-Town, Blue Hills, House of Blues With cameos by home, beatboxing, and happiness

  

  at Harvard, and it was insane. The workshop was run by world champions! I didn't know such a world championship even existed! I didn't know humans could make such a wide variety of sounds! This is what world

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  isn't exactly something MIT is world-renowned for. Yet. But there's a ... combating poverty, improving healthcare in Third World countries, or anything ... -Lab: surviving on $2 a day - the typical living income for a Third World country

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  estimating, and your mileage may vary. The Old World (≈3500 words). This year ... new world and returning to the world of old." "New world?" "This world of screens and metal. This world of gas and lights. I'm leaving this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  ,000 living alumni all across the world. We are very, very proud of them. The ... every morning, and get ready to go out into the world, the small ritual of ... confers and also a place like MIT needs. because the rest of the world is in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  at the forces affecting the development of cities around the world. If ... trying to “serve the nation and the world”. There are a ton of resources ... meet people from all over the world, while living in one of the world’s

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  uncertain. recently, it has been hard to see the good in the world. recently ... world. This is why attending to what we love, what we are astonished by ... the world. in small moments, i see over and over again how people choose

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  similarly with actual historic events, except for the fact that this world’s ... the world. To devote yourself fully to the broadening and deepening of ... by the end, you can sit back in your chair and understand how the world

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  am i doing this all wrong? thinking thoughts and feeling feelings

  

  oddly still, like time has slowed and all that’s left in the world is you and the void. The world feels like what can be best described as ... nice way to still connect with those close to me outside the world of

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 4, 2024