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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  There's a large park system in Boston called the The Emerald Necklace which stretches seven miles from the Boston Common all the way down to Franklin Park Zoo. Before this semester, I'd only been to the Public Garden

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tech is Hell we are happy, tech is hell

  

  The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight ... grasped that Sisyphus is the absurd hero. He is, as much through his

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT: Progressions what the students thought of the place in 1969

  

  appearances of Professor Chomsky, Kenny, with the help of the MIT Museum ... ; I'd seen (and we've posted) MIT: The Movie (1992), which was (unbelievably) still used on fall travel recruitment well into the aughts. There

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 18, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Virginia Tech’s Commencement

  

  As Virginia Tech held its Commencement recently, the media once again started using the "c" word, "closure", the all too convenient word people ... the face of tragic events, giving those who observe from afar a word for

  • by Laurie Everett
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Our thoughts go out to Virginia Tech.

  

  All of us here are quite saddened by the shooting at Virginia Tech. I ... message out to the MIT community: From: Susan Hockfield Subject: Tragedy at ... [email protected] To Members of the MIT Community: Yesterday's tragic events at Virginia

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  Congratulations to Italy on their World Cup victory. The celebration ... . Despite the American reputation of not being a soccer-friendly country, thousands of fans showed up at Boston's City Hall to watch the Final

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  later entry and instead use this one to give you progress reports over the course of the day. I'll update this entry whenever there's something to share. 9:15AM The good news: we worked late last night and made a big dent

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  So in my previous entry, I talked about how the Medlinks were providing free flu shots in the student center. WELL it turns out my suitemate ... externalities because I am benefitting from the fact that Gabe has the vaccine

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tribute This is not the best joke in the world... actually, maybe it is.

  

  Rather than working on the 12-page paper on green fluorescent protein that I need to have written by tomorrow, I spent the afternoon in the student center enjoying a matinee of the Musical Theatre Guild's production

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Not in our stars, but in ourselves Or in ourselves not to see our stars... or something.

  

  wherein the sun lines up perfectly along the infinite corridor. Having seen it a year and a half ago, I knew that the best place to check it out was at the far end of the infinite on the third floor of Building 8. So

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…

  

  For the past four years, Sid Puram has had a UROP in the renowned ... inserting beneficial DNA into the nucleus of a cell. The tough part is getting the DNA into the nucleus, which Sid achieved by encapsulating the DNA in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Finalists the "name bryan's fish" contest continues!

  

  And the finalists of the "Name Bryan's Fish" contest are: Mr. Chang Voltaire Groker Fabio Matsya Gelatin White Dragon Sushi Vote for your favorite by posting a comment or emailing me at [email protected].

  • by Bryan
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Systems and Light [by Miren Bamforth '15] Even MIT's art scene is a little nerdy.

  

  [By Miren Bamforth ‘15] On behalf of the four other freshmen ... state something: our advising seminar might be one of the coolest classes ever. Each week we spend the first hour or so of class learning about

  • by ARTalk
  • October 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  I've never been to Seattle before. One of the things I love about ... people gush over when talking about the Pacific Northwest is the hiking ... surrounded by the trilling of mountain streams. By far the best hike I went on

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  Recommended pre-reading: Melis: The 2008 Brass Rat Matt: The 2007 ... , at the beginning, for the freshman picture; once, at the end, for graduation; and once, halfway through, for the unveiling of the class ring. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  After two long years, it’s time. It’s dark and raining slightly, the only light on the Harvard Bridge coming from the streetlights and the Boston skyline. The Charles River drops off under the bridge, churning more

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Suite Life ~20 pictures, be careful (Updated Wed, 5/17/06)

  

  I live at Burton Conner (W51), at 410 Memorial Drive, along the Cambridge edge (Cambredge?) of the Charles River. To the east of my dorm are ... can also see the Pierce Boathouse over the water. Our regal Memorial

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Ellie on the M.T.A. writing about the T, on the T

  

  I grew up without any public transportation. The closest thing we had ... transportation has that going for it too. The first time I visited Boston, in my junior year of high school, I fell in love with the T. It’s not the best

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective

  

  For the last few years, I've been living off-campus in a house full ... 't living in the house at the time, but there were about four WILG members living here. According to them, somebody had first smelled smoke in the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  P.S.—Check out the Booklet!

  

  I forgot to mention that America in the World: MIT Speaks has been published! You can check it out at http://web.mit.edu/cis/pdf/FAP%20Booklet.pdf.

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008