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• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  weekends when I can. PA is colder than Boston, or it feels that way. In the winter the grass is covered in hoarfrost (иней in Russian, I learned) that melts during the day except in the shadow of the house. I call my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  #funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF

  

  sports.  These hardcore ice climbers and mountaineers, braving the unknown ... Angeles, though, I never got closer to these alpine pursuits than the pages ... time in national parks like Yosemite and Zion.  But spending time in the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  -rest-of-my-life opportunity. It was a great idea in my opinion! So there I am, sitting on the ... some sort of Magic School Bus episode, let me assure you that the ... miles) south of Brussels. On my first day, the Research and Development

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two cakes and six cupcakes ...they may or may not resemble astronomical objects.

  

  I mentioned that I'm in the midst of a summer research program at the ... C-O regions in the Whirlpool Galaxy, using data from the Very Large Array (of radio telescopes) in New Mexico. This is what the Whirlpool

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  Congratulations and welcome to the class of 2016! I found this picture of you on the Internet:          Go ahead and introduce yourselves :)

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  High Class Brass [✔] Order a Brass Rat [✔] Feel swanky [ ] Become Iron Man

  

  Both my father (MCP, '87) and I spent some time here at the Institute. My dad, as you might deduce from the letters and the year next to his name, got his Master's in City Planning, and in a way, he planted the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Events

  LeaderShape 2012 Six unforgettable days.

  

  What do Chancellor Grimson, The Salvation Army, and I have in common? This: (video credit: Tony Eng) The official description of Leader ... solving and interpersonal communication. Over the course of the program

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s FPOPpin’ Whatchu know 'bout me?

  

  As the advent of another academic year approaches, I feel somewhat ... year ago. It was a beauteous midsummer morn, and I was filled to the brim with excitement and wonder. Of course, the honeymoon didn't last forever

  • by Tom R. '14
  • September 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oodles Of Doodles Chris Peterson once impersonated me as such: "Blah blah blah Irish people, cartoons blah blah…

  

  Happy New Year, lovely folks of the internet! Kids 'round these ... morning, meaning I woke up at 7:15 (the horror!). The house is empty and I have a cold so that means it is the perfect time... TO BLOG. In honor of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  This weekend, I headed down to Washington, DC, for the Rally to ... Stephen Colbert. More important, though, given I live just outside the city, was the chance to go home and see my family, including my sister’s cat

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Liebe Deutschland! A video entry - because I was too lazy to type

  

  (Sorry for the abrupt ending! I accidentally pushed the button to stop recording a few seconds before I was actually done speaking, haha)

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 15, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stories from Uganda [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Installing an exhibit in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery.

  

  [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] The Wiesner Student Art Gallery is located on the second floor of the Student Center (W20) and is the only permanent ... usually booked by month and scheduled well in advance through the Student

  • by ARTalk
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Snow-bama Snow? Obama? At MIT? AHH.

  

  Hailing from the notoriously hot and humid city of Houston, in which ... years, it was understandably a big deal for me when last Sunday, in the midst of 30-something-degree weather, it began to snow. Much to the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  you mean this is the end?” Three words friends: Large. Hadron. Collider. Yes boys and girls, the doomsday device built under the guise of solving ... this morning, but we’ll ignore that for the sake of sensationalism). In

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  The class of 2011 all got this e-mail this morning: Class of 2011 ... this well-deserved summer break thoroughly. Towards the end of the school year, the class council announced its decision of a ring committee

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Graduation Some commencement pictures.

  

  of the world", but really, it was more akin to, "Ponchos". We awoke to ... to cancel or postpone the elaborate shindig in Killian Court (check out the landscaping, man), it does put a little more pressure on the staff

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Lip Sync ‘08 Because I want . . . you . . . back

  

  Sorry for not having posted recently. It's gotten to the point where the work is completely overwhelming and any time not spent working is ... should have seen the campus the last two days, it was insanity. Third Eye

  • by Snively '11
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  A Fool’s Holiday How MIT celebrates April Fool's Day

  

  . The School of Engineering will be renamed the School of Imagineering and the campus will move to Orlando, according to hackers who altered the ... cluster. From the MIT Hack Gallery: On April Fools Day of 1998, hackers

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  Just this morning I was reading the New York Times on line and ... to business. Find below the best 23 Chuck Norris MIT appropriate jokes. I hate the number 23 so I threw in 2 of my favorites to get us to 25

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  stack of applications before me. To my right, out the window, I see big, fluffy flakes of snow falling from the sky. I start to think that I could go for a hot cup of cocoa, but I realize we don't have any in the house

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007