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  Not so FAST heading to MIT on Saturday for some FAST Thinking

  

  At the end of my first week in my new job, I attended a gala reception in the MIT Museum celebrating the kick-off to MIT”s 150 Celebration. The party was dazzling – black tie servers weaving through the crowd

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  time staying awake while on the road, so he would stop at the Woodrow ... secretly longed for the day when he would not have to spend 3.5 hours of his life behind the wheel of a car getting to and from the job that he loved

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s here! The post you've all been waiting for, or at least until you saw Snively with…

  

  . Well, we finished the something awesome months ago, but we wanted to keep ... show it to you, since the Next Big Mailing has officially been shipped and the i3 DVD has gone out to the class of 2014 everywhere. For those

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Three MIT students win Rhodes Scholarships In case you're wondering, yes, that's a lot of Rhodes Scholarships.

  

  On Saturday evening, the Rhodes Trust announced the 32 Americans who have won the 2009 Rhodes Scholarships. The Rhodes Scholarship, described as "the oldest and best known award for international study," includes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Operabots with Personality Ahhhhh.....music to my ears

  

  The fact of the matter is that MIT is just plain cool. This is not an opinion, this is a fact. Just as the sun rotates around the earth……errrr uhhhhh……you know what I’m trying to say. MIT is cool. One of the things

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Explanation I always end up writing about underwear!

  

  , towards the end of this student's senior year, a small skirmish took place on the dorm's e-mail list between this senior and an undergraduate in the dorm. Things got heated, words were exchanged, and then this

  • by Snively '11
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates And Shannon’s Formula Random mid-week fun, and a few small updates for admitted and waitlisted students.

  

  should arrive very soon! In the meantime, please don't forget to register ... several nearby hotels, but the rates will expire soon, so please encourage ... your plans to stay on the waitlist rather than return the postcard

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  your profile a map of all the places in the world that you have been. As I might have mentioned, I have never been outside the country (unless you count Bermuda and the Bahamas, which I don't). This makes me very

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  So much to do, so little time There's always something exciting going on at MIT.

  

  : The physics lecture by Ted Hänsch, the Nobel Laureate. The ... '73 PhD '76, one of the seven members of the Board of Governors of the ... 'll be speaking "on the role of the Fed and recent economic conditions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  I am notorious for showing up at the right place at the wrong time. For instance, two weeks ago, I opened the door to room 3-343 expecting ... .) The second surprise was seeing my former 2.005 (Thermal

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  the pictures do the talking. These are EC Rush photos. In the next entry ... from right after Dorm Rush ended. We had a picnic in the courtyard, and rode the rides that people built. Most of what we build is made of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part Two Interior photos of vacant East Campus dormitory rooms. (Photos of occupied/"lived-in" rooms are to come.)

  

  for feedback in the last entry. :-) I will be creating some in ... the MIT East Campus dormitory, all from the same floor. My objective is to show the typical setup, furniture, and layout of a mix of rooms

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All my pasts and futures A blog entry about band and quiz bowl, to prove that I'm still hip.

  

  Fidelio. Tonight we had the Burton-Conner Trivia Competition. Prior to the ... mind. 1. The third-largest city in Ireland is called "Limerick" 2. Beethoven wrote only one opera and it was called "Fidelio." 3. The first

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 19, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  Three-day weekends seem like the perfect opportunity to catch-up on work and get ahead for the next week. Umm... right... it never really ... ,000. It is the fourth oldest university, chartered in 1746, compared to MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday Roadtrip Out on the open road.

  

  So this past Saturday, I set out on the open road with some of my friends for a little fun outside of the city. Step One: Acquire vehicle ... the nice part was that it only had 1200 miles on it, and it still had

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAP, and trivia answers IAP begins tomorrow.

  

  Tomorrow is the beginning of MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP)! IAP is one of the most fun times of the year. It is a time where ... will build a Stirling Engine, among the many options. A couple IAP

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  $100 Laptop Unveiled Inspiring!

  

  I just took a break from reading to watch some of the webcast of World Summit on the Information Society, where UN Secretary-General Kofi ... unveiled the first working prototype of the $100 Laptop. [news story] This

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  So, I'm back in the office after this weekend's wedding. It was great ... tie the knot. If you're wondering what a random sampling of MIT alums 3-6 years removed from the Institute are doing job-wise, here's who was around

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More CPW Pix

  

  , as we finally get to put the face with the application. Sometimes, it ... last fall on the road (so do you). Even then, the image in your head ... Mauritius (Geraldine), and of course to meet many of the parents, too (hi

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most ... will MIT take from the waitlist? Is it true that you haven't taken any from the waitlist in the past few years? Should I even bother staying on

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005