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  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  As some of you may know, this summer I'm working at the NIH National ... contribution to the Human Genome Project (you know... the one that sequenced the entire human genome, so that we now know the location of all human genes

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  important on Monday, spent some time at the public library on Tuesday (I'm not ashamed to say that I adore that place), and picked April up at the bus stop on Tuesday night. I spent the rest of the week showing her how the real

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Reaching for the STARS* *Small Town And Rural Students

  

  Today, (April 4, 2023), marks the public launch of the STARS (Small ... the collegiate success of students from small towns and rural communities.  While the initiative is new, the concern for these students is not

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 4, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Last Times waving goodbye to my MIT experience

  

  things that I had done for the last time that I hadn't realized. My last East Campus party had already passed. It was definitely the last time that I would enter some MIT buildings. And it was probably the last time

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  I'm back on campus! I just finished my 10-week internship at the New ... I designed as my group members snuck micro-naps in the back. The ... or puzzles), and very quick and witty. The only people in suits were

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Check the Mail Pyramid!

  

  documents and such on the blogs the last few weeks. Things like: " ... send it again?!" (Please no.)   The answer to all these questions my friends is, "Check the Mail Pyramid."   Now

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  sticker stories adorned on my water bottles

  

  slipped out of my backpack on the plane...silly me. I checked my location ... still in the luggage area, submitted item retrieval paperwork to the airport, and have since heard nothing. Legend has it, the bottle is still

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MARC 2025 (not a live blog) Featuring Andi '25!

  

  MARC is one of the few conferences people have in their academic ... , and a stay at a luxury hotel that looks like the one from The Shining ... present all of our really cool research to the big industry sponsors funding

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  I often receive requests for advice about the college process. It ... from the college process.  While the specifics of each situation varies, the underlying question is almost always some variation of “How do I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So we’re actually *identical* twins which is surprising to absolutely ... no one

  

  the last last cohort of bloggers, and if you remember reading it when ... Allan G. ‘20 are identical twins ….” At the time, and up until about 1 ... , we emailed Elizabeth, and she changed the little blurb appropriately

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 27, 2019
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Fig. 5: Zimmer- und Wohnungsvermittlung Universität/ETH Zürich aka ETH Zürich dorm tour!

  

  Hoi zäme! I'm finally back in the US of A after 6 continuous months ... : In-N-Out, Asian food, sourdough bread, cheaper prices, and Home. The past few weeks, I've been settling in to my summer studio apartment, interning the 9

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Recap: wearables, games, and other SUPER products

  

  Last week, I posted the webcast of the final presentations for 2 ... week now that the 2.009 staff has posted the final presentation videos. You can watch the full video here:     If you would like to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another one! The return to campus, round III

  

  promise you: the excitement never wears off! Even after a day full of ... of a thrill upon seeing the Dome for the first time in months. As soon as I stepped out of the cab, I could tell that everyone else felt the

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • September 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  The past weeks of my life have been consumed by 2.009, MIT's famous senior product design class. By the end of the class, our team of 24 ... specifications for fruit... or break things apart to learn. Despite the fact

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DarkMatters, Green and Wild, Chocolate Cake and Raspberries around here lately (with pictures)

  

  A few weeks ago, I started seeing Staceyann Chin's face in the ... read Chin's book about five years ago, and was madly into it at the time. She's equally (and differently) impressive in person. The whole night

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  The future of, well, pretty much everything seems to be coming to us ... evidence, witness the burritob0t, one man's attempt to use technology and ... , I thought that was the coolest thing that you could do with 3D

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  HT@MIT: Cantab Lounge Poetry Slam An Amazing Show For A 10 Minute Walk And $3

  

  night the Cantab Lounge hosts an Open Mic followed by a Featured Poet and wrapping up the night with a Poetry Slam where poets compete for a few bucks and a potential spot on the Boston Poetry Slam Team that will compete at

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Together. thoughts on today's tragedy.

  

  sports, the marathon - a sport that doesn't even have a side to cheer for ... rate in the triple digits.  The wailing of sirens and the steady chop-chop-chop of helicopter blades overhead filled the air. We were very fortunate

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  I came, I saw, I stirfried Foray into non-ramen cooking

  

  , this immediately ties into how I'm going to feed myself for the next ... residents are not enrolled in the MIT Dining Meal Plan, but we are blessed ... ramen and the occasional pasta. (I'm actually really ashamed.)  For the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  people are excited by that, because the cold, bleak winter is a tough time for them and the less snow, the more they can deny winter exists. For me ... probably my favorite season. I'm just not built for the beaches and heat

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012