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• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  contained a number of pictures, which I am more than happy to pass on to you ... Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament on November 5, 1605. Though their plot was

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  Art & Science in Paris

  

  -science space in Paris. I helped to curate an upcoming art exhibition ... centered on a sculpture by the architect Ciro Najle. This internship allowed me to take a mental break from nuclear engineering in between

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  different professors, getting a response from 1 (just to say the class was ... . I went through a lot (seriously, A LOT) of stress to get here, but at ... so I wanted to fill it in with a different class. "Ok", I thought, "I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a week in europe pictures of munich, vienna, amsterdam

  

  outside and it's dark. i need a break. i want to leave. on saturday, i ... on friday, loud, incessant bangs and whirrs of the never-ending projects just outside my window keep me awake as i attempt to make our 6

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  I watched the sunrise this morning

  

  one of the reasons I love dawn is it reminds me that the sun will always rise [embed]https://youtu.be/jdiaBZM0ZAo[/embed] on my worst of days during my best of times no matter what the world moves on

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 7, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 1 The first winning entry in the photo contest. What a view!

  

  The Orientation photo contest is off to a great start. The first photo comes to us from freshman Arya '10, an international student from ... Charles River, Massachusetts Avenue bridge, and city of Boston on the right

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  feel with the fact that we're almost right on the equator. Fortunately ... comforter. There's a beautiful woven tapestry on the wall, depicting two ... bed and left the room this morning, CL was reading on a couch just

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Anna’s Taqueria

  

  , because today is the grand opening of Anna's Taqueria on campus! Anna ... to campus, and that's exactly what happened. Last night, before the official opening, Anna's decided to throw open its doors and give out their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  focuses on using technology to solve problems in developing nations. We ... to make charcoal Read on, grasshopper....   What is charcoal ... solutions to the fundamental, seemingly intractable problems that plague

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  checkboxes this semester in a list

  

  in on 6.006 I dropped 6.006 to Listener mid semester but continued ... .   participated in a quiz bowl tournament  some people on our floor were going to ... for a couple of the showings but we got to watch it together on opening

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  ZigZag Episode 5 MIT's podcast has a new episode.

  

  love to hear your comments about ZigZag, so please don't be shy, speak up

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Competition Tomorrow Better than Battlebots! 2.007 competition tomorrow!

  

  :00 pm will be the finals! If you're around, I'd highly recommend coming, it's going to be insaneeeely exciting.

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  to the community: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT, we ... , we must attend to some newly uncovered facts from our past. A ... leading authority on how the emergence and growth of American colleges and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’m studying poetry to be a better engineer, and this is why

  

  powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.” I’m not going to make ... ability to deliver a message, whether it’s on the 2.009 stage or in a ... hours in class analyzing those poems, and written 5000 words on a few

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  things through her. Things like hacks :) It was a matter of some dismay to my fellow freshmen and I when we arrived on campus in August, only to ... keeping up with her inbox, she is naturally well-informed about the goings-on

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  published on the MIT Office of Digital Learning blog here.  One way to ... been said. There was much to reflect on—in one hour, Professor Flowers ... , mechanics, etc. On the other side are topics humans ought to learn, in fields

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST

  

  If you hang around MIT long enough you'll begin to notice some ... best not written about on the blogs. Some of these phenomena can be written about on the blogs, though, and this is one of them. The central

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting from 10,439 applications and a dozen ties.

  

  year's 10,466. Down the line, the statistics are nearly identical to last ... . Today, I'm wearing a tie, which is my custom for days on which the ... respect and care with which we will treat your application during selection

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We even learn stuff here! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  with a focus on (what else?) genetics. What I really want to talk about ... interesting to say about it. Not to burst anyone's bubble about MIT or anything ... school, and you still have to go to classes, and I still don't really like

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020