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  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  Reading is one of the few real hobbies I've managed to hold onto throughout my time at MIT, not that I have much time to read during the semesters. Still, it's nice to look back at the past year, which has been a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  purpose of the list is to provide admitted students with a basic roadmap to the SHASSy side of MIT as they try to navigate the Institute and figure ... : Anthropology 21A.00 Introduction to Anthropology: Comparing Human Cultures; HASS

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Jonte ‘13 The fourth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  university located in Cambridge, Mass. Craighead said he is looking forward to going to Cambridge, where there is a friendly rivalry between MIT and ... scheduled to graduate in the top one or two percent of their class," said

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  a house tour of mit sororities! meet aphi, axo, and theta

  

  Welcome to a tour of three MIT sorority houses! Believe it or not ... undergraduate women being affiliated to one of the [annotation note="the six ... We’re going to start our tour at Alpha Phi, which has been my own

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  ="108229" /] In honor of holiday meals at home, I want to share a holiday meal away from home. Aka, it’s finally time to post my (extremely belated ... ’ve decided to remedy that in as overzealous a fashion as possible. I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  2024 has been quite a year for the Sun—in addition to the total solar ... friends and I decided to travel to Iceland!! This was my first time ever ... ! We planned out an itinerary, booked a hotel, found places to eat, and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  An MIT Community Vigil for Black Lives

  

  , and the nation, to do better. So I wanted to make sure we shared it here ... . If you don't have time to watch the full video, you can [annotation ... to say about the struggle for racial justice in America today, they

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 4, 2020
• Blog / Events

  APPLE BAKE channeling midterm stress into baking, sculpting, and completely destroying apples for decades

  

  of Burton-Conner compete to create the best apple dishes and apple art ... to note on the entry form what you swapped!) Apple Core of my Floor ... addition to a set of custom-designed Apple Bake mugs for the top five winners

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  Laser Graffiti I found something cool on the way home.

  

  leapt onto a bench for a better view, trying to figure out which room in ... : before disappearing again. Back to blank wall. We figured that someone ... , climbed up to the top floor (we figured out where the source was) and found

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gustavo Dudamel Conducts MITSO! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Because we are THAT good.

  

  , visited MIT last Friday to receive the 2010 Eugene McDermott Award in the ... was able to teach us so much about the music that we did not know. He ... to sculpt phrases ever so beautifully. Our playing went from

  • by ARTalk
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  be rectified continued for a number of days, and due to finals and ... Campus representation, and after much deliberation, we have decided to add a 13th member to the Ring Committee. This additional member will be

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Little Snails SciFi movie marathons rock my socks!

  

  to do all the classic MIT things before graduating. Accordingly, LSC's movie marathon was one such event I had to attend. Slated for viewing for ... brought by the giant Traags to the Traags' home planet, where they are kept

  • by Bryan
  • January 28, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  couple of weeks ago putting their creative minds to use designing and ... use to trace with) on construction paper. 4.) Cut along the lines. 5 ... sat down to eat like a big ol' happy family. Our lovely and gracious

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Have Your Cake & Drop Date Too The Baker House Piano Drop, and the Spring Weekend Concert.

  

  's pretty exciting to have an awesome concert a minute from your dorm ... classes can be added to your schedule in the first 5 weeks of the term, and can be dropped from your schedule up to 10 weeks into term. A tradition

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  This entry brings to a close one of the longest periods of blog ... , but we are finally beginning to see the Class of 2010 truly take shape ... honored to be a part of the selection committee for the Research Science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  to pursue interests in the humanities at MIT -- I mean, the name of the ... opportunity to meet with Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (HASS) Philip Khoury, to help us talk about and address the quality

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective

  

  living here. According to them, somebody had first smelled smoke in the ... chemical burns, but luckily these burns were considered minor (according to ... few weeks ago, a friend and I decided to figure out what had happened

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  beauty that he sees is available to other people and to me too, I believe ... in the flower evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is ... to the excitement, the mystery and the awe of a flower. It only adds. I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  elections meeting, an overnight shift, a trip to New York, another exam ... while I was hosed it really doesn't look like I'd put up my next entry to ... on hold that I really want to write, but can't, because I'm only

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  : blog entry for wednesday? Date: July 20, 2007 1:08:15 PM EDT To: Matt McGann Hey Matt, There's an awesome blog entry just waiting to happen, but I'll be away on vacation and unable to post it. I also don't have time to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007