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Blog / MIT Life
Prof. Acemoglu’s Clark Medal On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe, there's a story…
, there's a story on the John Bates Clark Medal being awarded to MIT ... to an American economist under the age of 40 for making a significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge. Of the 29 Clark medalists to date -
Blog / How to MIT
Super Sketchy Background Activity the experiment, part 3
Two years ago I posted about an experiment that lead to the creation ... of the experiment to see what would happen if we took four students ... asked them to animate and score a Pi Day video…even though they had almost -
Blog / Academics & Research
Big Dreams, Small Mind The troubles of being in school and doing research for too long.
and I really want to give you guys everything I can, as far as the past ... in day out until the day I die, that is what I want to work on and what I have almost always wanted to work on. For those of you that have -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."
). It was a remarkable speech that really brought everyone to their ... and specificity than almost anyone I've heard. So I wanted to share it ... , I’m shook. To me it’s quite clear that MIT is the place that makes -
Blog / MIT Life
It’s driving me nuts Did I tell you about the time when we hijacked a harbor patrol boat?
an accomplished songwriter. However, if you were to use a common ... apostrophe. So you would say "my boss' shenanigans." This is fascinating to me ... , I was inspired to do more research into this grammatical phenomenon -
Blog / Academics & Research
Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…
Yesterday, my mom had some “silk” scarves shipped to me so I could ... letters. They also didn’t look or feel like other silk fabrics I was used to ... it’s real silk, Andi, why would anyone on the internet lie to you -
Blog / How to Human
Take Care of Us asking for change
I try my best to be as honest as possible on the blogs, while simultaneously trying to be kind to the institution that gives me the privilege of having such a wide platform to share my ideas on. Which is also why it -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!
South America, but she managed to squeeze in some time for an interview for us! Listen to the full interview here: I hoped you enjoyed me fumbling to turn off the recorder in the last few seconds. Despite going to a -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back
." I had previously listened to a grand total of Zero alternative country music, so when they came to perform in Charlottesville last Sunday, I was happy to tag along. (It is very telling that when the crowd started -
Blog / MIT Life
What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?
to pop culture references, pop music and the like. If it wasn’t for ... . Franco? The technical awards go to engineers and scientists that make most ... visual feats. Not to mention their inventions can be applied to medicine -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Legacy of a Media Storyteller [by Leila Kinney, Comparative Media Studies] Recently, Leila Kinney attended a Symposium at the Media…
gathered to recognize and remember Glorianna Davenport's 30-years of research ... upon using media to understand what people see and experience. She ... collections to construct new stories to share with others. Storytelling -
Blog / MIT Life
making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft
I just wanted to quickly share something that brought me a lot of ... best we could to do honor this tradition was talk for a couple of hours ... server, so we headed over to our dorm and started decorating. We added -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.
/bio/chem till my brain feels like it's dying. And then I go to lab and do things ... stretches all the way to and sometimes out of the door. 2. At any given time ... occasionally refer to this Starbucks as an extension of their offices. Not that I -
Blog / Admissions
I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.
to be a man of few words, and my guest-entry was going to revolve ... consider me to be a pretty serious, goes to bed at 10, enjoys jazz music type of guy. So from the minute I leapt off my five-hour plane flight to -
Blog / Miscellaneous
The Onion article about Robot Hazing at MIT Robot hazing at MIT *gasp!*
that police say involved butyl alcohol and compressed air. According to ... 13 inches in diameter, was reportedly forced to climb stairs built at a ... actuators to short out. A second robot, a biped from MIT's Leg Laboratory, was -
Blog / Residential Life
All the 2020 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute
first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where to live. This guide includes the Interactive Introduction to the Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life -
Blog / MIT Life
In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway
Center is no more. This past weekend, Subway closed abruptly due to issues ... the entirety of the MIT campus. Indeed, what does the Stud have left to ... Dunks? Without a question, the only place the Stud has left to its name is -
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 ... immediately endorsed his proposal: to develop an ongoing undergraduate primary -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.
before I graduate I want to show you more of these places I love, starting with Beacon St. and Marlborough St., which run parallel to the water on ... -containing street parallel to the water and Marlborough St. is the next one over
