Search

Search Results

• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Koch Institute?

  scientists, clinicians and others, to bring fresh perspectives and an interdisciplinary approach to advancing the fight against cancer. This multi-faceted group of investigators is at the core of the Koch Institute’s mission to
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of first-year learning communities are available?

  to the community, and each learns in their unique way. Although we can't offer something to meet every students' unique individual learning styles, we have a variety of programs to choose from. MIT’s first
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I join the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change?

  prediction. Responding to these changes requires innovative policies that ... political and communications savvy to organize a genuinely global approach ... to these research, analysis, and public education challenges. At the
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Who is the Class of 2028?

  Check out our First-year class profile page to find out more about the members of the Class of 2028.  
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the MIT motto?

  MIT's motto, mens et manus, translates from Latin to mind and hand. This motto reflects the educational ideals of MIT's founders who were promoting, above all, education for practical application.
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Does MIT offer an online degree?

  MIT doesn't offer online degrees, but we have world-class educational opportunities available to everyone online for free through our programs administered by MIT Open Learning.
• Blog / Events

  Spring Weekend Concert Announced: Fabolous and Lloyd Banks

  

  in Boston, it's pretty exciting to have an awesome concert a minute from your dorm. Previous Spring Concerts have featured Live, Slick Rick

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  meet the simmons elevators! aka me thinking wayyy too much about elevators

  

  Things always seem to come in threes. The Three Musketeers. The Holy ... I’m in one, I have no choice but to ponder the machine surrounding me ... hear her whir to life and go straight to you like a personal chauffeur. I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 12, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Redesigning a hall logo: 4.500 part 1 4.500 part 1

  

  4.500, Intro to Design Computing, my favorite class this semester, is ... involved using CAD software to design 2d and 3d objects, and then laser ... had to use CAD to trace an existing symbol or logo, analyze the pros and

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: I’ll be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend and so will other people from MIT

  

  I arrive somewhere to give a talk. Someone emailed to suggest this might be more useful, so I'm going to try to do it when I can. So: right now, I'm en route BOS -> SFO, on my way to Maker Faire Bay Area 2016

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (My Third) First Day In which I attempt (and fail) to do a timelapse vlog

  

  give me steady enough footage to not cause motion sickness. Whoops. The ... you try to speed up an already-wobbly video to 800%, it becomes a blurry rollercoaster of MIT scenery that is pretty unpleasant to watch. Even post

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)

  

  Nearly five years ago I added a Facebook share button to the blogs. It's strange to think that was so long ago, and also strange to think that it was once not obvious that people would come to the blogs any

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2014
• Blog / Events

  MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter

  

  tendency to sit fascinated for hours by the refraction of light through pens ... general direction managed to leak into my late evening tonight that I thought I'd share. Coherency is left as an exercise to the reader. Around

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women Rock All sorts of folk, and folk songs too.

  

  One thing I like to talk about with prospective students is the fact ... that make MIT feel like home to anyone. We also have terrific ... students are the first generation of their family to go to college. We also

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  New ZigZag video podcast & behind the scenes An inside look at the new video.

  

  would be like to be a first semester student on campus. From there, we ... sent out an email to a dozen random (and awesome) freshmen that I know well, to see who might be interested. I found five who would be around

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You Can Plan a Pretty Picnic ... but you should also research the weather.

  

  , physically, intellectually, and emotionally reacting to the three weeks I spent in Zambia. To make a long story short, the only road to Mwape (the rural village where we were supposed to stay and perform water testing for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? John Stamos, better known to millions as Uncle Jesse ... , impressive water vapor transport properties, and is resistant to many common ... to take either the 2" (50.8 mm) or 4" (101.6 mm) wide rolls, one can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Professorial Help Thanks to the faculty.

  

  2010, I'd like to take an opportunity to thank the many awesome faculty ... at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, works to make metal ... help the world transition from a fossil-fuel-powered world to an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  remember the first job I ever wanted to be was an interior designer. I drew lopsided houses in school and haphazardly scribbled drawings to proudly present to my kindergarten teacher, who graciously accepted them with a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  first real snow!! wow so magical

  

  and behold -- snow was finally upon us!!!! at 3 pm i walked to [annotation note="grocery store in the student center"]laverde's[/annotation] to ... them and was immediately seized by the need to try them, even though i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 11, 2022