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• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  to fifteen hours to finish. When we emerge from our cyclic periods of ... into your 'camera'. To save computation, you cast 'light rays' in reverse, from your 'camera', and see what objects they hit. And by 'bounce' and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  's pretty inspiring to see all those folks from the MIT Instrumentation Lab ... you want to try at home with your vacuum cleaner. Ours is very different, with a special attachment to stick on top of a hose. Some background on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And term starts again…

  

  programming, game theory. My comments: The description sounded fun. I want to ... strengths and limitations of fMRI compared to other techniques, and the design ... high-level vision. Upon completion, students should be able to understand

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventures in Math Conversations in the world of math.

  

  in the math community. A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to ... run the San Diego Math Circle, which I had a chance to visit. A Math ... plurality of whom where students in grades 6-10. I spoke briefly to the group

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First Day of Classes! Today, the MIT Class of 2014 begins.

  

  welcome to the class is the Freshman Convocation, where the freshman class is addressed by the faculty and MIT President Susan Hockfield. Would you like to see the Convocation? Check it out: MIT Tech TV We have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week In Review An end-of-year freshman advising event, and my friend's 6.115 final project.

  

  ! As his associate advisor for a group of six freshmen, I got to tag along to the end-of-year dinner at the Wine Cellar Restaurant, just across ... , and chocolate fondue... paid for by the Office of Undergraduate Advising

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 18, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Going for the Au An MIT alum will compete in Olympic skeleton.

  

  story. Images of Pat Antaki from skeletonsport.com, photos by Tea ... , sailing, and, of course, UROP. Pat Antaki isn't the first MIT alum to go to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Here Comes the Sun @ MIT A Photographic Journey

  

  On sunny days, I like to wander through MIT's gorgeous campus. Below are some images I've collected over the course of the month. Enjoy ... of MIT Sloan: Fun Fact: the exterior of the building is lined by 155

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 27, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  Cory and I paused for about an hour and a half while looking for Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke in the Hayden library stacks this ... ’s observations on climbing plants and the similarity of their strategies to those

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got this video. Or rather, this sad excuse of one...

  

  ??? Here's a video in which I attempt to eloquently answer questions that you all e-mailed me (aren't you proud, Mom? I made it all by myself!): (The

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunes of the All-Night Tool Just a little night music from me.

  

  20 minutes off from working on genetics and thermodynamics to show you ... favorites, others are recent recommendations by my friends. But they're all

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 29, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is EECS?

  undergraduate and graduate students to become leaders in diverse career fields ... collaborative thinking demonstrated by EECS faculty members cuts across these labs
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  this by using a microcontroller to amplify the sound, much like an ... .) and various sensors (accelerometers, capacitive sensing, etc.) to create ... encourages us to go wild with our imaginations, as long as the end product

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  turkey; the spectacular death throes of leaves clinging to trees; the ... . "Beards?" you say. Yes, beards. See, November is also home to a hallowed ... , growing a beard is actually quite tough. To illustrate the self

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIA No More Why I haven't blogged in 23 days.

  

  else seems to be posting screenshots of their calendars, I'm going to do ... IAP trip to India - Taking EMS Shifts (I happen not to be on any this ... /T-Shift for the Spring MassCPR Event Organized by MIT-EMS - Co-Planning the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poems Robert Creeley today.

  

  today, say, I got up at 5:30am to start studying for my 8.06 midterm tomorrow, but, writing a response to Robert Creeley's "A Wicker Basket" just ... out to be my favorite class that term (the others were 8.04 8.044 18

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  “Fiona, next round, you should use your thumb to push the buzzer, not ... your thumb above the buzzer, so you’re always ready to buzz in.” “Okay.” Apart from that advice, J was silent as we walked through the corridor to

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert An annual tradition bringing famous bands to campus.

  

  . Every year, MIT brings to campus a national act to headline a big concert ... the band's most popular song (according to iTunes) and my favorite song ... ("White Rabbit" / "Somebody to Love") 1969: Janis Joplin ("Piece of My Heart

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Atomic Friends a comic

  

  I'm taking 21W.744, The Art of Comic Book Writing, taught by Marjorie ... the descriptions that will then be given to an illustrator. Then this ... easy to follow path. Comic books, though, are static images that rely

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Events

  MIT PUMPKIN DROP 2012! chucking pumpkins off the highest building in cambridge. that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial.

  

  Saturday before Halloween - they watch hundreds of pumpkins get tossed off ... : (I was supposed to be a Wellesley girl.  No, I was not prepared for ... enough chocolate in general to sink a small ship, midnight did indeed roll

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 28, 2012