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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  , "Whatttt. How can one person be so. incredibly. happy?!" I quickly came to ... those things - and a Truman Scholar as well! I got a chance to interview ... questions for Anjali, feel free to contact her at [email protected] - or just

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  The things I do with my Friday afternoon Really, though - how could I resist?

  

  Building to my UROP in building 18 (oh look, it's that map again- the Green Building is 54, and the Dot is McDermott Court) to check on some cell ... lab to walk home. Either I'm not very observant, or someone acted

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 9, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri's novel comes to the Cambridge screen

  

  Last Friday, I went to the AMC Cambridge to see the big ... stranger to MIT. She spoke here as part of the MIT Writers Series and ... ; Ashima's first years of marriage in America; the Ganguli's trip to India

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.

  

  figured today would be a good day for me to hang up my blogging hat. I ... opportunity to help people discover the MIT that I know. Those of you who are at MIT (2010s, bloggers, etc), you know where to find me, and my door

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  substantial entries to come this week): First, I saw a link on a military blog (Naval Open Source Intelligence) to a relevant MIT OpenCourseWare course ... whether war is intrinsic to human nature, what causes war, how particular

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Piece of my Heart Hey, look, a Turkish internet cafe.

  

  apparently caused by a law requiring any restaurant with seating to also have ... to have full internet access from work until Tuesday, so don't expet any great updates until then. Anyways. I've managed to get myself

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Engineering Hero One of the coolest professors at MIT

  

  kid, I've always been intrigued by invention and design to the point of electric shock at times when I tried to power a robot by plugging a wire hanger into the socket and expecting my robot to come to life. Professor

  • by Bryan
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX continued The rain killed my hawaiian outfit.

  

  , Senior House, and Random Hall all came to Kresge Oval with slingshots ... , so I decided to go home early. Tonight across most dorms, in-house rush is going on, and then tomorrow, freshmen will get to use me as free

  • by Bryan
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  've seen both of them present before on other topics, so I knew to expect ... case. Need blind admissions have allowed more students to have a chance ... students from across the country and across the world routinely apply to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Comments 3999 & 4000

  

  Thanks to Kiersten for being my 4000th comment! Also, thanks to Jeff who, in the 3999th comment, provided a link to this interview with MIT ... prominent scholar in the country devoted to examining pastimes often deemed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hello, world

  

  job, I am frequently asked to tell various chapters of my life story ... , Our Lady of the Hamptons. I then made the big leap to the public high school (my graduating class: 65 students!), and managed to take all three

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 6, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Before MIT goes APE, I learn how to eat dumplings FAST. ...or at least learn how to morph into a dumpling eating machine.

  

  footage...but it needs to be edited. So get ready for an entry filled month ... show... * Please excuse my lack of acting skills :P Credits to Travis

  • by Celena C. '12
  • March 4, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  , only for it to ultimately reappear under the couch.) I don’t know how ... since leaving MIT. And it's a constant reminder to me (and others) of my ... moved west to Palo Alto for my master's and decided to stay when I

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Signs of Life communication in a covid world

  

  and limited to being mostly textual: an email to an advisor, letting ... sent to a relative wishing them a happy birthday! or a congrats on graduating!, a funny tweet sent to a friend, or a tag on MIT Confessions. On

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Fam Takes the MFA Photodump of semi-artsy pictures ahead

  

  't until 6 AM by MIT rules. Elizabeth was kind enough to organize a trip to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for us. It happened to be somewhat early ... like something that Allan K. would appreciate. Elizabeth told Danny to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  Last July, the MIT Media Lab created a $250,000 award to recognize ... seeks to highlight effective, responsible, ethical disobedience across ... , and the freedom to innovate, for example). Disobedience Award objectives

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friends, and other things memories that come rushing back to me

  

  morning: Although we seem to be interconnected in almost every way ... seems like I haven't had the time this semester to sit and think about the relationship we've weaved, but now that I am free, it all comes rushing to me

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 25, 2017
• Blog / Events

  #WeAreMIT SMASH helped jumpstart an intense conversation between students and administration

  

  people go through rough times and directing students to the proper resources at MIT Medical and on campus to get the help students may need ... meant to be an open discussion with administration about mental health

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Greetings from Honduras: D-Lab students in the field D-Lab students Chelsie, Miho and Nina report from Honduras

  

  D-Lab is an interdisciplinary program at MIT committed to working with people around the world to create and disseminate affordable ... remote communities with tools to improve their livelihood. Students, D

  • by OEL
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Snow-bama Snow? Obama? At MIT? AHH.

  

  snow-that-can-barely-be-called-snow deigns to appear about once in ten ... midst of 30-something-degree weather, it began to snow. Much to the ... -2010 academic year was pretty exciting to me. But not nearly as exciting as

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 23, 2009