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• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  turbine pumps water out of a storage volume anchored to the seabed. ORES operates by having water flow past a turbine into the storage volume ... as a way to lighten soldiers’ loads. Professor Belcher is a materials

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] GetSimmons! Writing is hard, so here's a video game instead

  

  is not intended to be a ranking (boo), but is instead based on how many ... to Threes by Asher Vollmer. You can also play the game at the original ... Combine other dorms to reach the almighty Simmons Hall

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  make a change- not only that, but we WANT to. Though free food as an ... . A friend and I are going to be chalking the sidewalks with poverty facts, and I’m involved in the Action Challenge, which is a challenge to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  first week madness memes does anyone relate? lol

  

  :^("]note[/annotation][annotation note="These memes were brought to you by us, with the assistance of a great memey friend"]meme creds[/annotation] ... [annotation note="The reason we have to take an entrance exam is

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  reason. David, my freshman year roommate, was a Mexican who went to school ... high school Spanish day by day, and all I had really known to begin with was "I went to the mall and bought a pretty shirt." So, in my fifth

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  the mechanical routine of a [annotation note="closer to a 9:45ish-to-5 ... -a-glitch-in-the-simulation-but-unnerving-enough-that-I-had-to-take-a ... vanishing point"]into infinity.[/annotation] Spooky. A Car Supported By A Few

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  home—back to Iowa. June was spent in a transitory state. Slowly packing ... . Iowa became a distant memory as I talked to my old friends less and less ... 'd have more time to talk. And then I graduated, and I went back to a house

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Events

  An Interview with the Tetris Grand Champion Meet Fractal161, an MIT Student who's the second person ever to beat Tetris.

  

  , to be honest. Because it is a game that is defined by taking risks. And ... Tetris live streams. Last December, a tetris player by the name of Blue Scuti became the first person in human history to beat tetris. It’s a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 19, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to “Teach” Leadership Please find the probability that Shakespeare diffuses into my GEL classes given that my schedule…

  

  a few weeks ago, and asked us to apply some of the concepts we learned ... last thing I want after a week of lectures is a lecture on “how to be a ... should give me a well-rounded introduction to engineering leadership.

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Tried to Ford the River Are you even old enough to remember this?

  

  of the Oregon Trail computer game is coming to MIT and giving a talk ... , but I did =) Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it to the event, BUT I will be at a formal on the 33rd floor of a building in downtown

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything

  

  a short sprint away. Twenty minutes before 8 AM, I wake up to the ... good, having slept 8 hours the night before, a solid number by anyone ... conveniently close to a lot of things, something I grow more and more thankful of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  a lot have no finals, just projects), and four finals turned out to be ... extension during a week in which I was almost too stressed out to move, but it ... MIT students have a lot on their plate, and are very willing to give you

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Coffee in the Pagi-nation [joint post] breaking cruel rituals

  

  was going to start moving in next. A few months later, in a [annotation ... admissions office started experimenting with using Discord to create a space ... , my (vague) concept of MIT began to colorize. MIT was no longer just a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  breakfast, made an attempt at making my bed, and I might even go to the gym ... really not a big deal. Whether I learned integration by parts in high ... in December for me to wear shorts three days in a row, and when the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  over to England to visit a childhood friend. I've spent the past week ... to post a long long time ago, regarding the epic IAP 2010 travels of ... a poverty action project sponsored by the Public Service Center (http

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  supporting a local business by going to see a movie and stopping by the museum ... arranged by subway stop, from nearest to farthest (with respect to MIT's main ... children is so rare on a college campus that it's refreshing to see them

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  Working for Veterans Affairs It’s 7am on a Tuesday, and I need to get up in 3 alarm snoozes. There’s a two-step strategy to this: first, say a really bad word to activate the limbic system of the brain (science

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  can make up for it by eating a lot of beans and eggs (and sometimes fake ... ’ve never been a sandwich person, so there was nowhere I had to consciously cut out meat.  I expected this vegetarian thing to last maybe a month

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020
• 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 ... ! We planned out an itinerary, booked a hotel, found places to eat, and ... "][Note][/annotation] ————— these lava fields, pale green and red would make a very prickly bed, but

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

  Open Forum Monday Let's make a list of questions that you feel you REALLY need answers to ASAP.

  

  incline. As a way to help with your tension headaches, I propose the following: instead of me posting a topic and you responding, let's make a list ... the rules: Make sure your question is general enough to be of

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 11, 2005