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  Cultura MIT students use online collaboration with their French counterparts to learn about each other's cultures.

  

  things that come to mind when we think of a "good job," for example, in comparison to what comes to the mind of a French student. We consider these observations, ask for clarification and chat with the French students on a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  see a number of mirrors all lined out on the grass. Last year, students ... had the opportunity to try to bust the Archimedes Death Ray myth. So a ... not able to recreate the flame. More on MIT and the Archimedes Death

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Better than a Ryan Cabrera poster Want a Warhol in your dorm room?

  

  Friday are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to any student ... goes on, as we add pieces to the collection each year. Selected students ... line outside the gallery doors for a second chance to participate in this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  have led me to a different perspective. It's not all cranky tradition on this side of the pond, and Cambridge has a few tricks of its own to share ... beavers. Our Harry Potter friends are looking on in amazement as to what

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ecosystems And Web Sites A science question & general check-in.

  

  ? I told you guys - I'm not a science kid. Hook me up. In other news, I've begun my big summer project - redesigning the admissions web site. The new site is going to be so awesome. Just you wait and see. :-) How's summer

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 15, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Indra Nooyi presentation A presentation from Indra Nooyi, President & Chief Financial Officer for PepsiCo.

  

  This afternoon I went to a talk on Diversity in Action by Indra Nooyi. She spoke at Sloan (MIT's school of management) as part of a series that will host the following speakers later this semester:

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  a visit to campus from the President is pretty darn special. Of course ... , so they're going to ticket the event by invitation only with a ... my stretched attempt at trying to tie in a completely unrelated, but

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / Residential Life

  water wars, lovecrafting, and 361 other REX events your annotated guide to everything currently unfolding on campus

  

  . According to MIT's Dormitory Council: REX (Residence Exploration) is a fun ... decided where you're going to live, REX is a great opportunity to find out ... for you [ed: in case you want to move via FYRE]. Most of all, REX is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spreading Santorum around MIT Or rather, just spreading awareness of Santorum.

  

  vs. Spam as a stepping stone to the presidency. Still, I must say, I ... strong that I felt the need to express it in an avant-garde photomosaic on ... is a lovely picture, and I've been trying to find an appropriate

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  [by Kathy '09] Hi guys! I'm here to talk about "life as a biochemist ... difference is to give you a portrayal of what a typical day is like in both ... -taught by the amazing Prof. Stubbe (who, in addition to being a brilliant

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  turns out that, much like a gourmet pretzel, life is full of twists. On ... wonders of educational television, I wanted to be a cosmologist like Stephen ... to give a colloquium at MIT. Kip, for the biology students reading this

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  life. Going wayy back... (1988) - I was born on a leap year, but I guess ... -9-9-9." Went to sleep at 9:30 every night because staying up past 10:00 was a ... .01 (economics) pset. (ever want to know what a study room looks like at four in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Latino Cultural Center It's Mes Latino!

  

  classes to have a cup of coffee, get going on my to do list, take a nap, or ... student center. This is home to a post office, dry cleaners, the ID card ... it's just a basement thing), but after being officially involved on the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breakfast with a Genius Okay, so I stole the genius joke from Bryan. But it's still true.

  

  to win the Pulitzer Prize. She was also a recipient of the Mac ... . Anyway, she gave a talk on Thursday night here at MIT in 10-250, which is ... Guild. I was in fact planning on going to both, though, because I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  twerking, MIT style need more be said?

  

  More Than Psets! Really!™, aka Things to Do On Saturday Nights at MIT ... dance group on campus is Dance Troupe, a student-run group that puts on a ... guest group Bhangra... ...to tap dancing... ...to a rendition of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  So about those flip flops… snow part deux

  

  See my last entry about No Flip Flops Looks like the snow has finally arrived for real. Woke up this morning to these sights in tree-lined Brookline. This week: look forward to entries on designing a wind

  • by Bryan
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  separate blog about that soon.  Thankfully, I got weekends to hop on a bus or train to the destination of my choice. While there were about a ... text on a scrap piece of paper while waiting for a massively delayed

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  lives on Black Hole in Random during the year, where they have a tendency to get bullied by the other cat on the floor, and thus end up spending ... living with me on 5w in EC, and got to freely wander around the Wood

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  . ''Usually a degree in engineering means you'll eventually be working on cars ... here's just one example of a) how hands on the class is, and b) how it focuses on using technology to solve problems in developing nations. We

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  , Geneva. It seems everyone on campus was trying to get away from the Institute for a bit if they could, some of us at least to the refuge of sleep ... I’m traveling to a country that has none of my family members in it

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017