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• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  attention to their tendencies and mindsets. You'll realize a lot of us live on ... wake up every morning to reminders that you once had less rights than a ... , in broad daylight, when a policeman chokes an unarmed black man to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  were: Introduction to Art History, Rhetoric (a different version from the ... at length about each class, although I do want to write about a few ... answer." In some regards, I was considering a LAC when I applied to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  selecting for obsession

  

  This morning, I was Googling Chris to find a photo of him, and was inadvertently reminded, thanks to news reports, that he was once a child prodigy ... , making him the latest among my exes to pursue a STEM doctorate degree. My

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I'd known it would come to this I'd have definitely had a freak-out or two before going to my only ... actually had plans to be a TA this term. But due to the upheaval of my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Letters Are In The Mail You are an incredible group of people, both academically and personally.

  

  room in the Institute for all of you, I really do. I'm off to enjoy a well-earned, relaxing weekend after working for 12 days in a row. New entries here next week, promise. Have a great weekend everybody. -B Edit

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  on Friday. What's a girl to do? So, here it is: It doesn't really ... , alumni, and staff. On Monday, Andrew Fire, a professor at Stanford who ... amazing ability to turn genes on and off at their whim. I used RNAi during

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  goes that you should not have to spend any money on food for at least ... been touched on yet. "/> Our CityDays project involved going to the ... advantage of our free rides on the T, we went to JP Licks. Susan Hockfield

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A word about the humanities It's sort of a long, multi-section word.

  

  a way as to cause e.e. cummings to weep in his grave. As an MIT student, I devote at minimum ten hours a week to thinking about the ... to graduate,” but let us not fret about semantics. HASS, in a vague

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  a woman who cries at telephone commercials, and I'm actively trying to ... I've taken care of all my graduation requirements. On my way to turn ... ), and I'm heading to a PhD program in biology. And it's all super

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  You see, the thing about Halloween is that it gives you a reason to ... ? Go ahead. You wanna go to class as a princess? No problem. Go trick ... going to class as a princess. Let me explain. I'm a fan of the TV show

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Airplane boy strikes again Adam writes about his UROP.

  

  down to a target on the ground and drop off a little camera to check up ... would be enough for me and Adam to have a nice night out on the town. I ... have a test tomorrow?] So I, the gallant boyfriend, am stepping in to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Dark Side of the Moon And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the…

  

  So in case you didn't know, there's a eclipse going on. A total ... take a good photo of something that's over 360,000 kilometers away on a ... , however, get a fairly decent photo of those people who decided to watch the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  on a microchip to name a few. So if I were to describe my experience ... a ride in my virtual time machine and look back on some of my science ... , Krasty had actually become gold. We're currently waiting on a patent. Ca

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Energized Watching the sun rise signals that it's time for bed.

  

  design project for one of my classes, 2.005, where we had to design a floating buoy-like structure to support a 700,000 kilo tower and rotor combo ... is known for is hands-on experience. I think this project is a great

  • by Bryan
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  decide to wing it anyway. We make it to Davis, but then get on a bus headed ... outside and wears sneakers. Walks into a deep puddle on my way to Stata ... right now, so I'll leave that for later. For now, I want to make a list of

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This is it. the last "what classes I'm taking" blog

  

  break is in 4 weeks and graduation is looming on the horizon and real life is about to catch up to me (just kidding, I'll most likely still be a student in graduate school, but more on that in another post). In any case

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 20, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Uh Oh Joke: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice…

  

  . National Ice Cream Day was on July 16, 2006. Even though I did not go get ice cream on Sunday, I will celebrate this holiday belatedly. The question is however, do I celebrate at: A) Toscanini's B) JP Lick's C

  • by Bryan
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Love Is Hard (A Sequel) wherein anon feels different from how he felt seven months ago

  

  many things. It's when seeing each other on campus brings a smile to ... relationship ends, you tend to look back on your experience and think about the ... talking to each other because you’re too focused on the words flying between

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 3, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Did you know about this? This is big.

  

  there was was state interest. It did a big part in helping to unite the country, or even allow people to think on a more national level. This ... , a citizen only as of last summer, I'm pretty especially excited to be

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  work-life balance (without a life)

  

  hanging out with your classmates. you go to classes with them, work on ... went to class with them, worked on problem sets and projects with them. on weeknights, i'd play board games, or go to lectures, or eat out. on

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 10, 2022