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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  Being a college student in a dorm means finally having to decide how ... as picking which dining hall you want to go to. For others, it’s a ... start?” I’ve been through it. It doesn’t have to be a hair pulling mess

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  Developmental Biology, and I’ve been working since then as a postdoctoral fellow ... talent at building tiny airplanes led to him being offered a job at Google ... long-distance marriage thing. But I've had a pretty productive year: I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s happening with the Digital Currency Initiative developing blockchain technologies here at MIT

  

  I've blogged before about how, a few years ago, Jeremy Rubin '16 managed to raise $500k in funding and a ton of faculty sponsors to ... the class I was teaching. Which, by the way, is not a bad final project

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  a lot from each other. The MIT Admissions bloggers are but a small ... .   January 2015 East Campus, A Home by Dannie B.D. '15 Merit by ... Hilbert's Third Problem (A Story of Threes) by Lydia K. '14 IHTFP - A

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Central Ohio Summer Send-Off Event celebrating the Infinite Connection

  

  Send-Off Event, a highlight of my August. The welcome from organizers and guests here is unsurpassed in warmth and joy. Last year, I came as a ... Maseeh (rhymes with “classy”). A senior who could tell all about the MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  EECS student Michael McGraw teaches STEM concepts in Regensburg, Germany As part of the Global Teaching Labs program, student Michael McGraw taught Physics, Biology and…

  

  in a group with five other MIT students. For Physics, we designed a ... -cranked generators, and a few other circuitry elements. The purpose of this lesson was to learn about power distribution and to gain a sense of the how the

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Events

  HT@MIT: Department Lectures and Final Presentations MIT's Best Kept Secret

  

  Hello all, it's been a while since I've done a Hidden Treasures at ... ; For anyone that's used the elevators in Stata this is a common sight ... paragraphs of text are incomprehensible and there's a severe lack of the word

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • December 28, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Tag In which I do a YouTube thing for a (bonus) Halloween vlog

  

  college life sometimes. My dad decided to send me a surprise Halloween-themed care package a week or two ago, which was probably the most festive part ... Costco pack of fruity/sour candy, a movie, some foodstuffs, some other cool

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  TEDxCambridge! 1. How TED talks can improve your life 2. Recently hosted and filmed right here…

  

  left before EA decisions. Given that the average length of a TED talk is ... , and learned a lot more about current research, global problems, and ... to not only ways I can cause change on a large scale, but also within

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  hello again ヽ( ´¬`)ノ

  

  from 2009-2012, when I went on a somewhat spontaneous year's leave to complete my master's degree in Comparative Media Studies. A few weeks ago, on ... . I wrote. A lot. I wrote snarky essays about Star Wars & politics

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  I got an e-mail the other day from a deferred applicant, who said ... sympathize - I know how it feels to pour a lot of yourself into something, and ... anyone in the eye again. And then, over empty tubs of ice cream and a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  Hello again from out in the real world!  It's been a little more than a year since I've graduated and I'm happy to report that real life isn ... . Unfortunately, I've picked up a new hobby that makes that second rule a little

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Weekend in Kendall Square I know I work here all week, but hey, it's MIT

  

   usually do on a Sunday morning with the dog, my partner, and the wood stove cranking  (even when it's too warm out), I flipped to a big section titled 24 ... pick a weekend in March to hang out in the city?" she asked again. "Well

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-India student interns at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

  

  have been in Nepal since then. I am currently volunteering at a Buddhist ... in cooking, laundry, etc. I am having a great stay in South Asia, and I ... environment at TIFR was very professional yet warm. I learned a great deal from

  • by MISTI Program
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Manage Your Future

  

  been a very good opportunity to learn how the economic theory can be ... materials, class presentations and assignments. I also assisted with a ... regarding health and productivity. The host: The IFMR is a very

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Face Book And Study I have been doing all this and more. But mostly not this.

  

  Okay, hold up. I have a really good excuse for not blogging in ages. Two excuses, actually. Yes, I took my last final over a week ago, and ... ended up with a really awesome prospect...that isn’t sure when we can move

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Love Affair: 11.027 & New Orleans [by Janet Li '12] Spring break in NOLA.

  

  [by Janet Li '12] A house decked out in Mardi Gras swag in the ... different planning projects: working for a neighborhood advocacy group, blight ... encompasses a variety of different specializations, ranging from urban design to

  • by ARTalk
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  story centers on MIT alum Mohan Srivastava '79. Srivastava, a Course 12 ... goes, he won $3 on a "tic-tac-toe" scratch lottery ticket he received as a gift, and started thinking about how the algorithm behind the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  GEL-ing Gordon Engineering Leadership program, that is

  

  I am not your typical MIT student. In high school, I never built a robot, never coded on my TI-89, never watched Star Wars. I did not get a ... while attending a community service event at my high school, I broke into

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 14, 2010
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  today! And thanks to the MIT Admissions Office, I got a ticket to see him :) (Thank you, Dave!!) He was scheduled to speak at 11:30 a.m., but the doors ... line at about 10:40 a.m., there were about 20 people ahead of me. Ten

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010