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Blog / Life after MIT
What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.
[by Joan Horvath '81] "What do you DO all day?" There's a certain furtiveness when someone asks a scientist or engineer this question: perhaps it ... likely to be, or perhaps a sense that maybe it's best not to know. As for -
Blog / Academics & Research
Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.
In response to a request from a current applicant, I'm proud to present to you a virtual tour of some of MIT's machine shops. As you can ... , there is a wide variety of places around campus where you can get your -
Blog / MIT Life
Random Monday Fun @ MIT The title says it all.
accompanied it said simply: There's no one in the driver's seat. Just a guy in the passenger seat. With a laptop. For the record, that's on 93 South - a major highway. Okay then! And then this morning, McGreggor sends me -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Wanna be on the Radio? (Update) CPW: T Minus 4 Days
Thanks to everyone who volunteered to write a CPW Blog Entry. At this time, I've got plenty of volunteers from a wide array of backgrounds, so I'm going to stop asking for volunteers. But, if you have a personal -
Blog / Events
Happy Pi Day!!! 3.14159!
sponsored a Pi Day Celebration of sorts. This was the email I received ... up a coveted UMA Pi Day T-shirt. See you there! Tonight, Eta Kappa Nu (a course 6 Honors Society) will be hosting an additional event. Q -
Blog / Life after MIT
Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.
As a kid, I always secretly dreamed of being on a TV show. Had there been a program like Design Squad - a new reality design competition ... converting kiddie toys into a dragster to creating moving art for a museum and -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Stocking Up Completely random but fun.
Three hallmates and I piled into a Zipcar the other night for a trip to a warehouse club in the area. The house manager just delivered a ... think it worked out to around $4.50 per person, which is a steal -
Blog / MIT Life
Howdy Where are you guys going to live? Etc.
! Thank heaven there's a selection committee - I could never choose by myself. All of the applications have been fantastic! (There's still a week ... stuff will be posted soon. Drop a comment and let me know where you guys -
Blog / MIT Life
Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.
Today begins a weeklong event at MIT called Senior Week. During ... Professors," a trip to Six Flags New England, and Tech Night at the Pops. And today on this blog, I also begin a weeklong celebration of our seniors. I -
Blog / Personal Travel
Bryan is alive and in Rome Day One In Rome
We got here safely, and we're having a blast. I'll write a longer ... hour and I have a lot of emails to respond to. (Thanks for all the emails - keep sending) But for now, I'll just leave you with a few photos. Monday -
Blog / Personal Travel
Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!
's founding in 1861. Though both universities share a similar profile in terms ... oatmeal ever at Small World Coffee, a sweet independent cafe that offers a refreshing alternative to corporate Starbucks. A little later, we went rock -
Blog / MIT Life
Ancient Chinese secret, eh? MIT researchers discover an uncommon cure for the common cold.
found himself stricken with a case of influenza, exhibiting such symptoms as nasal congestion, a sore throat, and a mild fever. So, he called up a friend from high school, who happens to be a pre-med (DING!) at -
Blog / MIT Life
miT-REX Residence Exploration (REX) begins.
Consider these photos for now to be like a movie trailer without sound: -
Blog / MIT Life
fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.
stuff. Day One: - we heard a talk from a postdoc, Lyle Simmons, on DNA repair. Lyle will also be teaching 7.341, Not Just a Bag of Enzymes: DNA ... - a free performance courtesy of some street performers - we ate -
Blog / Academics & Research
Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…
For the past four years, Sid Puram has had a UROP in the renowned ... microspheres that can potentially be used to develop a cancer vaccine. Genetic vaccines work by inducing an immune response to a protein that is produced by -
Blog / Miscellaneous
And here I am!
five thousand miles of fishing line and a solid hook? :-) I've long maintained that one learns more in a week of travel than in a month of high ... , and a bunch of photos during this coming week. Stay tuned! -
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Does MIT offer exchange programs?
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FAQ / Life and culture
What support is available for LBGTQ students?
MIT strives to create a safe and welcoming environment for LBGTQ students. MIT and its surrounding communities offer a broad array of ... Hernandez '14, wrote a guest blog, Think Pink 2011, about finding the right -
Blog / MIT Life
It’s 2015! Happy New Year
joke well in advance, and is currently staging a protest in form of a soreness that has persisted over the last two hours. My room is a mess of files. One of them contains a lot of documents that I definitely wouldn