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  Rebound Rumble! Another year, another FIRST Robotics Competition!

  

  One of the defining experiences of my 3 years in high school(we had a 7-9, 10-12 system) was being a member of FIRST(For Inspiration and ... . Founded in 1989 by Segway inventor Dean Kamen, FRC is an activity where a

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Greetings from Honduras: D-Lab students in the field D-Lab students Chelsie, Miho and Nina report from Honduras

  

  technologies. This January, teams comprising a total of 35 students are working ... -Lab trip leaders and the community in Miramontes are working on providing a yuca cooperative with a new mill; building a rice classifier and heat

  • by OEL
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  Influenza A, subtype H1N1 is the most famous swine flu virus. It is endemic to birds, humans, and pigs. The 2009 strain was officially a ... hospitalized, and between 8,870 and 18,300 people died due to H1N1. Influenza A

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Odds and Ends It's what's left

  

  why that is. Turns out, the combination of September starting on a Wednesday, and Christmas happening on a Saturday have culminated in a perfect ... in at a pathetic and embarrassing two (not counting the two days we get

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  prove that all of your tooling has made you a better thinker? For most MIT ... pretty much anything that you and your thesis advisor (who is usually a ... permanently archived by the MIT Libraries. I did a little bit of web surfing to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  , now how about the Ig Nobels? The Ig Nobels are a humorous offshoot of ... tell the difference between a person speaking Japanese backwards and a ... ; development on a chemical weapon -- the so-called "gay bomb" -- that will make

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Sometimes we have fun Pictures, pictures, pictures

  

  /Marine Corps Birthday Ball Each year Boston NROTC hosts a formal celebrating the ... ). This year we went to the Park Plaza Hotel. It was a lot of fun: live ... '09 My girlfriend Kristen '09 and me. Who says you can't find a girl

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  , as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone ... MIT, with a unique talent for both writing and astrophysics. Perhaps you ... . Last Thursday, I attended a Science Journalism panel sponsored by the MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  housing lottery, it's a good idea to pack a suitcase with about a week ... room. It's also a good idea to pack light and buy as much as you can once you get to campus. I did not follow this advice when I was a freshman

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tuesdays with Linda It's kind of like making smoothies but not.

  

  their UROP. Basically, in a nutshell, I spent 2 hours sending emails to ... possibly interesting to me. Not having much exposure to a lot of research ... full, but after about a week, I got a response from Professor Griffith

  • by Bryan
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Get The Scoop The dish on ice cream around MIT.

  

  , it would be ice cream. Fortunately, here at MIT, ice cream is only a ... a five minute walk from campus. This is actually where the bloggers ... grocery store. There are a lot of other small eateries with ice cream

  • by Bryan
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Boris Alexeev: Solving Graph Theory Problems Boris Alexeev spent five months working on a math UROP with Prof. Daniel Kleitman.

  

  I met sophomores Boris Alexeev and Shaye Storm three years ago at a ... the program, we spent two days presenting our research to a panel of ... a booth right next to Boris'. Despite spending more than fourteen

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  TMI WRT MIT TLA’s Wonderful things happen that I can organize around a coherent theme. Also, I didn't lose…

  

  This was a great day. Take my word for it. What, do you want me to prove it to you? Aww, here goes. Today I ate a grape lollipop that Save ... to dissolve the aromatic flavor compounds in my saliva, assumed to be a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  a first term freshman at MIT? What you'll generally see is something ... version of chemistry A humanities, arts and social science (HASS) elective A freshman seminar That's a general framework, but because MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  A few entries back, I was asked by amino21 how I got hooked up with ... ... apparently I'm not very good at applying for stuff, a deficiency I am trying to ... was too scared to ask any MIT profs for favors (I am a huge chicken

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  . Rhythms were broken, routine thrown for a loop (or many loops), and I spent ... security craziness and what would inevitably be a very emotionally difficult ... government) asking if we wanted to host a community barbecue in our dormitory

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  , MIT grad Dr. David Berry knows a thing or two about success. Though he ... a fearless innovator with “new and insightful ways to tackle problems.” While he admits that he wouldn’t jump out of a plane

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  About 6.5 years ago, I graduated with a Philosophy degree and a minor in Political Science. Two and a half years ago, after graduating again ... time due to mental health issues, but I’m thriving, and I’m a health

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  spring here at MIT and spend a ton of time practicing, cross training and ... playing a sport (or two) here and what type of adjustments being a ... commitment wasn't worth it. So it's a personal choice. Let's take a look at the

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  example, or painting a mural on the wall of their room, or writing short ... . Given a chance, students often will combine two or more of these hobbies ... and knowledge of electronics came together several years ago to create a

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008