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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  Foundation: Laura Deming wants to extend the human lifespan for a few more ... to MIT in two years, I wish you all the best for the future ... about applications for the next round of fellows will be available at 20

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  stay in MITWE, MITSO, and Techiya, at least for the first couple weeks. I ... a couple weeks later. Chamber Chorus was looking for more altos, so I ... to sing solo! I guess sometimes music groups are just as desperate for

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Srivastava take the lottery for millions, like the MIT Blackjack Team took Las Vegas for millions? "I remember thinking, I'm gonna be rich! I'm gonna ... ." Maybe there's something to be said for the old saying, "The Lottery is a

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

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  I'm back in the U.S. of A and have recovered enough from jet lag for ... do so immediately. It was honestly a privilege for me to meet these ... schedule - with about seven 50-minute presentations scheduled for each day. I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Congrats Jenn Lai ‘11, Rhodes Scholar This blog entry does not contain video of Jenn playing "Rhapsody in Blue" with the…

  

  oldest and best known award for international study," includes among its ... with a support organization for HIV-positive individuals. She plans to do ... 's "Rhapsody in Blue" at Boston's Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops. (For most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life as an Artist things I discovered about myself as it relates to the artsy stuff I have in…

  

  following, I will talk about some of the things that "ART IS..." for me (or my ... (see more of his cool art here). His art is even more impressive for me ... here. ta ta for now :)

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 2, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  our campus for a week every fall!” This all being said, I should ... , has been excited about the coming of the elephants for over a month. So ... for the elephants as Alex tries to get some front shots of the elephants

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Complementary in Kinetic Typography Posted with permission from the author. Meet Rishi '14!

  

  most creative stories I've heard. Just gotta share this. :) "MIT, for ... beat for the song while I played the piano and sang. The video took the ... found out, I literally screamed while jumping up and down for a good

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 23, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  GEL-ing Gordon Engineering Leadership program, that is

  

  . Along with my major in Chemical-Biological Engineering (Course XB, for ... for MIT’s newspaper, The Tech. Some people will try to tell you ... selected for GEL learn how to best tackle working in a group and take

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 14, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gustavo Dudamel Conducts MITSO! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Because we are THAT good.

  

  playing what is written in your music and playing for the purpose of ... in an orchestra, which is an especially great learning experience for ... regulator for the orchestra, but rather, a sculptor, a historian, an artist

  • by ARTalk
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Shot in the Life I now realize that this is probably a misleading title.

  

  definitely nsfw) 4b) ... I was also really busy. 5) For the amount of insane ... calculation for some pset. 6) A nearly lost calculator almost had a grown man ... freshmen) while she was at home over IAP, and for some reason our connection

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  to attend MIT. Do people even have time for extracurriculars ... 't remember...) are offered for anyone who wants to place out of introductory classes. A good way to study for them is by using the materials (lectures

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  Donald's. I don't think I've ever disliked fast food more. After fidgeting for a good ten minutes, I decided to call home and get my mom to check for ... for giving you guys a psych lesson :( I just want you to know that it

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  My Entirely Unexciting IAP see title

  

  low-key. ...I basically just went home for six weeks. But I had a reason for doing so, you see. In a little bit more than 48 hours, I will be ... Yerba Buena Center for the Arts to find out what the hype was about, but I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  film "Giant Leaps," produced for the Giant Leaps Symposium: It ... Naval Postgraduate School have had more graduates selected for the ... SM '78 MBA '98 has been onboard the station for a while now, and just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫

  

  I, like most college students, have a Facebook account. Actually, for that matter, I have an account for just about everything, but by no means ... a list of the people I know. Sorry for being blunt, I don't really

  • by Snively '11
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My first real internship

  

  this summer and I'm currently looking for an apartment somewhere near the ... cuprates". For those of you with complexions darker than mayonnaise, that's nerd-speak for inconsistencies in high temperature superconductors. If

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 16, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Valentine’s Day Eve Day. What? Also. BEN FOLDS.

  

  IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE LAZY: You, email me, picture of you ... selling serenades- for a mere 10 to 20 dollars, you could chose from a list ... for Logarhythms), who are our all-male a cappella group and kind of the

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  SWIMMING sign, run around mine and Sumi's sorority looking for clear packing tape for lamination purposes, and run back to the moat to put it up. Throw in a chunk of ice for a shark fin, snow angels, and you have

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The School of Architecture + Planning What happened to "science"? "Engineering"? "Technology"?!

  

  . :) For those curious to find out more about Course 11, Karen and Anthony will have some relevant information. For art, ARTalk always makes for a

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • December 28, 2008