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• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  and a walking encyclopedia of information on health and nutrition. We ... conducted research for a report on how the next administration should approach China. Next up, we'll be working on a grant proposal for a project that

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  bar you can put your feet up on. We grabbed our five seats and settled ... no lights on? About thirty seconds later I noticed that the top half of ... , and realized that there was a spotlight on it. Why is there a spotlight

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat the heat in the Z Center Pictures of the MIT gym

  

  familiar with it. Note: I had taken these on a Sunday morning before the gym ... ...sorry, the panoramic feature on my camera doesn't always cooperate): A dark ... enter the first of two exercise floors. There are cubbies on the right to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  June 2008 seemed an eternity away when I first arrived on MIT ... the track and the precession began to organize on the artificial turf ... will be mine... hopefully! On the turf: Anna, my roommate for the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  liked the bits about relativity (too bad it wasn't really on the final ... Biology Angelika Amon to investigate the effects of aneuploidy on ... what else is going to be on my plate this summer, I hope to pick up my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  foundation. Ask any young Cantabridgian to expound on collagen, but s/he may ... . Last year, I finished an entire project on a protein, knowing only its ... seems we can only focus on one at a time. *** "So, which has better

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  paper for my humanities classes (remember Arrowsmith? yeah, it's on that ... a performance of four student-written one-act plays put on Dramashop (the same group that put on Suburbia last year). They were pretty good

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC: A Brief Summary [by Ashley Nash '11] Who wouldn’t want to join?

  

  . On a normal week, we show 2 movies each weekend. One movie will show twice on Friday night. The other movie will show twice on Saturday night ... I had been dying to see. I saw Charlie Wilson’s War on Friday

  • by ARTalk
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  two PSETs due on Wednesday) or about how long days can be (9 AM to 10 PM on Thursdays). I don't blog about the specific grades I get or worrying ... focusing on the play, but the work is certainly there. For those of you who

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  this out and move on. Last IAP I spent almost all of the month working on ... to be on campus, but not have any formalized activities taking up all ... Board) is a student group that focuses on improving computing, both in

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  Just this morning I was reading the New York Times on line and ... ants on fire with a magnifying glass. At night. - When J. Robert ... means that if you turn on a light switch, you will be dead before the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  ¡Buenos días! from Spain! While these festivities are going on at ... on at MIT): 6. I'm in Europe because of 21F.782, which is a Spanish II ... condensed-semester IAP language courses on campus (German I takes you to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Home Warning: Graphics Intensive.

  

  . When you walk down the red carpet on your graduation day, have no regrets - you have made your mark in high school, and it's time to move on ... building! - because I wasn't in Taipei. But you can look at it on Youtube

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Decisions Coming soon to a web site near you!

  

  . We're on schedule to release MIT admissions decisions online at 12:00PM EST on Saturday, December 15. (Decisions will also be sent via postal ... .mit.edu. We will not be in the office on the weekend that decisions are released

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  fall semester, however, the parties on our floor have been increasing in ... silence :-) Plan: Buy a radio transmitter (range ~ 30 ft) and put it on ... worth the look on Roe's face when he walks in to a room full of 20 people

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  ’s typical to neglect your appearance after working on a problem set until 4 am ... halfway through the conversation that I asked for clarification on what ... just had me stand on the “X” marked on the floor and then she immediately

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  Susan commented on the blog, "Because I live far away from MIT, I ... student bloggers who have spilled huge amounts of virtual ink on every MIT ... ://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/...uestions.shtml The most wonderful time of the year (Mollie): IAP. Also some stuff on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  On Wednesday, 70 degree weather spurred MIT students to sport cute ... trash into treasure a reality. On-campus dining locations generate ... ’s organizers, recently said, "Recycling used vegetable oil on MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  rich men reclining on comfy couches while drinking and battling wits. The symposium that I attended on Friday was quite a different assembly. Held at ... extravaganza! Given that I have been on the planning committee for the past two

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  A little more than a year ago, we here on the blogs were celebrating ... is my last name at mit dot edu. This will have no impact on your ... that I'll publish your entry here on the blog. I'll publish some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007