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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  I spent today playing with yeast cells, and I couldn't be happier. Let me back up. As you may already know, this summer, I'm working with ... . Today was my first day and I decided to come in at 8:00 - which, in turn

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Time For Art [by Ashley Nash '11] If you don't have much or any experience with art, MIT…

  

  [by Ashley Nash '11] Before I got to MIT, in all of my classes, there ... matter? I don't know, but I didn't bother to try and find out, and at MIT, the answer doesn't matter very much anyway. I got a 39 on my first math

  • by ARTalk
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  : TODAY IS LEAP DAY! Leap Day, I'm sure you already know, comes from the ... . Anyhow, I just wanted to point out and celebrate the 5th Leap Day in my life. Going wayy back... (1988) - I was born on a leap year, but I guess

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  Ever since I first visited MIT in the summer of 2007, I knew that the Institute was quite literally like no other place on Earth. All I did was ... talk to some of the current students. I was on campus for a grand total

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  I've realized that at this point I've pretty much conveyed this type of image concerning my life at MIT: While true some of the time, I ... becomes more entertaining when you right-click it and select properties^^ I

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

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  Hey guys! Remember me? I used to blog and stuff, until I became so hosed I could barely remember what day of the week it is. No, really. Several times lately I've found myself saying, "So a couple of weeks ago

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  is, well, after high school I went to college, and I applied to MIT, you know, looking at different schools. I figured, OK, Massachusetts ... were definitely my stronger subjects in high school, and so I figured I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  Oh, it's been such a good weekend. Friday I went into the lab for a ... splitting cells over the weekend. (NOTE: As I was writing that sentence, I said, "[Totally inappropriate four-letter word]! I have to go into lab

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  I finished my last final exam yesterday, and barring any unforeseen complications, I'll be graduating from MIT on June 9. (The ceremony will be ... masters in aero/astro. He and I are moving into Westgate, which is an MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Up With The Mail?!? Honestly, I'm not entirely sure. But I'll tell you everything I know.

  

  Honestly, I'm not entirely sure. But I'll tell you everything I know. I know that many of you haven't heard yet, and that it's enormously frustrating. For this I wholeheartedly apologize. Please hang in there for us

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rejoicing A few things worth celebrating.

  

  It is 2:30 and I already stained my neurons and nail-polished them to ... ), but I can't go home yet because I have 7.31 at 3:00 in the Whitehead Center for Biomedical Research. So I'm a) alleviating boredom, b) avoiding

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Search Continues On the internship search and deciding what I want to do with my life.

  

  So I will elaborate on this entry later this evening, but for now, I'll describe to you my morning. I woke up this morning at 8.50 AM to a phone call from Procter and Gamble alerting me to the fact that I had an

  • by Bryan
  • November 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come in, we’re open

  

  I survived moving to my fall room! (I realize this is silly. But ... -retentiveness, c) dislike of hard labor, and d) all of the above. If I could wave my magic wand and have all my stuff moved for me, I would.) My boyfriend

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Painting and a trip into Boston

  

  Yesterday evening I came back from work to discover my friend Kim, a 5th East alum, primering the room into which I'm supposed to be moving (which was her room when I was a frosh). The room should have not only been

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  O’Reilly Primes?

  

  Before you ask where my blog title ("The McGann Factor") came from, I'll just come right out and tell you: Ben made me choose it. But I've grown ... nomenclature of a certain telecaster's forum. Now I don't care much for that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final projects from the fall three coding projects and an alien in disguise

  

  I had four final projects this past semester. As busy as I was for the last several weeks of the semester, I was so relieved that I didn't have exams. I love making things, and I hate exams. 6.8371 - Digital and

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  free food—that reminded me how much I enjoyed exploring MIT for the first ... , I wanted to highlight a few pieces of general advice I had :) Explore the different dorms!  I knew I wanted to live in Burton-Conner as

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  many pink dresses come to 2.009 :D

  

  finally sleep after the launch). Tune in to our presentation!!! I'm one of the presenters for Pink Team, but I own two pink articles of clothing: a ... .009. So I asked my floor, B1, if anyone had a pink dress I could borrow. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 5, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  river and rainwater a rainy walk home

  

  Living off campus this year means that I don't head home until my last on campus Thing, which is almost always late into the evening. I ... I can across the Harvard Bridge. There's a speedometer halfway across

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  This semester, I'm living in New Vassar, the newest undergrad dorm on ... general vibe is very modern and clean and shiny. Beyond that, though... I'm not sure it has a vibe yet. Seeing how new the dorm is, I thought I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021