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• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  a headache? Have some Tylenol! Stuffy nose and a cough that just won ... last night's session with a psychologist and a social worker from MIT Mental Health Services) and the like, but it's not like when a sick

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  The beginning of a new term is always accompanied by a mix of anxiety ... time because I’ve become involved in a lot of activities that are a huge commitment, but ultimately bring me a lot of joy or pride. So the question

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  're an aero/astro major at MIT you, too, will take a (24-unit) class called ... obscene hours of the morning to attend a 2 hour long double lecture. And you get to do this every day. You get to do one double-pset and a lab each

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  More entries about buildings and food Same as it ever was. I'm still single, but at least I'm in Belgium.

  

  "travel like a lord" in first class. Wait, actually, I do have some big ... waffle I have ever eaten even deserves to be called a waffle. Actually, the waffle shown above is not just a traditional "Belgian" waffle, but actually

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  doing a urop over the summer as working at NIH? I was thinking about ... are a couple considerations to keep in mind when deciding whether to ... ,700-$2,100 for a single. -Boston is reallllly nice in the summer! The winter

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Bonn, Games, Bonn Wherein we teach the world the true meaning of democracy.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The 17-year life cycle of the cicada is a natural defense against predators -- since it is a large prime number, no potential predator could possibly prey on the cicada without also evolving into a 17

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Useful items to bring for dorm room

  

  A couple people have asked about suggestions for useful items with ... of drug stores in the area, so unless you have a particular surplus of ... shipping expense. Just bring enough stuff for a few days to hold you over

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Wouldn’t it be Nice? ...actually, I'm kind of glad that I'm not older.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The town of Nice was originally a Greek settlement ... supervisor actually just said to me, "We have a small problem this afternoon ... have to go home early too." I don't really see how that is a problem

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  (For those who don't know/can't figure out, "Camberville" is a ... I'd heard that Anna '02 (like Rax, an alum of my hall, and now a grad ... in Pasadena. I felt dumb, but I hung out at Rax's house for a few hours

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dancing Days Nerd love, as the summer evening grows.

  

  , which was a bad thing for kids, since lead ions in aqueous solution taste ... how to dance. You know what that means? When you go to a party and there's dancing, you can shake it, much like one might shake a Polaroid picture

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Term 2006! Spring Term Oh Six starts today (music video included).

  

  have to take it like a champ. So today's schedule went a little like ... class without telling you more about the class would be a travesty, so ... of a boy and his trials with energy and entropy. Directed by John

  • by Bryan
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  A couple days ago, I received an email from a blog reader who asked ... fun?" I think this is a very interesting question to pursue. So one ... , take my academics seriously. There are also a number of I'll say

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Friends, Carafes, and the Infinite Corridor What a week! Watch Tim play his instrument after a morning of camaraderie and cheap…

  

  your messages! I will reply in detail soon. Thanks!) This has been a ... a fifteen minute walk from East Campus.) The food was pretty good! I ... times per year, a swap meet-style event takes place where you can get all

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday vacation An atypical (but more entertaining than average) day in the life

  

  difficult, or at least uncomfortable.) One of the perks of being a biology ... Fridays, since many bio/BCS classes meet for an hour and a half or two hours twice a week rather than for an hour three times a week. This term, I only

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  , I went to MIT for college. I graduated about 20 years ago as a ... when I was a student at MIT). I found that I enjoyed my coaching more ... followed my passion. I quit my job at GM and became a full time crew coach

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Dating Research A news story today looks at Media Lab research on dating.

  

  There's a story on the AP wire today (look for it in your local paper tomorrow) on a bit of Media Lab research called the Jerk-O-Meter (?!), which ... patterns and voice tones to rate people -- on a scale of 0 to 100 percent

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work I Ruth and I paint our rooms. First in a seven-part miniseries directed by Ken Burns.

  

  This was supposed to be a deeply philosophical entry on the wonders and perils of vegetarianism, but I got a little involved this evening ... Rachael Ray's salsa stoup. It's thicker than a soup, but thinner than a stew

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  wrote. Honestly, I'm a bit embarrassed -mm] Without a doubt, the students ... 've seen a truly mind-blowing hack. Someone needs to do something about that ... city (250,000+ college students can have that effect on a place), the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Helps the Red Sox’ Keith Foulke Every Sunday ESPN nationally televises one baseball game, and last night they showed the final…

  

  of the series 7-2, thanks to a strong pitching performance from David Wells, who pitched 8 1/3 solid innings. After a Gary Sheffield single in ... . Glenn Fleisig. That was a name that caught my ear. At left, Red Sox

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 30, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  ’m a lot better adjusted now than I was in high school, and I might have ... things I’d forgotten and felt a warm surge of familiarity upon recognizing ... . Whenever I saw a mural I’d passed by a million times back then, I felt a jolt

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024