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  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Yesterday, I officially completed the 12-week Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program at the National Institute of Standards of Technology (NIST). I never thought that I would find a place that loves

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  tabs on what I'm learning at this fancy college I go to, which is why she ... doing theater at MIT was because the Musical Theater Guild was performing ... me for falling in love with theater at MIT? And the more I got involved

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  Every freshman’s first few weeks at MIT tend to follow a predictable ... to stare at the Great Dome, still in disbelief that you’re actually ... at MIT for rising high school seniors. During the program, students

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  At a press briefing at the White House on Monday, MIT President Susan ... opportunities for students interested in making a difference - so if you're at all ... helping establish a new inter-disciplinary Energy Minor at MIT, which is

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  at MIT’s Visual Arts Program until his death in 1976. White was ... advanced darkroom class (The Finished Print) at the Student Art Association ... project that entails building my own 8x10 view camera at the Hobby Shop. I

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• 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 ... apparently aren’t very many people who want to rehearse at 9:30am. The ... can spend time on details like dynamics or when to say the final /s/ at

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  What Did I Learn at MIT? a surprisingly hard question to answer

  

  quizbowler; I am objectively much worse at reading, writing, and speaking ... 's possible that this isn't what learning actually is. But when I look back at the Courseroad of all the classes I took at MIT, it's hard to pick out a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 28, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Ranking Every Class I Took at MIT it's that time

  

  three classes I took over these past four years at MIT + explanations. I ... classes I've ever taken at MIT, just because rapping and then writing raps ... as though I really learned so much and began to interact with/look at

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  surface curves in 3D space at a given point on the surface. Each direction ... perks up with just the slightest amount of folding at the end: [video ... blogger dinner on Tuesday (featuring Petey and Ceri) was held at A4. I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  , gotten some lab experience at UC Davis trying to develop a fungal-resistant Cavendish banana strain, enjoyed 7.012, and snagged a nice UROP at Langer Lab ... major I ended up declaring, go to grad school, get a job at a biotech

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  Mondays and Wednesdays for recitation (my recitation is at 11am in 24-402 in ... my best attempt at capturing this elusive creature on film: He didn ... great, not too shabby, and here's a look at lecture: The lectures are

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Revolutionary Technologies at TechCrunch DisruptNY breathing office walls and credit-card sized computers

  

  whenever I wasn't at Disrupt. From my house each morning I went to the train ... ;   TechCrunch Disrupt Conference The conference started at 9 am on ... packed for each presentation. The packed auditorium at TechCrunch Disrupt

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  summons me at 10:00 pm to accompany her on the most random and hilarious

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  61 Photos from my Time at MIT from freshman to senior year

  

  friend. Is it emo enough? Spotted at the Boston Museum of Science: one ... over the Admissions page with my face. At the 2018 Festival of Learning ... "vagina chair," at the monthly Choose to Reuse event for free. I was very

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 3, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  L@@K at the Class of 2015 profiles in greatness? a great profile? or both?

  

  Medalists at the 2011 International Biology Olympiad (all of them young women

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  lookin’ at the blur of this semester and ahead at the next one!

  

  psets during daylight hours. I had one pset due at 9 am, and over the course of the semester, I finished it later and later. First it was done at ... in at 6 am and promptly went to sleep. This wasn’t a great use of time

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2022
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I play football at MIT?

  The 2014 Engineers were the winningest (real word!) MIT football team ever! In front of an enthusiastic home crowd on Senior Night, the MIT football team completed its historic regular…
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Local Boston Startups at Mass Innovation Nights Over 700 to be (sort of) exact

  

  (#MIN87) being at Bullhorn's new headquarters on the 17th floor of 100 ... free foods they serve at networking events), I made my way around the ... their founders recently at TechCrunch DisruptNY. Bounce Imaging

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 10, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  many arts classes here at MIT as I can fit into my schedule. All of the ... , even at MIT." There are very few things for which I would get up at 6am ... the Lecture Series Committee, which projects movies at a reduced price

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Urban Studies and Planning at MIT! On the DUSP: Part 2

  

  Planning [carousel image1="120587" image2="120586" /] When I started at MIT ... weekly routine. Starting at MIT, I knew course 11-6 (Urban Planning with ... Year, I found myself continually drawn to DUSP.  At the same time I was

  • by Victor D. '27
  • December 3, 2025