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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Classes Online (...and a bit about a fall class, too.)

  

  at the beginning and the end of the course so students can assess their ... perhaps the most famous class at MIT, and Prof. Slocum is one of the best ... , tools, and applications in bioengineering and a survey of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Check Is In The Mail As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they…

  

  of 1300 GMT the decisions were at Boston's South Station (the main post ... those of you not familiar with the 24-hour clock, or zero-hour, that's 9 ... , you may be one of the 12%. For those not in the 12% - do not despair

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Wahoo! MIT takes over Doonesbury! Alex Doonesbury is coming to a campus near you.

  

  For those of you who are closely following the Doonesbury comic strip ... June, here are some excerpts: Alex Doonesbury, the daughter of the main ... Cornell. When the poll closed at midnight on May 22, MIT had 48 percent of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 19, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I get a copy of MIT Facts?

  MIT Facts is a pocket-sized compendium of essential facts about the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Unfortunately, we don't mail the booklets, but you can find it online!
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow Day? No Way! I'm totally counting down the days until the spring equinox.

  

  As you may have seen from Shannon's blog, everyone at MIT woke up to a rather snowy view outside. Here's what my fraternity looked like: Fortunately for me, my first class on Mondays is at noon. So the roads looked

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Elephants? I see a lot of weird stuff around here.

  

  Court. I'm waiting for someone to put one on the dome. Coming soon: my first question/answer thread!

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  issue of Newsweek about the future of America's global leadership. It ... environment? Newsweek asked 15 leaders in the fields of science, technology ... Rodney Brooks. Call me an idealist, but my favorite of the responses is

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  One last bit of advice Before all hell breaks loose

  

  't turn that sadness against the admissions office, the bloggers, or the admitted students. Things don't always work out the way we want, but I ... shooting stuff out of air cannons, doing a ridiculous physics problem, or

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  So over the past couple of days, our FPOP has done some pretty cool ... Institute where they sequenced part of the human genome. - we walked ... of the most exciting times of the year. There's just a lot of things

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two cakes and six cupcakes ...they may or may not resemble astronomical objects.

  

  I mentioned that I'm in the midst of a summer research program at the ... Array (of radio telescopes) in New Mexico. This is what the Whirlpool ... Array (of red velvet cupcakes) looked like: The cupcakes took

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn in New England The trees explode with color.

  

  is a wonderful time of year; the air is crisp, the foliage is exploding with color. I'm not a great photographer, but I hope some of the below showcases the beauty of this region these days. As the "peak foliage" has not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? An Italian defender once said of Pele, after the 1970 World Cup finals, "I told myself before the game, he's made of skin and ... chromatograms at the drop of a hat. There will come a time when there are just no

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  Over a week has passed since Pi day, and the reality of the MIT ... at the beginning of May, when an enrollment decision must be made ... piece of MIT pi, and opt for the path less travelled. Some simply elect

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  . The buildings are built out of tasteful sandstone and, as a bonus ... half-day sample of the Stanford Experience. Being home briefly for summer ... the Land of Palm Trees and Californian Paradise. That satanist a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Times

  

  . Demaine, an assistant professor of computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the leading theoretician in the emerging field of origami mathematics, the formal study of what can be done with a folded

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LOOK AT MY NOTION!!!!!! 🌱 my notion is very pretty. i spent 5 entire days on it so pls notice…

  

  bonus: my pinterest page for notion pictures [carousel image1="108314" image2="108315" image3="108316" image4="108317" image5="108322" image6="108323" image7="108318" image8="108319" image9="108320" image10

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 9, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Live from the Glass Lab! it's...tuesday afternoon??

  

  One of my favorite MIT organizations is the Glass Lab, where students ... they sent out the following blast: Dear Glass Lab followers, One of the ... scheduled, we have, thanks to the labors of Erik and Marty Demaine, installed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See your name among the stars… Forget having your name written in lights, get it written on a spacecraft!

  

  unmanned spacecraft in 2010. "Choose a location on the outside of the ... 'll return to you the actual piece of spacecraft hardware which carried your ... on a spacecraft! The MIT Mars Gravity Biosatellite Program is selling

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What MIT Grads Do With Their Free Time Want to see the fireworks up close? Simply turn an old car into a boat…

  

  idea being to get as close as possible to the fireworks on the 4th of ... public ramp on the busiest Charles River boating day of the year... your ... My friend Amrys (MIT '02) and a bunch of her fellow MIT-grad friends

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting from 10,439 applications and a dozen ties.

  

  year. It's another strong applicant class. The reading of domestic (US ... action) for the MIT Class of 2009! Selection committee will continue for about a week, and the process of selecting the Class of 2009 (including

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2005