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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  quite reasonable time to wake up - and, really, it wasn't that bad. But compared to my usual wake up time of 9:00 last semester, in order to make it ... proud of myself for making it on time - only to find that I wasn't even

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  to the community: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT, we ... , we must attend to some newly uncovered facts from our past. A ... immediately endorsed his proposal: to develop an ongoing undergraduate primary

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  students, rejoice! We are incredibly spoiled, as we neither have to drive nor ... Living Groups, FSILGs, do have to fulfill their shoveling duties.) Here are ... , And if we’ve no place to go, Let it snow, let is snow, let is snow! The

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  friends and I decided to travel to Iceland!! This was my first time ever ... supposed to touch the moss because it takes a really long time to regrow ... 2024 has been quite a year for the Sun—in addition to the total solar

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  people. But most "reality" TV is fake nowadays and so we want to do something different. We want to take over the medium of reality TV and use it to inspire people to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams. Here's the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

  went out to the deli to get turkey meat and an exciting new cheese ... enough adventure for the day. I wanted to photograph the Charles River for ... crowded. Back on dorm row people were having barbeques and parties and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  society you have to speak like them. *grumble grumble* ... . As I walked her around the myriad of different labs that serve host to ... me off guard. To me, this was fun. I get to spend every waking hour

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  conductor, or even as a waveguide to conduct light. We have many different ... ! My research was on Using Optical Tweezers to Create Nanowire Based ... chip. My project was to find out how to remove those wires from the chip

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  case. Need blind admissions have allowed more students to have a chance ... 've seen both of them present before on other topics, so I knew to expect ... the past few decades that have produced the current admissions frenzy

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chem Lab Boot Camp!

  

  for their quality. They have drama, they have characters, they have danger, they have explosions, and they have a lot of people looking good wearing lavender gloves. (Whatever company decided to go with lavender

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  decided to find out, while celebrating a 21st birthday. We had three stops ... and without chocolate on top. They fill the puffs with your choice of custard right before your eyes. The custard recipe was discovered in Japan

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome 2014s!! :) See you in the fall!

  

  So we're almost an hour past May 3, which means you SHOULD have finally made the decision on matriculation! For all of those that replied in the affirmative, congratulations! You're in for one heck of a ride

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  endless memorization and quickly change the topic. But to me, Biology isn ... , and I love using big data to look at the "big picture". Because of this, and the bonus that I get to work with plants (Arabidopsis thaliana) as

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women Rock All sorts of folk, and folk songs too.

  

  that make MIT feel like home to anyone. We also have terrific ... One thing I like to talk about with prospective students is the fact ... students are the first generation of their family to go to college. We also

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  A Preview Of My Summer Project Screenshots of the new admissions site.

  

  , regardless of author. You will no longer have to check each blogger's box to ... more to tell, but I have to go play a show at the middle east. Look for ... new admissions site. I can't wait for this baby to launch! IMAGE #1

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Professorial Help Thanks to the faculty.

  

  2010, I'd like to take an opportunity to thank the many awesome faculty members who have helped out with selection this year, including Alex Slocum ... members have included Wolfgang Ketterle, Patrick Henry Winston and Don

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  this time we had a thing where the students who write for us, and also students who went to this school in the past and used to write for us, could ... different. From 1/15 to 1/31, the people who write here may write only using

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW and other acronyms C.Y.G.W.T.S.F? I.F.C,I.B.Y.C!

  

  be setting foot on campus, many of you for the first time, to experience what a little bit of MIT is like. Can't sleep? Curious about what to ... freshmen class about CPW last year to give you an idea of how things will go

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 3

  

  Selection can be pretty mentally taxing, so luckily the days tend to ... one of the breaks today, Stu, Amy, Mari and I headed over to the Student Center to play some Dance Dance Revolution (DDR 4th Mix Plus, in this case

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 6, 2004
• Blog / How to MIT

  socializing safely ...but also leaving my room maybe once a day

  

  to meet up with all of them since I'm hosed all the time. given current circumstances, I've had to pick and choose who to spend my [rare] free time with, and it's been...exhausting, in a sense; I miss being able to bump into

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 15, 2020