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• Blog / Community Projects

  [joint post] A Map of MIT Makerspaces ft MechE grad student and mapmaker Rima Das

  

  ! There’s also a lot of dorm makerspaces listed on the map, which is fun ... characteristic about MIT is its plethora of makerspaces. There are big basement ... working on a project to remedy that — she’s putting together a collaborative

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  share his experiences and thoughts on a variety of topics. He had a great ... part of the Course 4 department that I'm planning to tackle on as well ... of Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and currently Design Partner

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  ’s observations on climbing plants and the similarity of their strategies to those ... on the brightness of burning magnesium, a call for more systematic ... determined. Here are some of the other volumes on the same shelf. The one we

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Awesome Autobiography in rage comic form

  

  to me, and on to you. It is pretty awesome, and another piece of data ... about the perspective of an 86 year old veteran and videogamer on life in ... Last weekend I posted an entry on my birthday, sharing some things I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Recipe for Fun Learning how to cook is as easy as 1..2..3!

  

  covered in aluminum foil and bake on the top rack of oven for 10 - 15 ... A couple of you asked for the recipe for my plantain crusted salmon ... 350 F. Clean your fish and then squeeze lemon on both sides. Dust both

  • by Bryan
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  this class, on a lizardbrain level, is coding's cycle of lots of small ... goals for yourself! All of this sucks me in hard, and on the days I ... course of each week would make an amazing sinusoidal graph." She said, "You

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  snowstorms in mid-December and the first half of March." - Last year, on ... Today was the first snowfall of the year! How exciting, I didn't even know it was coming. Two of my best friends from high school were visiting

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  , you may be wondering why this is the story of the 5 Wits. Well, there ... 't remember what the 5 wits were. Fantasy, who loved to dream of castles and crowns. Estimation, who was great at estimating the amount of pizza she

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for the Class of 2013 The "Next Big Mailing" is on its way out, and with it lots of goodies…

  

  The Next Big Mailing (NBM) is on its way out the door. Formally known ... represents the transition of the newly admitted class from the Admissions ... circles on campus, you may become known by your username, so choose wisely

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  almost all of Wednesday working on the 18.112 pset, and realized that I ... of the missed quiz it doesn’t feel like a reset day; I catch up on ... for the first half of the summer had only one real “deadline”, and that

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  version of something that will eventually be posted as official content on ... world who conduct interviews on behalf of MIT Admissions. We strongly ... ball rolling a bit, I hope. MIT has a long history of admitting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Love Potion No. 9 roses are #FF0000violets are #0000FF

  

  provide you with a few thoughts on dating at MIT. I make no allegations of the sort that I'm an expert on the issue by any stretch of the imagination, but for those of you interested, here's my take on the lay of the

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Public Statements

  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  into the world, the small daily ritual of slipping it on reminds me to be ... on. Four years ago, you were given a spot in the Class of 2019 because ... 7th, the Class of 2019 graduates from MIT. They were admitted

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  parents, and that I place a lot of value on nurture because of it. Derek ... certainly been one of those. On the way back to MIT, we catch a particularly ... end of classes! Time to have some fun. Fun? How do you have fun at MIT

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  picture? Those are zinc oxide nanowires growing on the edge of a silicon ... Research Fellowship (SURF) program at the National Institute of Standards of ... ! My research was on Using Optical Tweezers to Create Nanowire Based

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

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  this out and move on. Last IAP I spent almost all of the month working on ... (title taken from The Cathedral of Our Lady of the All-Night Tool) I keep a list in my head of what topics I want to blog about. But I think

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  initially deferred; you can read some of their experiences here, here, and here. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know how

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  Introducing the baby bloggers! but read it intrrrrrrroduuuucing, like I'm a very excited announcer

  

  coming alive, and here on the blogs we have a fresh new crop of baby ... know Kano T. '25 of Nevada, spreadsheet queen, went skydiving on her ... Frontenac, varsity golfer and witch of balancing objects on top of each other

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  , and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was ... . Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know what to call

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  , and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was ... . Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know what to call

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2016