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  Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…

  

  (IBD), which causes inflammation of the digestion tract and leads to ... pathogen that is closely related to Escherichia coli and infects the colon of ... the immune response of each mouse. Now Issel wants to analyze her data

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  climbing the wall why so defeatist?

  

  There are a lot of phrases in the english language that can be used to describe me- "athletically inclined" is not one of them. I can ... myself to the mat, unable to progress beyond the most rudimentary of levels

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • October 7, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the notes i took in a week riveting stuff, i know

  

  a page of handwritten notes for. We’re expected to understand and manipulate a lot of equations, so I tried to color code the variables to ... Not too long ago, my desk was covered in every variety of stationary

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 8, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  , often compared to a baby duck. Here I am on my first day of school some day in middle school. Most of the time, my mom would take me to ... (especially because I never bothered to comb it). But it felt sort of goofy and

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Noam Chomsky and the humanities at MIT Chomsky gives a talk on Iraq on May 23

  

  duty of universities is to expose their students to world events and ... contributions to the field of linguistics in my Intro to Linguistics class (24 ... whenever possible (though honestly I’ve found some of them hard to follow

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 25, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Law & Order: MIT Alum Unit Going to law school after MIT, and a profile of the first sitting federal judge…

  

  Judge Appointed to U.S. Court of Appeals By Sharron Kahn Luttrell ... . Bush nominated her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ... of her nomination to the federal bench. "I was humbled that President

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing Two New MIT Students… ...classes of 2026 and 2028 respectively.

  

  of joy, we are trying to help his older sister (McKinley "Drama Queen ... all of the not-so-nice things that you did to your kid sister or brother ... ...classes of 2026 and 2028 respectively: Greetings all! As

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  going to be brief -- the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are all excited and happy to be at MIT... and they are full of questions, so ... 's difficult, of course, to generalize about a school of 4000 people, but I am

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nightswimming

  

  's easy to blame him for anything involving nudity. The driver of the car I ... groups had already gone on to the pond. And none of us really knew the way ... quite useful to carry a flashlight and multitool at MIT - it's a bit of a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slowing Climate Change, One Steak at a Time final project for 24.03 (The Ethics and Politics of Food)

  

  Ethics and Politics of Food. The assignment was to engage with the topics ... ? Greeenhouse Gas Emissions: Livestock estimated to produce nearly 51%(!) of ... production are likely to account for about half of the world’s available

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 11, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  ,[/annotation] the massive flurry of dormspams as clubs begin to campaign for ... carted to the [annotation note="one of the Chemistry classes that fulfill a ... The school year has begun again. I’m glad to report that some things

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  week consists of listening to an album, writing a brief (<200 word ... . Over time, though, I gained a lot of nuance and became able to ... ...we went kind of hard since there's so much to say about the song. There

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  blogs, in spite of talking to upperclassmen and alumni, in spite of going to CPW - I really had very little idea of what college life is like ... of, in order to graduate from MIT), most freshmen take some sort of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  Reading is one of the few real hobbies I've managed to hold onto ... rather difficult one, and remember all of the good books I found time to enjoy. So, to reflect on that reading, here's some mini-reviews of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  near and the pressure is on--but for all of you who are still typing away ... to say, take a look at admitsphere.org. Admitsphere was devised by a floormate of mine, Jacob Cole '14, along with Prabhav Jain '14 and Merry Mou

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Past Enrollment On A Map [updated as to not freeze your browsers ^_^] My final project for 4.502 (Design Scripting).

  

  of making weird shapes in Rhino, I decided to use Processing to turn ... ). Mouseover a data point to see the number of undergrads from that state. Now ... almost everyone else is kickin it into full gear to ace their own tests and

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Holiday Stories Here's mine. What are some of yours?

  

  of moms, trying to follow instructions from Miss Stacy and Miss April ... My holiday story: At the end of December my son's preschool decided to have an after-work event at which parents would construct

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  bit that the crumbles of fruit are going to melt before they emulsify ... some space for it to move... And then, right below where the blade of the ... . All of this to say, even when it seems like your processor is full of

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  Better So People Listen More We gave a lot of talks to get better at ... Part 2 This class builds off of How to Power Things to Make it Work Part ... thing that we can drive to move! We need to make all of the different

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  , analyzed samples of roman concrete, learned how to mosaic and fresco, visited ... . It was one of the most interesting classes I’ve ever had, getting to ... me two days of begging Admir for him to promise to open the doors over

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024