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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  .S. in light of the dwindling time we have left here on Earth, I propose ... ’re thinking “But Chris, why on Earth wouldn’t shirk my responsibilities? What do ... . Yes boys and girls, the doomsday device built under the guise of solving

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  which? Homeoptotes On a certain date, I carried a crate with a lot of ... part of the crowd of people you saw on your way. Two friends will leave ... 's gap longer than usual. Oops! As part of 21W.765 Interactive Narrative

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  Laser Graffiti I found something cool on the way home.

  

  of the windows were black. But this was on the side of the building ... spent about two hours there this evening, then walked home. On the way ... always has a light on because graduate students never stop working. This

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  contemplating the prospect of having a class on Junior/Senior P/D/F. You get to do ... first time. Last night I woke up at 5:30 to put the finishing touches on ... eventually turned out to need about two and a half hours of touching) when I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  is. On top of re-learning my table manners, the Ballroom Dance Team ... the 6 credits required for our Bachelors. On top of not getting my ... today. Mitra mentioned that on Monday, we have registration day, and then

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  I am just full of sweetness and light today. Lab-related good news ... in charge of my lab? I do this in person all the time -- I'll be ... my postdoc that I should do a handful of further experiments, then

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Firehose Warning: insomniac blogger on the loose.

  

  of my time immersed in the intricacies of addition reactions to alkenes ... chemistry), not to mention the peculiarities of second-order ordinary ... on the same day. Yes, I'm not very happy about that fact, but it

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  This will be the first in a series of entries focused on my ... heard that many of MIT's engineering departments have something called the MEng, or Master of Engineering, which is typically a one-year degree

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... covered that. So let's get to the meat of the matter (or for you vegans out there, the shiitake mushroom of the matter). Here are some of the things

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  that I stand on the same ground as such giants, that both of us exert some force on this planet. It was – and MIT is – a rapid expansion of ... of affirmation for me. On days when I feel overwhelmed by the change

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Row, row, row your boat aka varsity sports at MIT

  

  . The girls on my team are some of my best friends and I know they will be there for me no matter what. Although being on crew means I have kind of a ... part of a team, and getting out on the water every morning helps me de

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  a lot this summer. I've made a lot of progress on my research, and I ... job on IQ-TREE has been running for more than an hour. For my UROP, I'm exploring the role of a bacterial communication system called quorum sensing

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  What all started as a blatant rip-off of Kris's post on summer ... , which determines a song's relative "summerness" based on qualities of ... else bummed by the lack of female representation on this list? For some

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Notes From The UK [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and not only…

  

  a mini photo essay of what's been going on over the past couple of ... Bridge of Sighs in the background. I finally went punting on the River Cam ... an enormous stein with the United States seal of a bald eagle on it and

  • by Cambridge
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  hide and a place to seek from a list of 20 locations on MIT's campus ... . What would an aerial view of the game have looked like? On the map below ... pleasure of competing in dormspam-the-game! Run by [annotation note="I plan

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  ,[/annotation] but before this week, my last post was made over one year ago on May 27, 2019. Google tells me the length of my hiatus: [annotation note="No."]Was the duration of my hiatus intentional?[/annotation] The world may never

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  killer). This is common for a lot of PE classes and my one complaint. On ... -obsessive amount of time to look through the course catalog and major requirements for every major. Most of this was out of curiosity and [annotation note

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  might be capable of. So, uh, catch me at my a cappella group's concert on ... I did some ~leadership~ in high school, as I'm sure many of you did. Maybe your experiences were similar to mine; probably a lot of them were

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  this right. Specifically the snow piles in front of 77 Mass Ave. Once ... few weeks ago it looked nice... On Saturday there was significantly more snow...(View of Cambridge side from Boston) Alternate question

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Not in Kansas Anymore oh, wait...we actually are. Day 1 with the MIT Design/Build/Fly team.

  

  basement of Building 33 (take a tour if you're on campus!). It's decked out ... sounds like--a team of students designs, builds, and flies a remote-control aircraft to fulfill a number of mission requirements, and do it better and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 10, 2014