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• Blog / Challenges

  at least i’m not as sad as i used to be i don’t keep friends, i keep acquainted

  

  all the corners of the world. and i saw many of them, for what will ... around mit for an meng, so they’ll be around another year. some are staying in the area. some of them will be visiting every iap for mystery hunt

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Recapping Trashion 2015 sustainable fashion == trashion

  

  blogged about judging Trashion last year, and, for some reason, the ... Venkataraman, who directs global policy initiatives for the Broad Institute and ... -use than make a Trashion piece? Make sure to look out for parts of her

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  that’s been on everyone’s mind for the past week. The pre-wedding dinner ... in my head. I saw snow for the first time earlier this month. I woke ... astutely. It was...SNOW. My jaw dropped. For perhaps a full minute, I stood

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar.

  

  old school machines out there. Fortunately for the scientific community ... . One day, to us on Earth, is defined as the time it takes for the Sun to ... "pulse". Since 1967, the search has been on for more pulsars. There are

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  stating what you read in the textbook. For example, often bio exams ... freshmen are taught to memorize phylum names and label parts of a plant for ... ." ---- Without further ado, here are the "finalists" for the photo contest from, uh

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  enlightening. This IAP, I was working for a startup named Xobni (http ... interested in, and, now after working for one, I am convinced that it is the ... of Xobni has been thinking about startups for many years now. His wrote

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  . For example, the stir-fry station at Simmons only has a selection of 8 ... custom-made and toasted sandwiches for lunch there. Although none of the ... most of the ingredients you'd need for a sandwich scattered around the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  the external examiner (“extern”) for a PhD Viva, and now I’m trying to ... undergraduate and graduate classes, fundraise and manage a budget for a research ... before my move, I was told that “nobody [is ever ready for a faculty

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  I noticed that I would be in town for [annotation note ... manhandling at the door. They even gave us free French fries to apologize for ... talking about for days. So I guess this is your sign to go to fancy

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel

  

  Kazakhstan for GTL. Doha was the most common layover when traveling to ... for summer tourists"][/annotation] In addition, Qatar Airways offers a "stopover program," for multi-day layovers with free/heavily discounted hotel

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 18, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lesson in the feminine arts aka mfa boston and a rant on enjoying art

  

  been here for only 38 days, I can confidently rank Boston higher on my ... has bikes all around Boston for about $3/ride."]blue bike ... into the Monet room for too long and just stared. My favorite part is

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 30, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  lots of words and a tungsten cube monologues and dialogues.

  

  hold it for Matthew, who had come for this recitation, and declare, it is ... than we think.  i walked into the first workshop for my short play with ... very, very stuck. but, i am still completing my assignments for my

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • December 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  prophecies reversing causality

  

  doing so ensure that we don’t make progress on said problems). or, for a ... curriculums need to be restructured to give students better avenues for ... stand by today. or, for another example, i spent the first twenty years of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 2, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  talk about it for that long– I just need to know that the conversational ... forced them to do a math competition for extra credit, or maybe they just ... . Perseveration is when someone gets stuck on a topic or an idea. For me

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  10 Fun (and REAL) Facts About MIT! Incredibly Correct Facts about MIT!

  

  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is globally renowned for ... for sure that it gives off that quirky MIT charm. “Did you shrink ... “Kendall Cube,” a popular area for MIT students to find summer internships

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  do things. take this post, for example. i’ve been sitting on this post for nearly two months (?!) - i told myself it was writer’s block, but ... you think you’re on the right path for you at the moment, you might wake

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  , comes from repetitive motion (like typing). For me it shows up as pain in ... off for years, sometimes better, sometimes worse. I think it was worse ... myself, why are you stressed? For the first month or so, it just hurt. But

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  their ballots today. Here at MIT, employees are guaranteed time off for ... exams to help students have more time to vote. For students and staff who ... pulling together – because, for all that we have in common, we do not agree

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  that the freedoms and privileges that I enjoy today were fought for and ... news channels for the sake of our mental health, and seek some form of ... being flat-out offensive. If we are to hope for a brighter tomorrow, then

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunnel66 bringing the borderline tunnels online for CP*

  

  to a project that preserves some of that energy for this year's ad ... my first semester at MIT, which I’m beyond grateful for.  Since then ... communities and art styles. While unfortunately our original plans for CPW and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 18, 2020