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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Live from the Glass Lab! it's...tuesday afternoon??

  

  One of my favorite MIT organizations is the Glass Lab, where students ... great, if not THE great living glass blower, Lino Tagliapietra, is working in the MIT Glass Lab this week. Since space is so tight and so tightly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  of the day is seeing all the people in western business attire standing ... setting. So…..my job is basically developing test questions for the TOEIC ... will say a couple things I realized about my job and ETS. 1) This is

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Sunrise If a picture is worth a thousand words (minus inflation), that makes this post much…

  

  IAP, for those who are just tuning in, is one of the greatest times ... . Period". Anyway, my sleep schedule is still experiencing a phase shift ... sunrise is sort of an unpleasant experience, it means you're running out of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  every answer. You will score over 8000. - Newton's Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, there is no force equal in Chuck Norris can divide by zero. - When

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  Watson and Richard Nixon in it, but at MIT, anything is possible. The MIT ... Watson. Zebrafish and Cancer: What's the Connection? is a rich narrative ... expression, "the cure for cancer is research" throughout the corridors at MIT

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT Status Deadline to schedule interview for EA applicants extended.

  

  sure when it will be back online. As MyMIT is the only place to view ... applicants to schedule their interviews is tomorrow (10/20), we have extended ... is back online and functioning normally. Thank you for your patience.

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The return of photos to my blog!

  

  is it! First, there's these photos from the UA retreat, which was ... everyone from the back of their heads, but the girl at the right is Ruth '08 ... guy to her left is either Andrew C. '08 (Senator from New House), or

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a driver, I’m a winner Things are gonna change, I can feel it.

  

  name is Sam, and my nickname is actually Spam. You can call me Spam ... whole brevity thing." This is sure to be one of the prouder moments of my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the Infinite Corridor?

  The Infinite Corridor is MIT’s spinal cord. Many of our departments ... through the sky is roughly a circle that moves north and south as the ... end of the corridor. This particular moment is sometimes called MIThenge
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s MIT’s mission statement?

  The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in ... nation and the world in the 21st century. The Institute is committed to ... to bring this knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges. MIT is
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  it is an algorithms class, I would enjoy it more than 6.009.  In the ... .006 is taught and was seriously considering dropping it. At brunch on ... from [annotation note="Dormitory Council. DormCon is to all dorms what

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  part 1: impact One of my strongest core beliefs is that the answer to the question "what is the meaning of life?" is not "to change the world," at least in the way that phrase is typically meant. I think it is very

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Homestuck Day! and advice about college decisions / cpw

  

  This is your reminder that your reason for choosing a college doesn ... one night I was at MIT. This is relevant because today is both CPW, MIT ... Homestuck reader's guide if you don't know what Homestuck is. [caption id

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude” is a refrain commonly attributed to anne frank, but ... writings. it is especially strange that many people cite the line as coming

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  "Paper Rings."   Here is an actual thing I said recently: "I ... ." I could get all linguisticy about how meaning is not conveyed just ... some part of that context is not shared etc. etc.… But what I'd rather

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  room is a triple. It’s on the 3rd floor. ~~~coincidence?~~~ Yeah ... ) CPW is this week, so if you’re a prefrosh you’re likely going to be ... : This is going to be mostly about Maseeh because that's my current home

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spotted: A Brass Rat in the Wild? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? I can't tell

  

              ｃｏｎｆｉｒｍｅｄ     That is, of course, an MIT class ring, or so ... . This is the first rat I've seen in a commercial, though. And it leaves me with many questions. Who is this nominal (or actual) alumnus? Did he

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2017
• Blog / Events

  The Newest Member of Our Family What could possibly be more exciting than prefrosh?

  

  Game of Thrones. The little kitten is so cute! She jumps all around and climbs on cages and pokes her head through small holes and is so curious ... , everyone is outside building a fort. And I painted my door! And I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Snowsical The blizzard of February 13th

  

  blizzard is coming up and hitting the Northeast real hard (Déjà vu).  It's a ... ; ♫Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this is the street I cross everyday. The cars slush and turn all the ... us when we're sick, Is covered in snow, but only a few inches thick

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Check the Mail Pyramid!

  

  , but I don't think you got it. Maybe there is a post office ... questions my friends is, "Check the Mail Pyramid."   Now ... department is. And let me tell you they're rugged. They're tough. They

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 2, 2013