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• Blog / Academics & Research

  News bites from the Institvte A taste of what's happening around campus.

  

  Break. Clearly, three days away from the Institvte is too much for me, and ... doctoral student, is working with assorted companies to study people's Black ... mind is on the eighth dimension MIT Mathematics Professor David Vogan and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mad scientist? “Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to…

  

  , the answer is inevitably “In lab.” My class schedule serves to justify ... Seniors who have published papers. One great thing about the class is the ... blood sugar is regulated through a very complex control system to make

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Look at Unified Engineering and the Aero/Astro Department Back in business.

  

  , to be quite honest, Course 16 is not designed like many other majors ... have asked me if Unified is hard. And I suppose I have to extend my analogy to respond that Unified is hard in the same way that running a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 30, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  For pi are cubed. There can only be one winner.

  

  -mails that Sam has received from Hillel, who still mistakenly think he is ... -Conner cardio room. Normally this is the worst thing in all recorded history (in ... possibly be a coincidence, but Comedy Central is channel 52 on both MIT Cable

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  it was made from Legos and is referred to as the Space Waffle, and the ... about Mystery Hunt is how, in some senses, it is a microcosm of MIT ... classic puzzles of any Hunt with Dan Katz '03 is the Duck Konundrum. This

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Has Been Found! Mystery Hunt 2007 is quasi-over.

  

  "At 2:14am on Sunday January 14th Dr. Awkward managed to defeat the devil and regain their immortal soul (in coin form)." This means Mystery Hunt is quasi-over. At 5:30 PM today, there will be a wrap up session

  • by Bryan
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  drivers only leave a stop if their bus is full, so it is an interesting ... bus is full, they fold out chairs into the aisles and pack more people ... dinner before taking the minibus back to our guest house. It is unclear if

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Somewhat Random A little news bite.

  

  JK Rowling announces Harry Potter Book 7 Title Not completely unrelated to MIT...well yea, but since finals are over and my brain is still mush, I'm allowed. It's really only during the winter and summer breaks

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  NY Times article on women in science Women in science...the debate rages on.

  

  Monday and Neuroscience today, and my last exam is for Thermodynamics of ... mathematics.” It seems that MIT is increasingly cited as a paragon for the ... contemplate what it is like to be a “woman at MIT.” The only differences that I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  We’re Bringing What Back? I don't think so.

  

  [ETA] (I have actually seen snow before. MIT students are not actually so dumb that they don't know what snow is. Except for Keri. Who lives in Florida, anyway??)(No, don't answer that.) Dear Bryan, I woke

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Looking ahead to IAP My favorite MIT event...period.

  

  I got this email in my inbox: ------------------------------ Hi Eveyrone! I know it's hard to believe but IAP is fast approaching and, along with it, the 2007 MIT Mystery Hunt! This years hunt will begin on Friday

  • by Bryan
  • November 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Break and Study of Cities Abroad Students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning enjoy a subsidized spring break abroad…

  

  graduation requirements by spending time abroad. One such class is 11 ... the Euro. This spring, the class is heading to Amsterdam, and I think I ... other countries, and credit is awarded upon return to MIT. As I recall

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Conditioner For My Face "The dot product is the solution to all the problems of the universe. Even the…

  

  've crapped on my head.'" (That last one is a personal favorite, from my ... total power, apparently, is the highest in the world.) "And the bus doors ... when the bus doors open...it splits! Demonstrating how your bus is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Democrats, Republicans, sportsmanship, books The unbearable awesomeness of literature at MIT.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The combined weight of all the termites in the world is ... sheep, at least one side of which is black." So today I came home and ... weeks of each other is nonzero. 6. Given the above hypotheses, the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ice cream and an onion Chun Li, pirates, magnetic poetry, and an RLC circuit.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Paula Abdul is not African-American. She is of Syrian ... point is--there's a Halloween theme. Basically you could eat the cost of ... answer is... Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul from American Idol! I don

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Apple Sculptures The Caltech Cannon and soft core porn

  

  Caltech Cannon! Remember? Soft core porn -- my floor is so clever

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  zOMG Zambia!

  

  So Development Lab (D-Lab), one of my classes this term, announced who is going on which trip this January. I got my first choice country, and will be spending Independent Activities Period (IAP) in Zambia! We

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  an important question is how did I end up here at MIT? Well, let's take ... can do one step better?) Perhaps this is why? Or maybe had MIT heard ... . But that's what college is about. I'm still figuring it out myself, but

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  RA Blogger Applications Due Wednesday 9/6 At Noon Extended deadline...

  

  decisions by early next week, but the first priority is launching the new site

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  . "NO GELS OR LIQUIDS MAY BE BROUGHT ON ANY AIRCRAFT." It is impossible for you to eat this burrito without ketchup, and Angela, head ablaze, is ... the people going to the same college you are, is aware of the late girl

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006