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• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  , this is a physics problem. And when there's an important physics problem ... of the blue." Nevermind that his principle work is on dark matter, not ... . Fisher: This is an important problem! The great physicist Richard Feynman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MIT and other summer programs Juniors may want to start thinking about summer programs including MITES, RSI, and WTP.

  

  juniors. MITES and RSI are free; WTP is subsidized and offers financial aid ... and Science (MITES) is a rigorous six-week residential, academic ... Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous academic program which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  There is a whiteboard in Ben's office which was apparently once used ... . It is now covered in graffiti such as witty poetry and linear algebra ... are imagining what life might be like here, here is some important

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  , one is a Fellow at the Center for Internet and Society, another handles a significant caseload in New York City's Family Court, and a third is ... when answering questions). I think Judge Moore's story is pretty

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

  Call For Bloggers As promised, here's an entry that will explain this year's application process for admissions bloggers.

  

  , as Melis is currently the only '08 blogger, we may consider hiring ... is awesome!). To be considered for a blogger position, you should email ... , and as soon as REX is over and you have your permanent housing

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘Magic Paint Brush’ This is so much cooler than MS Paint.

  

  leaves me in awe. This time, it is the I/O Brush: [I just realized that ... /O Brush is a project by Kimiko Ryokai in the Tangible Media Group at the Media Lab. Her site describes the invention: I/O Brush is a new drawing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  hosed I could barely remember what day of the week it is. No, really ... Below is the greatest store ever.) I kept forgetting to bring it to his ... is a simple image of the aftermath of 2.007 on my room. (2.007 is a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Gravity Rides Everything We are gathered here today to allude to rapidly accelerating bouncy balls and The Moon…

  

  end of the drop, I don't have any myself...) Notice "sleep" is not on ... that's not what this post is about. This is about something far, far more ... way? Name two. I dare you to. Anyway, this album is my favorite new

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  would think it's easy, but it's really not. So this semester is the FIRST ... practices for analysis and design of manufacturing enterprises. Emphasis is on ... is the first time in my life that I've participated in Lent. For the

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  More IAP updates

  

  've been TAing this IAP) is tomorrow evening, and I am excited. The teams ... have a new battery, and their robot is fine, so they should be good to go ... the snow is COLD!" and amusing everyone else. I remember my first winter

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  [by Mirat Shah '08] My name is Mirat and I am a junior studying ... class. And in between terms, we get 6 weeks off, which is pretty amazing ... drinking tea all the time is kind of true. At 11 am everyday, my department

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  of things. I suppose the best part is that it's all making sense so far! :) The headquarters "campus" is pretty big, and as you can see here, they ... boss says "he's here this month while MIT is in hibernation"), but I don

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  .) Repeat. Or not. Whatever. 6.) Decorate! Observe! This is us making hand ... without looking: Happy Jonathan (07) and Mary (our GRT): Something is ... the food unveiling. Mike (08) is excited about Thanksgiving: First

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  get coffee. Coffee = bad! Here is my first page of 14.05 notes. Notice that my handwriting is not that bad. Here are pages two and three ... mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems." -- Erdos I would

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breakfast with a Genius Okay, so I stole the genius joke from Bryan. But it's still true.

  

  . Suzan-Lori Parks is a playwright and novelist whose play Topdog ... 's always great to meet and talk with someone who is not only successful in ... . Anyway, she gave a talk on Thursday night here at MIT in 10-250, which is

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 28, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Everything in moderation…even moderation. How many places can you go on a four-day weekend?

  

  . Movie theaters behind Fenway Park: Watched The Deparated, which is a cop ... 's Anatomy! (Who's been watching? How ridiculous is Meredith?) d. North End ... experiments (e.g. play on the swings!) The waterfront park is across the river

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Homemade mayonnaise is actually acidic enough to kill ... admissions site is really something, huh? I just look and I see categories ... approachable people. But, seriously, seeing your professor naked is awkward

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium… ...and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  for 6.081. But I'm tired and confused (why is d+=1 legal normally but ... the freshmen chemistry options) is that the students memorize the ... "radium is more reactive than that!" or "Hey you forgot manganese!" It

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  So You Wanna Be A Blogger? The post that (hopefully) answers all of your questions about the selection process for admissions…

  

  solidified. (While previous blogging experience is paramount in our selection ... aardvark, where is the banana and why is that man chartreuse?" Answers to ... number is not 100% set in stone. I am not yet sure how many bloggers will

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  cells today.) I ate lunch at ABP, which is a special treat for me because ... in the City" on my iPod. There is basically nothing better than walking ... with the radio. Sidenote: I love Cape Cod because it is slightly cheesy

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006