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Spy vs. Spy The former directors of the US and Saudi intelligence agencies speak at MIT.
-Faisal, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States. The forum will be moderated by MIT Professor of Chemistry John Deutch. The talk is hosted by the ... intriguing is the roles previously played by the two speakers. Prince Turki -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch and a bonus video of a cat chasing a spider.
is annual, put on by the MIT Glass Lab (the people who make the ... followed by a one-day sale the next day, to benefit the lab and its ... year to share with you. The pumpkin patch is handblown gradually over -
Blog / Admissions
CPW 2011 Closing Remarks and Variety Show Singing, dancing, juggling, and more!
voices, no instruments. Rockapella is probably one of the most famous examples of a cappella.) Kim actually used to be in the Chorallaries, and I used to be in the Logs (back in our undergrad days). These are, of -
Blog / Challenges
Engineering Digital Communities reflecting on the start of the zoomester and the months prior
’s fall but the weather is still nice. We go to a nice part of campus and ... like 1+1 is starting to seem like a challenge. Day 1 of September rang ... bit, as we all get ready for the day. … After my first class, I meet up -
Blog / MIT Life
Life as a Talent Scout I could be the next Randy Jackson.
, Battle of the Bands, I went to check out a potential band for the competition. So on the way there, I stopped at Burger King on the way and tried the Cheesy Tots. I don't even want to know how many years of my life I -
Blog / Academics & Research
MIT Admissions Math Month, Part 1 – Duality There are two wolves inside you
everywhere, from algorithms to superconducting circuits. What is duality? As a ... using a straight line, there’s only one way to do it. So we say that two ... . Applications to engineering In addition to being fun to think about, duality is -
Blog / Admissions
Selection = Finished Wow.
people. This seems to be the case every year. You'd think I'd get used to ... proud of the class we've admitted. The predominant feeling, however, is ... mailing I want to be 100% certain before I say "in the mail!"). I promise to -
Blog / Admissions
MIT ‘10: Eletha Flores The awesome Eletha Flores '10.
Jennifer Donatelli, Staff Writer [Photo by Lawrence Jackson Jr. - The Gazette ... Herbert Flowers High School and the Class of 2006 valedictorian, is the ... Technology in the fall. Eletha Flores' dream always was to attend the -
Blog / Admissions
USA Wins 2nd in International Math Olympiad Three MIT '09s won Gold Medals.
the contestants. Each pair of problems was solved by more than 2/5 of ... problems is graded from 0-7 points, with partial credit given (on the above ... Mildorf (Gold Medal), and Eric Price (Gold Medal). Way to go, Hyun Soo -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
Uh Oh Joke: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice…
distance of the 'Tute. Get the Scoop here. Joke answer: Pi a'la mode. ... I think I missed one of the most important holidays of the summer. National Ice Cream Day was on July 16, 2006. Even though I did not go get -
Blog / Admissions
Deadline Day Happy November 1, Early Action applicants.
Happy November 1, Early Action applicants! Today is the day that, if you haven't yet done so, you must click the "Submit" button on your EA app (or take it to the post office for postmarking). I am pleased to see -
Blog / Athletics
Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP
2018 is turning out to be quite the adventurous year. I kicked off the year by packing up all my stuff in Boston, hauling most to storage ... mattress pad, cooking utensils, etc.), and the rest to bring with me on a -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Surprise! Long time no see!
the way to dinner tonight we were discussing Adelaide '09 and her role ... Ruth. Then, on the way back from dinner, we were discussing Sam, Mitra ... to say, except thank you Sam and Ruth! Oh, and Rick is kind of upset -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST
best not written about on the blogs. Some of these phenomena can be written about on the blogs, though, and this is one of them. The central ... a HASS major) on campus, the Infinite Corridor is an 825-foot -
Blog / Academics & Research
Cool UROP position UROP opportunity: helping people fight obesity using robots
-- Hardware The Robotic Life group in the Media Lab is looking for a UROP to help with a project applying sociable robots to the real-world problem of ... up to one year. After the integration of the system is complete, we -
Blog / MIT Life
In a little while, I’ll be gone This is not a blog entry. I'm not here, this isn't happening.
DID YOU KNOW? The late Strom Thurmond filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1957 by speaking in from of the Senate for 24 hours and 18 minutes consecutively. The bill came up for vote andpassed immediately -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.
Today is the first day of final exam week at MIT. [read more: schedule] 800+ students & alums came to Kresge Auditorium last night to ... for particular high schools, but at MIT we admit the best students -
Blog / MIT Life
My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement
My favorite room is a well-kept secret. I won't reveal the location ... , reconnection to friends, and eagerness for a fresh academic term is a permeating ... ; Tomorrow is Career Fair, and out of the 26 emails I’ve received so -
Blog / CPW
Hottest ever CPW ouch global warming
republish it to show how absurd this CPW's weather will be. I updated the temperature scales and wow is the difference visible. The CPW weather machine is ... wondering what the weather machine is, you should read my CPW history post