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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Think YOUR research is crazy? Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their…

  

  Organization) It calculated the number of photographs you must take to (almost ... Curie, Paris). It explaines why, when you bend dry spaghetti, it often ... Mosquitoes, and Limburger Cheese» (1996) Presented by B. Knols It shows that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.

  

  . It's pretty awesome, not gonna lie. It's also kind of crazy to be able to say that I work for her, and despite her achievements, she's really ... people refer to the recipients as a Genius because they are awarded a

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  There are a lot of awesome things named ‘Kaiser’ This post mainly consists of drawings of my professor, sentence fragments, and my over-use of…

  

  and congratulations to our new provost - Professor Chris Kaiser. You can ... the mechanism. And then you take it for granted. Which is lame. To ... frantically tried to explain it to us in the remaining minutes of class (good

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  instead of wielding it, and I will attempt to write the next paragraph without including the word "I," to compensate for its overuse in this one ... Development. I've now seen more snow than I ever cared to see in my life; by

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Making an Entrance On being helped to my feet.

  

  lobby. Rewind four weeks, to a field in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I was about to start playing Ultimate Frisbee. The teams stretched ... field. I donned my Rooney England jersey that morning, in the hope that it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s alive! I built a little car.

  

  For better or worse, my 2.007 car actually drives. It's not quite as cool as Melis's, but it will do. Pictures and reflection about the design process tomorrow, once I actually finish designing and building it

  • by Bryan
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Jump into a new comfort zone!

  

  use MISTI 2.0 as an opportunity to return to my host institute and ... wonderful way to take my MIT journey above and beyond! Living and working in Germany was a perfect opportunity to jump into a different comfort zone

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  vwr[/caption] It was super cool to get to lift in the new VWR. In the old weight room, we were hitting our heads on the ceilings, it was ... now open! Accessible to all those who participate in a varsity sport at

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Econ Prof Wins Nobel Prize (with video) A pretty exciting week as Peter Diamond PhD '63 is the latest MIT professor to…

  

  Chemistry). MIT held a press conference to announce Prof. Diamond's win. Here are the highlights: You can watch the full press conference at MIT TechTV. One of the things I like about the press conference is that it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Chasing Roots, Part One During an overnight stay in Milan, I traversed several generations to explore musical history in…

  

  can be heard on tracks of Beck's Odelay album). And during the late 1800 ... . During my overnight stay in Milan, I travelled the roads of time to meet ... . Casa Verdi, known by its full name Casa di Riposo per Musicisti

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk: messy person edition not sponsored

  

  = "blogger points to anybody who can guess which flag it is"] knit hat ... seldom has enough free space for me to actually get work done.  [caption ... ~[/caption] here’s what’s on my desk, from left-to-right, top-to-bottom: my friend

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 19, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  L@@K at the Class of 2015 profiles in greatness? a great profile? or both?

  

  to the newest data from this past year's admissions cycle. We always try to provide as much data as we can to make our process as transparent ... ...and turned it down to come to MIT An ISEF Engineer Award Winner from rural

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 4 U What you should do at CPW, assuming you like exactly the same things that I…

  

  . But you can meet the rest of us any time next year after you COME TO MIT ... hope that all your hosts have had the forethought to contact you, and ... , George, gets here in 6 hours, at 4:50 AM. Usually I offer to come out to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Random Hall REX! Residence Exploration events at Random Hall. Your orientation booklet is WRONG. :D

  

  :17-12:17 Did You Say Disney!? You just can't wait to be King. No one will tell ... to deserve it.  Bonfire Lounge 17:17-18:17 DFTBA Come watch a few ... moment of glory is at hand. Do you have what it takes to be a hero?  Foo

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  main page, you can find it two places: the personal archive of the blogger who wrote it, or the general information pages accessible by the ... think it's important to recognize this. There are some truly beautiful

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  walk to the department so you can get a taste of what it's like to study ... really sad, I saw it as an opportunity to experience something new, maybe ... have its wonderful things as well! I enjoy that I have more time to sit

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Lost Art of Hand-Lettering Lives at MIT hidden in plain sight

  

  to campus, which are highly visible even while his labor is not. As ... not more, important than doing the same for innovators, I wanted to share it here so that our visitors could see and appreciate Glenn's art

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Like Never Before Kevin Rustagi '11 talks about the MIT LMC and then some.

  

  made up. Check it out!   You can also check out their music ... LMC (Live Music Connection). To be brief, the MIT LMC is basically a ... (Live)) . In addition to talking about MIT LMC, Kevin also gives his

  • by Celena C. '12
  • August 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  getting a fly-in for Marine Week Boston, I had to go see. The weather was ... without the coating of dirt (note to future Coure 16ers: that downwash is no ... Wars day! May the Fourth be with you!* * I know it's a tragic, horrible

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Getting MISTI-fied There's a loud boom coming from Lobby 10.

  

  Contests, and even a Soccer Tournament I'll try to update this entry as I can with photos of events that I attend. Until then, I'm off to enjoy ... " over in Sloan but I won't make it there in time. A later passage down

  • by Bryan
  • September 20, 2005