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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  exciting time to be around MIT, because it is Nobel Prize week. For me, this ... compared to a dance in which the couples change partners. Metathesis is used ... to use (stable in air, at normal temperatures and pressures) and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  it is fruitless to judge them. Lupe needed some evaluative method to ... various ridiculous schemes to get in, since we were sure it would be ... . "I want it to be Flavius." "It's not Flavius." At some point during

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  use college as an opportunity to expand my horizons and meet other kinds ... sense to them and they hated it after that. It's a sad story. Math ... , then your math is going to be fragile and prone to collapse. You can

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Renewable Energy in Spain

  

  at exploring different methods of solar cell characterization and ... system into a photoluminescence imaging system to analyze the benefits of ... technological accomplishments being made worldwide and how connections can be

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Visit to the Museum of Fine Arts There's nothing like a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts to make you realize…

  

  " (on the right.) It reminded me of my trip to Spain three summers ago. I saw a bull fight there and it actually made me nauseous, to the point ... display, but when I googled it I got a different painting as a result. In

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  , and use MIT resources to find a job. As a sophomore, you can participate ... allowed me to live at home. For this summer, it was more economical and ... options if you choose to stay on campus. The fraternities/sororities/independent

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  at different wavelengths. The resulting spectrum can then be used to ... image below.) It collects data very quickly. I think I had to wait less ... letters. They also didn’t look or feel like other silk fabrics I was used to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  York Times, which at one point made me use so much Rails I had dreams about it. I also did good amount of UI/UX and product design for an intern side project, culminating in a presentation that caused me to stand in an

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  it exists. I went to the preprofessional advising site, but I can't find information on it there. This is a program I'd like to write about ... consider that. As for your independent thoughts -- it's not going to work

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2017!

  

  admissions authentically, but we can’t write about what it’s like to live in ... dragon staff 3) It's time for those of you who might want to be bloggers to let your dreams TAKE FLIGHT What does it mean to be an admissions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2017
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  frequently used examples of this is restrooms. A transgender woman can’t be told she can’t use the women’s restroom. The entire bill is here: https ... MIT and it’s wonderful people. MIT is such a great place to be queer! I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Next Big Mailing is out Choosing your email address, and more.

  

  patient). Formally known as the "A60" for historical reasons we can no ... class from the Admissions Office to the Academic Resource Center (ARC ... ? A cover letter from Marilee, formally transitioning you to the ARC

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The One and Only Melis

  

  biocompatible silicon nanoparticles that can be used to image tumors using MRI. ... . My roommate couldn't figure it out either, so I decided to ask Melis for help over AIM -- she patiently explained to me how to solve it, but

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  listened to. Stories like these both encourage and dishearten me. It’s ... 0.005% dramatically boosted its number of women returning to work ... the room when it comes to retaining women. I’m optimistic that the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Let’s do a puzzle. Ready to flex some cranial muscle?

  

  -codes everything makes it impossible to extract any useful information. You give up ... Googled it - no luck. Griggner? Grygner? Grignr? Breakthrough. Grignr is the ... from "The Eye of Argon" without laughing (we tried - it's next to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  , and can easily spend an hour watching videos about how not to procrastinate. Which isn’t to say that the videos aren’t effective or useful – even if I don’t follow every single tip I hear, it helps to hear new ways

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world

  

  almost-equally-clueless college students, and we needed to figure it out ... it back, and rushed to finish packing up our entire lives. To break up the sadness of it all, me and my roommate decided to paint a mural on

  • by Powers '23
  • March 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  major? It can be, but it doesn't have to be. If two majors have quite a ... people do it. 4. Leo asked, Did you use some Course 9 requirements to ... tests, right? -- but it's kind of a disappointment. I'm hoping to bounce

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Working With WashLava Time management in low places

  

  . Ouch. It hurts. Do my 18.01[annotation note="What many classes use to ... for it, so it is going to take me more time than most. Hmm. Do I have ... seminars to attend. It all takes time. That's part of the reason I dropped 6

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 7, 2021
• Blog / Events

  [Joint Post] Avoiding Sunstroke Solar Cars, Solar Stories, Solar Blogs

  

  , I did a thing. And it was a pretty cool thing to be a part of if I do ... ’t at all sure how to write it. I wasn’t there for the whole time, to ... was no thoughts, head empty on how to approach it.  Making this blog

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2021