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  Get It Done Keep On Keeping "On"

  

  hope you're enjoying it. The long weekend, that is (or normal ... you. One of the most important characteristics of MIT students is knowing when to work and when to relax; another is the ability to "take care

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Real, live MIT students * IN HD* A look inside the world of MIT Admissions Interns

  

  Hey you! Yes, you, the one reading this sentence right now! How would you like to have a glimpse into the life of current, MIT students and learn more about their roles as Admissions Interns? If the answer is yes

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Disaster Relief .

  

  the scope of it til this afternoon. Times Report on the Earthquake When I describe Sichuan to people I always mention the food, and the mountains, the humidity sometimes, and I always explain that Sichuan

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MVEMJSUNP A contest!

  

  : Assuming that the new order of the planets is: Mercury Venus Earth Mars Ceres ... the Bell where Zach Morris joined the quiz bowl team but then the token nerd, Screech, got sick and Zach had to help carry the team. One of his

  • by Bryan
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  Television MIT on TV.

  

  out (MythBusters is an awesome show!). This isn't the first time MIT ... Tonight's episode of MythBusters on the Discovery Channel will show the Archimedes Death Ray episode, done in conjunction with students from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  9000 Words This post doesn't have 'em.

  

  the mid-60s!). This is the view from Simmons' 8th floor terrace. F) My ... have taken to sitting out in the hall. This is one of our handful of ... Kennebunk, Maine. The sand was the perfect dampness for writing, so I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Travels Winter break is here!

  

  Believe it or not our term at Cambridge just ended. The terms are ... of the CME students are taking advantage of our 6 week winter break to do some heavy duty traveling. Some of the places include: Russia

  • by Cambridge
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / Events

  “It’s just so effortless!” Apples and ziti and pies, oh my!

  

  I did not really participate in the AppleBake festivities, but well ... ...effortless!" I kid you not. His exact words. We sent the guys off to put the ... little AppleBake logo on the back, which Adelaide '09 graciously modeled

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  #scretious and bunnies!

  

  friends, in the order they asked. Scretious Scretious is… I guess the best way to describe it is as the new cultural phenomenon. It is a word ... this new vocab, and the answer is quite simple. This is #scretious: (MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  the class is one of the most rewarding moments of the admissions cycle. I only wish we had room at MIT for more of the amazing people on the ... on the web, as we've been in selection committee since last wednesday

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…

  

  liver disease. Unfortunately, the cause of IBD is unknown, though ... pathogen that is closely related to Escherichia coli and infects the colon of mice, is the first recorded pathogen to elicit at Th1 response. Issel

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Valentine’s Day Eve Day. What? Also. BEN FOLDS.

  

  link is to last year's site), which this year falls around Drop Date, the ... entirely different topic. What's most important, is that right there in the middle of all that awesomeness is the awesomeness that is Ben Folds on

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  . The most basic building element is a point-like particle, which has ... directly manipulate and assemble them. One of the few such tools is optical ... pressure is just the momentum imparted to an object from light. Basically

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  snowfall as the snowflakes fall, they remind me of home

  

  , snowflakes drift down to the ground. I think part of it is that these memories ... which is normal for the season. Each storm brings at least[annotation note ... is much more wet, and walking through the snow is much worse than

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: the creative process for Pi day videos

  

  The blogs have been quiet lately. Summer is ending, freshman are ... officers are preparing for the admissions cycle (sort of like preparing for hibernation, but for being buried in applications instead of snow). So here is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  podcast, because it is about D-Lab, one of the great ways MIT helps students ... just in time for a crazy week in the office. Now, I'm off on group travel in Florida. Last night began the first of four presentations with my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  For Those About to Dew (Also eligible for salutations: those currently rocking, those about to rock)

  

  : For the sake of not scaring my parents too much, let's pretend that's the first such item I've consumed today (yesterday, today, 24 hours ... right... Some weeks you only get to choose one. It's a lifestyle not for

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Have Your Cake & Drop Date Too The Baker House Piano Drop, and the Spring Weekend Concert.

  

  One of the biggest events of the spring at MIT is always "Spring Weekend," and the highlight of the weekend is the annual Spring Concert ... of Drop Date is the Baker House Piano Drop. According to The Tech

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Decisive Battle The one examining "Turkey vs. Spam" on the almost-literal level.

  

  witness to the ultimate showdown between Turkey and Spam. Despite a two ... I emerged victorious. I wanted to turn the turkey carcass into usable ... . Not quite as environmentally-friendly, but probably a little more

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Out! before and after pics of my MacGregor room, featuring a view of New House

  

  empty, 5/25/19 full, 11/3/18this is a cropped panorama, forgive my shaky hands + the warping at the top

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 27, 2019