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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  Last July, the MIT Media Lab created a $250,000 award to recognize ... , and the freedom to innovate, for example). Disobedience Award objectives ... done around the world, and to promote role models for younger people

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Cloud i live there now

  

  I just restored my laptop to factory condition to get rid of an ... taskbar. Here's what I had to back up before doing this: My ... backgrounds) Here's what I didn't have to back up before doing this

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • February 8, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  There’s a Story in Which My Eyes Shut Am I changed enough?

  

  August. I was sitting in Killian Court alone. The sun was sharp enough to require shade, so I moved from tree to tree as the clouds shifted ... his eyes to face the window, I hope he sees himself. Fully. Taking peace

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Postcard From The Green Building postmarked july 5th

  

  sense. As the sun set and Cambridge's night lights winked on, every ... Yesterday I took photos from the top of the Green Building. MIT sprawled far below us, the lines of its normally inscrutable architecture

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzle: Are we going to win? another puzzle to stimulate your mind

  

  this weekend, so I probably won't get a chance to post the solution until Monday, but until then, have an awesome weekend! Are we going to win? "Here is my schedule. I just can't seem to get the times right. I need a

  • by Bryan
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  ? how to design human interactions with technical systems? the electoral ... opportunities. The goal of the event was to help survey the kind of work done at ... excited (maybe a bit too excited) to talk about the Institute's considerable

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  Just a few hours to go, and I know you're feeling the stress. We're feeling it too, believe it or not. I have to tell you that the selection ... Chocolate Science has come to the rescue! The Lab offers free hot chocolate in

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What programs fall under the School of Architecture & Planning?

  discipline, the department has long contributed to learning in the arts and ... Architecture was one of the four original departments at MIT, and it was the first signal that MIT would not be narrowly defined in science
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist and transfer: quick update No decisions yet, but some notes & reminders.

  

  can admit. For now, we are waiting to see how many of the 1597 admitted students choose to enroll by the May 1 deadline. After that time, we will ... letter, or a phone call. Keep us up to date all the way through May 1 and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  get day by day with the pressures of class and work by really trying to ... 't even know where to start. One example are the intramural sports. So many ... before. As far as the most popular sports, I personally would have to say

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.

  

  Folks, it is a sad, sad day in the MIT Admissions Office. Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor. His ... the only remaining wookie. I must go now and weep gently. May my beard

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Impossible Design Project See what it's like to be a Course VI student.

  

  physical device itself, and has to make the flash look like a traditional ... .033/www/dp1/. Feel free to submit solutions in the comments. My one ... and 2 labs will do that). So...I thought I'd take the easy way out, by

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2020 Hacks Back

  

  for the pictures)  I strongly suspect the Class of 2020 is trying to ... As you probably know, we've taken to sending our acceptance letters ... few years ago, for example, we challenged students to hack their tubes

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  IAΠ wherein another blogger deposits her January photos (but this time it's in late February)

  

  ;   Cats on a Hot Tin(Metal) Roof   Day 2: The Agora and various ... thing on the hill looks familiar       I bought crepes ... Greece with 19 other MIT students and a trio of professors from the MIT

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 22, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  THE APPLICATION IS LIVE! because why bury the lede

  

  my god... it's full of words       > > > click this button to apply to MIT < < <     

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Enrolled 09’s: Watch Your Mailbox I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the…

  

  tell you... 1) They're going to start mailing them in the next few days and will continue to do so over the next week or two. By the middle of ... international students. 3) When possible, the ARC likes to include a student

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / CPW

  Hottest ever CPW ouch global warming

  

  This chart first appeared in my CPW history post, but I wanted to 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

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Only You Have The Power Only YOU have the power to decide your own worth. Don't ever, ever, ever give…

  

  I'm still reeling a bit from the last thread, I must admit. Let me say it simply guys... only YOU have the power to decide your own worth ... the power to decide your own worth. Part of resiliency is playing the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Time Traveling and Teleporting

  

  The Time Traveler Convention keeps getting bigger and bigger. Now, three of the media outlets I most respect have covered it -- NPR, The Economist, and, this morning, the New York Times -- on page 1 of the national

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer’s End To everything there is a season.

  

  amazing summer. I haven't even had the chance to blog about all the ... to the Assasssin's Guild, from my UROP experiences to the housing ... -checked all my saved strains of yeast, handed my notebook to my post-doc, had a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 9, 2008