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  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  sponsored by the MIT Literary Society. I literally jhumped for joy (ouch, yea ... reading one of the eight stories in her new book, Unaccustomed Earth, for ... Brookline, MA on April 3rd for a book signing. I’m pretty bummed that I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  Late Night with Conan O'Brien. For the past month, Conan's show has been ... wedding ring on his desk, trying to see for how long he can get it to spin ... Physicist. To solve the problem, Prof. Fisher asked many other for help

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt LiveBlog Coming to you live from Mystery Hunt (Last Update: Sunday 5:04 PM)

  

  (7:17 AM) Sorry for the delay in updating but the rest of the day has ... the puzzle from &#%% and for your reading enjoyment, I'll post it here ... room 26-100. What a weekend :-) --- Here's a puzzle for you to try out

  • by Bryan
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MOUT Training Exercise With UNH ROTC [by CDT Vikram Mittal] When UNH asked our battalion to supply people to act as…

  

  decade ago. And when I played back then, it was an unorganized free-for ... prison is fairly far away from MIT, but UNH had arranged for us to travel ... , I knew we were in for a bumpy ride. The weather conditions were far

  • by ROTC
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Noam Chomsky Talk in 26-100 i still have to send these pictures to amnesty

  

  ). It has been yet another one of those semesters for me. I don't think I ... for 4 months doing isn't all that exciting to prospective students :P ... question-answer: Thats all, thanks for looking. -lulu UPDATE! A video of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  , no doubt, by the recent blockbuster movie V for Vendetta. The email ... wild. It's B for Vendetta! A rather impressive sight in Lobby 10 ... part in the celebration! While those are all the photos I have for now

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  :00 PM: Astronomy Lab Lecture 2:00 - 3:00 PM: Frantically read for my ... was awake. "Hey Boone, I went to office hours for ICE tonight." "Cool ... wrong. Can you come over and help?" Yeah, I can come over. We worked for

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Ali Khademhosseini: Building tissues, cell-by-cell Khademhosseini, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the joint MIT-Harvard Health Sciences and Technology Program,…

  

  The debate over nature versus nurture has raged on for decades, but ... Review’s Top 35 Young Innovators of 2007 for his inventive tissue ... published papers and attended prestigious graduate schools. His advice for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Stories of Senioritis How to Procrastinate

  

  So the four year roller coaster called "Quest for a degree from MIT ... than 10 hours a night now. My almost all-nighter for my thesis has been compensated for with my recent sleeping schedule. Tomorrow begins Senior Week

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  should I do in order to know MIT better?" A great starting point for how ... , which makes me incredibly sad -- why did I go back and fix the code for ... ://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/...ding_out.shtml The first step (Mollie): Asking for help at MIT http

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am Treasured :) Graduate school visit #1 (Updated)

  

  , and stroll down the stairs and ask myself the second big question for ... hoo, I'm "early". Yay for airlines padding flight times so we're always ... then the whole scene would freeze except for him? Yea, I experienced that

  • by Bryan
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  into a desktop for her computer: Some of last year's entries: 1 2 3 4 5 ... Counselor for MIT in his spare time. Ian and Peggy have been best friends ... entering will harm your application. There is no prize for "winning" except

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Former MIT Students on TV Two in a flattering way, one in a potentially embarassing way.

  

  up for a full run. One of the shows, WIRED Science, is co-hosted by an ... and pair them with eight beautiful women in a competition for $250 ... -mail discussion list for East Campus residents. He purchased a bright purple tuxedo

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  -functioning conference rooms used regularly for business purposes! There's a network of ... (the one who had me over to his house for dinner, after taking me to ... ! I haven't had to do that on a regular basis for what, four years? We

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breakfast with a Genius Okay, so I stole the genius joke from Bryan. But it's still true.

  

  /Underdog won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, making her the first black woman ... .) I couldn't attend it, since I had rehearsal for the Musical Theatre ... prerequisites. (For the record, I'm taking 21M.611: Foundations of Theater

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  until November. No no, today I felt I like a freshman, hosed for the very ... reason anyone's ever had for not taking a class P/D/F, isn't it? I had also ... hand. And so, this term is now officially 27% more freshman for me

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  begins on Sunday, but for half of the class, they are already getting to ... themselves. Upperclassman MIT students who are around for Orientation may ... possible bonus prize for the best picture that spells M-I-T. I look forward

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  the Lab for Manufacturing and Productivity, rowed for the Varsity Women ... a Navy scholarship to help pay for college. From there, I got a degree

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  represents the changing of the guard for The Nance Effect. Many more of those ... . This is, after all, a community designed for and about you. When I began ... table for you. Just remember, unlike Thanksgiving dinner, the priority

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  Science -- because what better place is there for two MIT grads to have ... -- plus 18) to change the policy. :-P (For Karen, below: A legacy is an ... my room left except for Adam, and we stayed up all night talking to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006