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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  university president. My favorite example of such continues to be MIT President ... sclerosis, aka Lou Gherig's disease. The challenge is to dump ice water on yourself, donate $100 to the ALS Association, or do both, and then publish

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Laser Graffiti I found something cool on the way home.

  

  leapt onto a bench for a better view, trying to figure out which room in ... : before disappearing again. Back to blank wall. We figured that someone ... , climbed up to the top floor (we figured out where the source was) and found

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  in a very mural-happy dorm, I can't paint to save my life. But I do like to photograph a lot, and in fact I've done quite a lot of it in the ... , if you ever take the elevator in the Student Center up to the fourth

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-India student interns at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

  

  /Math/Computers to the novice monks, and some local school children, and participating ... , postdocs, visitors, etc. from all over the world. I was exposed to big ideas ... real feel for academic culture in India. The freedom to pursue topics

  • by MISTI Program
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger selection 2008 results We have completed the selection of this year's bloggers!

  

  12.5% "blogger admit rate," it was almost as hard to be selected as a blogger as it was to be selected for MIT this year (11.9%)! Before we reveal this year's new bloggers, I'd like to share with you some of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

  

  million-dollar question. Suffice to say I am back and I have lots of advice and experiences to share with all of you. So, lets get started ... MIT career. I am pleased to announce that Ms. Tamy-Fee Meneide has

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  , as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone ... journalists to spend nine months immersed in MIT science classes) - Gita Dayal ... science journalist. I went there just to get a feel for what a career in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Spending the F.A.T. with Arthur Ganson A missed opportunity to build kinetic sculptures with artist Arthur Ganson.

  

  Friday, Nov. 24.” I can’t believe I missed an opportunity to build ... joined MIT’s Hobby Shop to try my hand at kinetic sculpture, but I haven ... a golf ball moving 1" to start your link and ends by pulling a string

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  couple of weeks ago putting their creative minds to use designing and ... use to trace with) on construction paper. 4.) Cut along the lines. 5 ... sat down to eat like a big ol' happy family. Our lovely and gracious

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  "I like to build things. What can I do to show my stuff?" I get this question from time to time. Many students know that math students can do ... "intro" material -- trebuchets, computers, etc. What's next? Where to look

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  to turn on the computer, change the height of your mom's office chair*, or tie your shoes. So every time one of the aforementioned tasks has to ... to MIT, though, it's gotten significantly worse. Why didn't my mom

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

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

  

  's pretty exciting to have an awesome concert a minute from your dorm ... classes can be added to your schedule in the first 5 weeks of the term, and can be dropped from your schedule up to 10 weeks into term. A tradition

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second… Fifth Week?

  

  . :-) Physics is a continual thorn in my side, but everything else seems to be ... meeting with various faculty to shape the perfect path for the future, I ... 'm here to do is tell you about life at MIT. Selection's all over and the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  life, with the brass rat we're halfway there????????????

  

  their class ring to celebrate being halfway through their journeys. The ... managed to figure it out, for the most part. [caption id="attachment_91429 ... campus, so this photo paid homage to that)[/caption] [caption id

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • August 26, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  3 / A team effort Roll Tech: Your newest Intercollegiate High Team silver medalists!

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: Constellation Hiraeth - Tomek Kolczynski, Tamar ... took it slow, taking time to rest up, take care of my body and mind, go ... , light some candles, drink some lemon-honey-ginger to soothe my cough

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 12, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  . **** Last fall, my friend and I went to the Boston Book Festival (BBF) in ... hardbacks with pleasantly smooth covers, free tickets to the fancy Boston ... to the Church of the Covenant for a Fiction Keynote. One of my favorite

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  At MIT, no community follows an algorithm, but each one is open to ... limited example of my hall, I will do my best to explain how. On First East ... field extensions to love and all relationships. The whiteboard by my door

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  elections meeting, an overnight shift, a trip to New York, another exam ... while I was hosed it really doesn't look like I'd put up my next entry to ... on hold that I really want to write, but can't, because I'm only

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  : blog entry for wednesday? Date: July 20, 2007 1:08:15 PM EDT To: Matt McGann Hey Matt, There's an awesome blog entry just waiting to happen, but I'll be away on vacation and unable to post it. I also don't have time to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  . The Rime of the Ancient Mariner can be sung to the tune of the "Gilligan ... " but "Friderick." 3. The male emperor penguin must hike 80 miles to the ... . After yoga, I decided to go running for half an hour, which was of course

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005