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• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Alumni Barbecue I love living in a place with so much history!

  

  freaking out that there wouldn't be enough side dishes, and the leftovers ... infections throughout the entire event. The event ended up being really family ... plywood that will eventually be used to cover up our cursed mural. And of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 6, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  't usually eat dinner, and when I do it will be something light. The food ... outside. I'll be honest - I'm not the biggest fan of the architectural ... 'll be honest, my feelings about the food are very mixed. Before covid, I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  Vicennial wikipedia says this means 20th

  

  flying to Boston soon, and I'll follow the rules. There will be many. All ... for new experiences, which seemed to be cropping up everywhere on the ... room but I can’t re-create the inexplicable external pressure of being

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  even hear me and our friend Boris (about whom I will be writing next week)! ... Staying up all night while staring up at the stars, eating loads of candy, and playing puzzles when clouds obscure the view -- sounds like

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: an interdisciplinary collaboration A day in the life of MIT research... on the Internet. A story of how…

  

  here. George, Chris and I will be adding more in the way of functionality ... to be done, and had the means to do them. We began to work together ... 'm grateful for the opportunity to be a part of something that has the potential

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  MIT, being at the forefront of a lot of things, is a very neat place ... open this door you will likely receive a shock to the palm of your hand ... be in there. The closest we've got is a Dragon made of sodium with a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  neurotransmitter to be released. The packets of neurotransmitter travel across the ... , because reshaping of the spines via the cytoskeleton can be shown to have ... molecule tag to other proteins, causing them to be degraded by the cell). So

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  the modifications being introduced. I will try to cover it briefly, but ... hard, but she loves what she is learning. Next year, she will be ... 6.081 (Introduction to EECS 1). Course 6 will be changing its

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  building block of the simple nanoscale world. Nanowires can be used as a ... Yesterday, I officially completed the 12-week Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program at the National Institute of Standards of

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

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  , it WILL be the end for you. (Okay, I didn't mean to sound like I was ... road that I'd been working towards for so long. I'll be the first to ... already turned in your applications. And yes, you will be accepted to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT is “Hacked” Ultimatum

  

  to be traders on Wall Street. I think the class of 2012 t-shirts say it ... 'Institvte of Nowlege.' Maybe it's a hack? Obviously it wouldn't be the only part of the hack, there's gotta be something else inside. Wait, no, there

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  sticker stories adorned on my water bottles

  

  will be missed. I feel like a mosaic, comprised of fragments of ... 'm willing to cover up for the sake of the newer ones. I got a [annotation ... slipped out of my backpack on the plane...silly me. I checked my location

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  Beginning today (Saturday), MIT alumni from around the world (from Massachusetts to Malaysia) will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2011. If there's one in your area, you should check

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  minus 30 minutes many of you will be receiving decisions. But you know ... be defined, the way we defined the year with the Gregorian calendar ... (where I am) in the morning. You get to decide what you will do today, and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  (This was originally going to be one entry with the grad school ... chocolate cake.) Burning questions: 1. I floated the idea that there might be ... the perks of MIT being a fairly small school), and in most dorms it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Getting MISTI-fied There's a loud boom coming from Lobby 10.

  

  So on my way back from my BE.370 recitation, walking down the ... , MISTI will be celebrating MISTI week. Right now, there's a lecture ... discovered that not only was there the booming, there was FREE FOOD. Cue the

  • by Bryan
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  grades/the next pset and the grades will be out soon!" It turns out that on ... used to be. (Aren't we all :P) Everything is the same and different, all ... or a Research Assistant for a lab, the job will not only pay your

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  Early Action), and is to be completed by you, the applicant. This form ... February 15th, whichever is earlier. The form must be submitted no later than ... report your best guess as to what your grade will be.
 If your school

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [guest post] The Random Hall Milk: Gone But Not Forgotten an obitu-dairy for Pecker's oldest resident

  

  in three years that the reopening could be considered even remotely ... to be back home.    But all is not well. We hadn’t been in the ... may be unaware, allow me to provide a brief backstory. Before the Milk

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soy Bomb Doo d-d-doo d-d-doo d-do d-do. Ice tea!

  

  cartridge could not be above 10 atmospheres, the design had to completely ... being so picky and help save the world, Andrew? Based on these ... major player in my hydrogen economy of the future, there would be formic

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006