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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Graduation Some commencement pictures.

  

  10,000, and considering the forecast that was probably projected to be ... of the world", but really, it was more akin to, "Ponchos". We awoke to ominous dark skies today and what was forecasted to be a partly cloudy to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  A week ago, Professor Junot Diaz of the MIT Department of Writing & Humanistic Studies, appeared on The Colbert Report. Certainly Prof. Diaz has been doing many interviews since he won the Pulitzer Prize for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  with their summers, I solicited updates from the French House mailing ... , almost directly beneath the Citgo sign. A brownie in a mug! I'll have to ... participating in a UROP through the MIT Energy Initiative, where I am using MATLAB

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Beauty and the Geek Some of the greatest companies in the world recruit at MIT. Apparently, so do some…

  

  this curious flyer outside of the Athena cluster in building 24 (aka "a computer lab on campus"). I particularly love the warning "this is not a ... stereotypical to be advertising an open casting call for "geeks" at MIT, but this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To RFID or not to RFID? That's not really the question, but it's kind of a cool title, no?

  

  savvy (like me), here's the wikipedia article on RFID). One of which is from the San Jose Mercury News - "'Printed Chips' Could be Boon for Consumers" where they talk about some new technology that's being developed by

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Hosed Exams=Cars, I'll show you how!

  

  the end of the week. What's being hosed? Well there's this saying ... the same time? That's how exams are here. Most of the time they're all ... the scheduling for every exam and you get three exams in three days

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts

  

  Note: I freely admit I am stealing the title "A Room with a Vieux ... coworker, an intern from Stanford) from my summer job. The space isn't too shabby, huh? Check out our immediate view The sign in the bottom of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 29, 2006
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  Many international applicants don't have a school counselor. The school counselor letter is not a required part of the MIT application; it ... without a letter. The Secondary School Report Form is designed for U
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  check out his documentation of the Microdot project, which should be ... academic year is completed, and as such, it's also the time of year that MIT ... contributions to MIT life, culture, and academics. In the realm of arts@mit, this

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  another to be able to speak and understand the language at a realistic pace ... . Because the movies are made to be watched by Spanish speakers, and not ... There are two books in my backpack right now. The first is a little

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Events

  AND THERE WAS A PILLOW FIGHT!!! Didja catch the reference?

  

  important details, which mentioned that the pillow fight would be happening on ... both would be staying at MIT over the break (flights to Oregon are ... Snively?" So much for pretending to be a prefrosh. It turns out that the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Prof. Acemoglu’s Clark Medal On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe, there's a story…

  

  On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe, there's a story on the John Bates Clark Medal being awarded to MIT Economics Professor Daron Acemoglu. The Clark Medal is awarded every two years

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  Logarhythms, the Muses, and the Shakespeare Ensemble - can be hired to burst ... this time of year, it could be mistaken for a painting of the snow ... blog for MIT admissions, and thought that the Internet might be amused by

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  trains and the sorts of performance aspects one would be concerned with in the freight industry. It's all new to me, coming from the passenger side ... , so basically, applying technology to the analysis and optimization of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us

  

  . Neutrinos might win the galactic race, Professor Lander may be the most genius ... , the only sounds I could hear were my rhythmic breathing, my steady heart ... snug. Out the window, giant snowflakes fell to the barren ground outside

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  visualized the data from Game 1: Hide and Seek. My code can be found here. Game ... be influenced similarly to mine by the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in ... to the end to find out what this is ;)[/caption] Last month, I had the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  questions. This year they'll (almost certainly) be the same. But maybe ... I've got applications on the brain. Last week, we posted the blogger applications; this week, I'm modifying the Maker Portfolio for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Salut! A look at Grenoble

  

  éel at CNRS Salut! I'm spending my summer in Grenoble, France, at the ... the heart of the Alps. Our lab works with extremely low temperatures, so ... what I did there? The French don't quite understand my puns, so you

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Film! [by Nathan '14] Documenting Science Through Video and New Media

  

  ; It’s ridiculously cool. In the period of one semester you learn ... shooting outdoor footage from the terrace in Simmons Hall for a practice assignment. I was trying to capture the sunset on film. We also explore

  • by ARTalk
  • November 28, 2011
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  the name sounds Spanish, it might be because the office I'll be ... your profile a map of all the places in the world that you have been. As I might have mentioned, I have never been outside the country (unless

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008