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  Live from the Glass Lab! it's...tuesday afternoon??

  

  One of my favorite MIT organizations is the Glass Lab, where students ... for the holidays at MIT. I'm on their mailing list, and this morning they sent out the following blast: Dear Glass Lab followers, One of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  final exam distributions "mit does not curve"

  

  MIT [annotation note="but many classes will define cutoffs relative to class performance, which is more or less a curve; hence, increased happiness when everyone scores poorly together."]technically "does not curve

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  There’s something happening here what it is ain't exactly clear

  

  Working on a big project. A big awesome project. Can't tell you what it is. But here's a sneak peak. Make of it what you will.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 1, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Not here! This actually made me LOL

  

  I'm hosed. I don't have time to write a real entry. Suffice it to say, I found this video funny. What happens in this video will not happen in a conversation with any MIT student. Therefore . . . you should

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See your name among the stars… Forget having your name written in lights, get it written on a spacecraft!

  

  on a spacecraft! The MIT Mars Gravity Biosatellite Program is selling the ads to fund their project to launch a student-designed small unmanned spacecraft in 2010. "Choose a location on the outside of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri's novel comes to the Cambridge screen

  

  Last Friday, I went to the AMC Cambridge to see the big-seen adaptation of The Namesake. The film was based on the fantastic novel by Jhumpa Lahiri. Lahiri was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for her

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  indicative of true MIT students. They’re the things that aren’t necessarily ... else that I know of. They’re the kind of thing that serve as a dead giveaway that the person you’re talking to has been fully and wholeheartedly

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Gingerbread Gone Horribly Right "run, run, as fast as you can..."

  

  was one of a series of events organized by The Committee, an elected ... wholesome gingerbread house and person decorating event quickly went off the rails, thanks to some wonderful teamwork—we’re all about the collaboration

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  Today is an exciting anniversary -- July 20, 1969, was the day Apollo 11 landed on the Moon. And because of MIT's significant role in the moon landing, folks around here are pretty excited. Start with the short

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Celebrate the Good Times just another good reason to eat more cake

  

  hosted a graduation barbecue in the backyard for 40 people. We set up a big blue and white striped tent, rented round tables, brought out the outdoor fireplace and placed it way back on the lawn with chairs organized around it

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 6, 2011
• 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 ... , wrinkled button-downs. In the time intervals uninterrupted by traffic, the

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Virginia Tech’s Commencement

  

  As Virginia Tech held its Commencement recently, the media once again started using the "c" word, "closure", the all too convenient word people ... the face of tragic events, giving those who observe from afar a word for

  • by Laurie Everett
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tribute This is not the best joke in the world... actually, maybe it is.

  

  Rather than working on the 12-page paper on green fluorescent protein that I need to have written by tomorrow, I spent the afternoon in the student center enjoying a matinee of the Musical Theatre Guild's production

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Not in our stars, but in ourselves Or in ourselves not to see our stars... or something.

  

  wherein the sun lines up perfectly along the infinite corridor. Having seen it a year and a half ago, I knew that the best place to check it out was at the far end of the infinite on the third floor of Building 8. So

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Finalists the "name bryan's fish" contest continues!

  

  And the finalists of the "Name Bryan's Fish" contest are: Mr. Chang Voltaire Groker Fabio Matsya Gelatin White Dragon Sushi Vote for your favorite by posting a comment or emailing me at [email protected].

  • by Bryan
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Suite Life ~20 pictures, be careful (Updated Wed, 5/17/06)

  

  I live at Burton Conner (W51), at 410 Memorial Drive, along the Cambridge edge (Cambredge?) of the Charles River. To the east of my dorm are ... can also see the Pierce Boathouse over the water. Our regal Memorial

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  P.S.—Check out the Booklet!

  

  I forgot to mention that America in the World: MIT Speaks has been published! You can check it out at http://web.mit.edu/cis/pdf/FAP%20Booklet.pdf.

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Who is the President of MIT?

  Sally A. Kornbluth is the 18th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kornbluth follows L. Rafael Reif, who led MIT for a decade and stepped down as president at the end of 2022.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Everything I ever wanted to know about making stuff.

  

    Many thanks to the Global Grand Challeneges Summit staff for the photos, and to Ed McCann and Mark Murcko for some of the anecdotes and quotes of the scientists featured here.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opera No, not the browser

  

  One of my housemates here in Boston is a grad student at the MIT ... what I brazenly call The Birthplace of All Things Good and Awesome (I'm working on a shorter, catchier title). Aside from the brilliantly practical

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 10, 2010