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• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  So, I'm back in the office after this weekend's wedding. It was great ... tie the knot. If you're wondering what a random sampling of MIT alums 3-6 years removed from the Institute are doing job-wise, here's who was around

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More CPW Pix

  

  , as we finally get to put the face with the application. Sometimes, it ... last fall on the road (so do you). Even then, the image in your head ... Mauritius (Geraldine), and of course to meet many of the parents, too (hi

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  The Bebras Computing Challenge (American homepage, international ... participants, including ~15k in the United States last year. Bebras USA is led by Eljakim Schrijvers, the lead coach of the Dutch team at the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  the world is blooming! and so am i?

  

  with the colors of a tree: from green, to orange, to white, to pink, and ... (Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons”). [caption id="attachment_101219" align ... detail LOL[/caption] The last time I lived somewhere with four seasons (as

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITWE Goes Digital We stan Fred in this household 😤

  

  With all the WiFi problems in [annotation note="One of the big lecture halls in the Stata Center"]32-123[/annotation] and PE registration ... . Luckily, the MIT Wind Ensemble (MITWE) is always ahead of the curve, using

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gustavo Dudamel Conducts MITSO! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Because we are THAT good.

  

  [by Shelby Heinecke '13] THE Gustavo Dudamel, you know, the hip, vivacious, and inspiring Venezuelan conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, visited MIT last Friday to receive the 2010 Eugene McDermott Award in the

  • by ARTalk
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It All Started with a Sound Board… [By Harrison Bralower '11] I was pleased to find that MIT had a very strong…

  

  in eighth grade my class went to the local high school to see a production of Man of La Mancha and I got seated right behind the sound board. The show was fantastic but I couldn't take my eyes off the two guys

  • by ARTalk
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of rich men reclining on comfy couches while drinking and battling wits. The ... the beautiful new conference center at Harvard Medical School, the New

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  blog about some MIT references. First up, the book Freakonomics by ... recently was awarded the John Bates Clark medal. As Matt's blog discussed, this year, MIT Professor Daron Acemoglu won the Clark medal. The MIT

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Fair Season

  

  blog topics today. Kevin posted the New York Times article on MIT President Susan Hockfield, and Daniel posted the National Public Radio piece on the Time Traveler Convention. Anyway, check both of those out. Last

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  A summer in Cambridge did wonders for my knowledge of the area. While I was at MIT, I barely explored the city, so my knowledge of my surroundings was limited to the MIT area, Chinatown, and the Back Bay. Now, I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Computer Timesharing in the 1960’s an extremely influential solution to computer bottlenecks

  

  professor Fernando J. Corbato at the MIT Computation Center in 1963. Today, in my 15.565 Digital Evolution: Managing Web 3.0 class, we learned of the philosophy behind cloud computing. Cloud computing is the means by which data

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  warmth feelings i miss

  

  it was june, which in the relative scale of time we’re all in right now, was forever ago. i was standing on the harvard bridge staring into a summer sunset, as it filled the sky with orange and blue, as i held

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  8 / Fresh start A month of eating and sleeping and other fun things

  

  To set the mood: Armstrong Cabin - Justin Hurwitz, from the First Man ... around the country and world. This IAP, however, I had the most free time since I started college and tried my best to make the most of my time off

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding The Tech Article Some clarifications.

  

  The Tech published an article today that contains some significant factual errors. In particular this statement: "Although MIT limits the number of international applicants admitted to 10 percent of the total

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey Erick, You Awake? Not gonna call it a night just yet

  

  During the summer, you get to do fun things you can't pull off during the semester, like staying up all night because spontaneous.   After a long Saturday, my friends and I found ourselves chilling in the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  . When there are clouds, the sun fills the space around them and splotches the mountains with their shadows. I'm sitting on the porch of a coffeehouse in the railyard with a spoonful of melted ice cream, accidentally

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Events

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

  

  My first installment of The Adventures of Team Bemis: Some extremely ... implementing capable lovable hand turkeys. For those unfamiliar with the concept, the steps involved in making a hand turkey are as follows: 1.) Stock up

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

  Engagement Party Salsa dancing with Benjamin Franklin and Optimus Prime

  

  MIT, and at first I was going to spend the weekend in NYC, but then I noticed a funny question on the invitation and was so intrigued that I ... figures figure (haha!) into the party? Well, the nametags we wore on the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  Today, two quick items I've recently seen on the web (more ... . The course, which recently has focused on the war in Iraq, is described ... ." Second, the Boston Globe had this photo and caption today: A ton of snow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006