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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome People of 2016 part 1 of an incomplete list of the greatest and coolest

  

  , being an actress in VagMo was not particularly taxing. We didn’t have to ... different reasons. Some wanted to be part of the VagMo community, others ... well. I thanked C for being awesome and promised to return to the class a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  will, soon), but somehow I couldn't resist the urge to write an entry ... the last problem sets I will ever do as a freshman, which is a pretty awesome feeling. All that's left to finish up this semester is the final

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots Here's how I spent my summer.

  

  of a blogger's life, having so much to blog but not enough time to write about it ;)  But summer's winding down now.  The time has come to ... designed to be used for research on topics like flight formation and docking

  • by Piper '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  : you should probably not expect to marry the person you broke the ... . 2023 is the year of the dog, we said; 2024 will be the year of the ... [/annotation] to summit Liberty Bell via the Beckey Route. We did not succeed. After

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Wahoo! MIT takes over Doonesbury! Alex Doonesbury is coming to a campus near you.

  

  character in Garry Trudeau's popular Doonesbury comic strip, will be coming to ... the total votes, thanks to what the official Doonesbury Web site called ... 32 percent of the votes, and 19 percent of the votes went to Cornell

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Whatever, this week rocks MIT students gripe a lot about homework. It's not all they do though, thank god.

  

  I have nothing but analysis left to do for the last Junior Lab experiment for the rest of the week. I went to the gym today, I'll probably go ... screwed as I thought I was. To celebrate w/ me is the MIT cheerleading squad

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  It’s been a long road… ...gettin from there to here

  

  starting to be on the radar of people I knew. But there’s a pretty clear ... Linktree has a few links to my different donation incentives. It’s the first ... a famous photo of me in the news. I don’t want to post it directly

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  opportunities to learn about nanotech. Given the vague definition of the term ... exposure to the field. I’ll try to give a brief overview of some nanotech ... department, researchers in the Lang Lab use a laser “tractor-beam” to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  me. Maybe it could help you too? Minesweeper Okay to be fair I’m not ... think about the marshmallow in front of her, or how you’re not thinking ... the months leading up to decision day. I could play with absolutely no

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Things That Made Me Happy (and Sick) It’s me and my infection’s TWO MONTH anniversary!! 🎉😍

  

  to being right on the line. All the points involving sleep As you can ... meant to be, and the view is stunning. If only I wasn’t sniffling so god ... with the world differently than I used to. Things I used to enjoy kinda

  • by Powers '23
  • January 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!

  

  thinking and processes that can be used to mass manufacture products. As an ... needs to be capable of being made somehow. 2.008 teaches us how to make it real. Of course, this is MIT, where we believe the best way to learn is

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 19, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  blog readership will be excited to learn this fact. Adam Helfant, MIT ... , Helfant lived in Burton-Conner, the same dorm that currently is home to ... went to Harvard Law (the latest MIT Careers Office statistics have MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  decision about where to go to school. But will the slice be what you ... not, however, the sort of living group I would tend to click with in ... you who get in will get to come to CPW. And some of you might have

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Most delicious deliverables ever Also, I'm not having a bad hair day. I'm having a bad hair fortnight.

  

  little mustard in with the cheese. Now, my recipe called for nutmeg to be ... carbs after a tough run and I’m not in any mood to assemble it myself ... , shape, form, or box in my life, but I was more than willing to make a game

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 12, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  to be willing to participate; if you engage yourself in the vibrant ... efforts - the point is that you have to be willing to engage. I have taught ... I am delighted to join the impressive cadre of admissions office

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  went on to win the contest. I’m not jealous. Not at all. I think this is ... : If you're not into this, don't worry—you don't have to be very good at ... , confident as you please. I tend to solve problems quickly, so the extreme time

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / CPW

  Hottest ever CPW ouch global warming

  

  This chart first appeared in my CPW history post, but I wanted to republish it to show how absurd this CPW's weather will be. I updated the temperature scales and wow is the difference visible. The CPW weather machine is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  finding a job that will probably be better for my development than the one I ... good post to write on the occasion, or some significant reflection on my ... stagnating. I’m writing about this because I know I’m not the only one who

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  was able to teach us so much about the music that we did not know. He ... the audience members would understand why. The conductor is not a ... , visited MIT last Friday to receive the 2010 Eugene McDermott Award in the

  • by ARTalk
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  of 2014 will join them as alumni of the Institute. The 148th Commencement will be webcast starting at 8 AM ET, with color commentary by our ... graduating today as well before heading to different corners of the planet to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014