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  [Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México

  

  stumbled into this opportunity by accident when scrambling for a summer UROP ... cafeterías to this type of initiative are role-models for the rest of the industry. Thank you to Rosario and Hilda at Softtek for taking care of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 4, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January in Paris and two weeks of speaking French

  

  . JSF is an IAP program sponsored by the French department for students ... exclusively en français. (Forgive me, Professor Perreau, for writing this post ... ("urban furniture" for lack of a better term)--the streetposts, bus stops

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 23, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  to hike Mt. Everest, but when the high temperature for the day has a ... we have to be back earlier than most (official IAP doesn’t start for ... mention that it’s been cold here? When I went home for a week after finals

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  STUFF GUYS WOOOO. This time, though, I cannot take any credit for the ... you to via email. For a data nerd like me, this is basically the best thing I’ve ever seen. The stats for how many emails I’ve sent

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Aliens, Bitcoin, Camps now i know my ABCs

  

  The blogs have been pretty quiet for the last week. Most of our ... 'm currently at nerd camp, but anytime the blogs go unblogged for too long, I get ... unforgettable story of Jomny, a lonely alien who, for the first time ever, finds a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Putting The Pieces Together: Hacking at MakeMIT in which four biological engineers spend 16 straight hours making something

  

  the world of “making” by signing up for MakeMIT, even though they had no ... create to their hearts’ content for 16 straight hours. Hosted in the ... provide a few proprietary products for use (i.e. Nvidia Jetsons or

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 12, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  opposite our hostels and classes for prayer. And each Sunday, the Christian ... headed by our religious studies teacher. For these six years in a cozy but ... dining hall varied, depending on who you asked from “not fit for pigs” to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  've been helping with through my UROP at the center for civic media ... -described "poet of code") joy buolamwini's grand-prize-winning video for the "search for hidden figures" contest:   i'm starstruck every day by the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline Q & A

  

  -14 days for the processing of all submitted materials. Items are not posted ... for processing of all materials at this busy time. Interview reports ... had an interview, please note that the deadline for scheduling an

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • December 22, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  can read more about that here if you want!)   For context, Muti ... there, because that's one of the requirements for us to just physically be ... of the Sahara for this reason—that’s maybe one of very few places that

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  I've only been here for a few weeks, but 'here' already feels like ... little closer, it wasn't hard to see that East Campus had a niche for ... going away for me. This is the place I've dreamed of for most of my life

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  what are we to do? we are not helpless in the face of injustice.

  

  who is only here for the summer, who talked about how shocked he was at ... talked at the table. we talked about how to build community and care for ... . we talked about funding for policy experimentation, research of police

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  assistance. Plus, Bebras' mascot is the beaver, just like (and for the same ... challenge and how they can register their schools for the exam. I ... teacher can download together with an answer sheet for a classroom

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

  Snowed In at the Fraternity the blizzard is real.

  

  for Tuesday and Wednesday. My Momentum competition was pushed back to ... we were prepared for fun in the snow. With classes cancelled, we spent ... general has been very productive, especially for me. Spending most of my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventure Coming full circle at MIT

  

  ideas for new products and developed alpha prototypes of their ideas. All ... band that sings great remixes of pop songs. For example, instead of ... , a prosthetic socket that will allow the user to reshape the socket for

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Fall Festival 2014 Some actors came to MIT and told me about their units of measurement

  

  positive reactions/Amazon reviews for his Comedy Central show—there is ... in the past (clearly, he was unintentionally prepared for such a question), and answered that the Kumail would be a scale of magnitude for the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Good Morning, Sportsracers! *erases introductory post draft for the umpteenth time in the vain hope that he'll stick…

  

  Introductions are generally a clunky thing for me. There's some basic ... judged for quoting HMS Pinafore in this person's presence? Would this be a ... -knit friend group. This timescale felt too long for college: I wanted to meet

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 2 TableTop, Net Neutrality, Complexity Theory And More

  

  Role-Playing Game show. I can't wait! Youtubers Fighting For Net Neutrality Net Neutrality is a topic that I've been closely following for a ... slowly making sense. Apologies for breaking the Zaxxon rule with this one

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  to Admitted Student Gatherings, social events for mingling with other ... out your hair while doing PSets? It's a good thing that my very job for ... about meal plans, housing, dorm life, UROPs, and things to do for fun. One

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  as "backup", and we just went for it. Then everyone started ... . For those of you with the stomach to watch, I offer you this video. We had a lot of cleanup to do... The geese on Killian helped! For

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014