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• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  , came at an important time for our culture, and is one that resonated ... for more than fifty years, stretching over the tenures of half a dozen deans and directors. And while we are always striving for improvement, we

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  sense that, I believe, for the most part, the MIT culture is well conveyed ... MIT, all smushed up into one tiny weekend package for you to sample and ... when we get a chance, but for now, here are the rest of my CPW photos

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Registration Browser Issues Firefox isn't playing nicely with MyMIT...

  

  browsers!) I'm so sorry for the inconvenience. -B

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  tool, since MIT students will be responsible for implementing the plan ... operations, and I feel the level of support for this project from the students ... desire for such on-campus greening projects now and in the future.”

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  indispensable instrument for representing modern life, in the hands of such ... 18th and 19th century topics, and may be repeated for credit with ... ’s “New Faces of 1996” and has since garnered a PEN/Malamud Award for short

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  expression, "the cure for cancer is research" throughout the corridors at MIT

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  MIT, with a unique talent for both writing and astrophysics. Perhaps you ... (1995), Dance for Two (1996), or Reunion (2003). In 2002, he cofounded the ... science journalist. I went there just to get a feel for what a career in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Thanksgiving! Holiday wishes and fun stuff.

  

  's artistic and culinary adventures at leftunattended.com. Looking for a little

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Get Your Wii On. A Dome Hack!!!

  

  In honor of the release of the Nintendo Wii the Great Dome found itself hacked. Photo Credit: Eric Schmiedl More photos can be found here Update (11/19/06; 2:08 PM) The cultural reference for that symbol goes

  • by Bryan
  • November 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  -field-hockey-season-rest I had allocated for myself was officially over, so I should get my ... dying to do for years- I went to a kickboxing class! (MIT has kickboxing ... fun. And a really intense workout. I’ll be sore tomorrow, that’s for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  For $35 to $250 per square centimeter, you can have your name written on a spacecraft! The MIT Mars Gravity Biosatellite Program is selling the ads to fund their project to launch a student-designed small

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

  Reischauer Scholars Program For those interested in Japan or international relations.

  

  school. I studied Japanese for three years in high school, so my junior year, I applied and was selected for a scholarship program that studied ... postmarked by October 27, 2006. For more information and to download the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hartford meeting wrap-up Giving a better answer to a question I was asked in my Hartford meeting.

  

  student that likes to build things for fun, enjoys racing, or wants to learn ... own shops. Design for Change: DfC does science and engineering for ... for Ghana, India, and Lesotho, with more to come. Of course, this is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The best picture we took in Paris Slightly delayed for some slightly successful attempts at photo editing.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? MIT's original Course 20, "Food Technology, Nutrition Science, and Applied Biological Sciences", existed in the MIT Course Handbook for 17 years without any faculty or staff, until the last remaining

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  insanity at that place on a daily basis. (I'm a lifeguard at a waterpark, for ... get to be awesome and actually save lives. For real. I know, I know, you ... nonetheless. Today, for example, in one hour alone I had to handle one accident

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The best Metro station ever The Metro does it best.

  

  advertisement. Seriously, it warmed my heart. An advertisement for Western

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  as the "international symbol for Frank O. Gehry architecture." This is ... ?" Yes, MIT is infamous for accumulating a collection of unusual and (dare ... 'm not sure who came up with the idea of a windowless brick cylinder for a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10s in the news A series of newspaper articles about incoming MIT freshmen.

  

  Over the next week (or so), I’ll be publishing newspaper articles I’ve collected from across the web (via newsfeeds) about members of the Class of 2010 (if there was a…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  Human Genome Research Institute? Thanks a lot for your help." This is an ... of experience, so I repeated the same process for the next two years ... the application process very early (January or February) for best

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  4th of July Celebrations Boston, and the MIT campus, are great places to celebrate the 4th of July.

  

  prime fireworks watching location. 2. The Sailing Pavilion. For members ... Carboat. MIT students and alums love creating their own venues for watching ... canons for 1812 are always a big hit. Here are some photos I took from the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 2, 2006