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• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  . Today I used it to pry a Simmons window shut when the handle failed. My ... hundreds of disposable plastic utensils I'm not throwing into landfills

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  Cory and I paused for about an hour and a half while looking for Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke in the Hayden library stacks this ... looked through is leftmost. And there are many, many more. I am happy.

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A…an…uh…a cappella concert? MIT's got non-Petri dish culture, too

  

  , Cross Products, Resonance, Ohms, and probably some other groups that I ... - who, if you recall, I'm a big fan of. ...and there was dancing

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  ¡Vámonos! An introduction to GRTs and the support system at MIT

  

  're technically grown-ups too, but you know.) Anyways, I recently spoke with the ... school year, and I thought it would be interesting to hear their insight as

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Math Women Rock k + 8 = awesome

  

  Happy International Women's Day! I've talked before about how MIT Women Rock, but let's broaden the pool of rockstars a bit. The Math Prize ... interview with PBS! I know that somewhere over on East Campus you are blushing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  One of the things I truly love about MIT is that you never know when you'll learn, stumble-upon and/or be run over by something new. While ... -Set for the day is: how much transparent concrete would I need to safely

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2011 arrives… Orientation programs are beginning, and the campus is really starting to come alive.

  

  , hundreds of freshmen are all around campus. Today, I saw Snively '11 from ... great to see everyone. Note to '11s: Ben, Bryan and I are generally around

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Having Trouble Reaching Your EC? Some advice on getting in touch with your interviewer.

  

  [email protected] or call the Admissions Office at 617-253-3400.]   I ... temporarily and unexpectedly unavailable. But there may be other reasons. I

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  , there are some good beaches right in Boston or its neighboring cities. I took one of those very quick trips this past weekend when my friend and I

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Videos and photos and more Lots of cool coverage of MIT stuff from sites, blogs, and vlogs across the web.

  

  folks across campus this past Thursday (I, of course, missed it for the 11 ... and his ASSIST project. I promise you, this is pretty cool.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 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 substantial entries to come this week): First, I saw a link on a military blog (Naval Open Source Intelligence) to a relevant MIT OpenCourseWare course

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  From across the Web… Recent happenings across the Web.

  

  Some random links I've been accumulating: The New York Times asks Professors Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo of MIT's Poverty Action Lab about ... before settling into her own blog here in about a month.  I don

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  EA Blogger Application Decisions The results are in.

  

  I just want to say on behalf of the committee that we are truly impressed with all of the applications (and there are MANY). Your collective ... Blogging Year 3 is going to be unparalleled. I'll shut up now and give you

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Cannon Hack The famous tale of the Caltech Cannon Hack.

  

  hacking history comes to a close. I, for one, was quite impressed with the students behind "Howe & Ser." For the memories, I've below tallied some of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mailing Tomorrow; Yo-Yo Tonight Verify your MyMIT username and password.

  

  online on Saturday. I want to urge you one final time: if you have not ... . Our office phone number is 617-253-4791. With that said, I'm now leaving

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT Problems – EA Deadline Now 11/4 EA deadline extended to 11/4 - details inside.

  

  operating smoothly now. I'll spare you all the gory details of what happened ... servers - we're MIT and we have kickass servers - but sometimes I think the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Odds & Ends Concerts (on & off campus), doors (on campus), and lectures (also on campus).

  

  I'm a bit under the weather today, and I'm still working on the next ... , November 11. I saw Hot Hot Heat on a previous tour swing through Boston, and ... Thomas the week before, and Ludacris is in town tonight) Last entry, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Solar Car Pulled Over The MIT Solar Car Team got in a little trouble.

  

  . ``Obviously it's not built for the road,'' he said.   I don't know if they were issued a fine, but if so, I'd be more than happy to help defray the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  I've been trying to think of a good way to kick off the new admissions cycle (class of 2010 - woot!) and it's finally come to me. We had ... , and set new goals for this cycle. I'm very excited to embark on my

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery Potato martinis at the courthouse

  

  I finished finals yesterday (Tuesday), so now I am pretty much done with the first half (2/4 years) of MIT. That is both an exhilirating and scary thought. Here are some photographs from Ring Delivery, last

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2005