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• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  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 ... whether war is intrinsic to human nature, what causes war, how particular

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

  Photo Contest, Round 2 The Boston skyline at night.

  

  just prior to an annual event we call the Sodium Drop (I'll leave the details to your imagination, for now at least). The picture was taken from ... to the right, you'd see MIT and the Cambridge side of the river), and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  #3 on it), Alex Doonesbury is officially going to MIT! Look out for ... character in Garry Trudeau's popular Doonesbury comic strip, will be coming to ... comic's readers to choose among MIT, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and

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

  Piece of my Heart Hey, look, a Turkish internet cafe.

  

  apparently caused by a law requiring any restaurant with seating to also have ... to have full internet access from work until Tuesday, so don't expet any great updates until then. Anyways. I've managed to get myself

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will host a reception at ISEF in Indianapolis.

  

  Thursday, May 11th, from 4:00pm to 5:30pm at the Indianapolis Artsgarden ... Arts at MIT." And since we don't want to ruin your dinner, we'll just be ... downtown Indianapolis. The Artsgarden connects to the Embassy Suites complex

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  ashamed to say that I adore that place), and picked April up at the bus stop ... I told her I was stopping to pick up bagels, everything was ok. I was so excited to be eating real life, actual bagels. Yum. Thursday I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Preparing for CPW

  

  :45am-10am, 11am-1pm If you happen to see me, or if I happen to be checking you in, please don't be shy -- say hello! Also, make sure to come to the Meet the Bloggers event on Friday, from 8:30pm-10pm. It should

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Updates CPW, admitted students parties, the "telethon," and financial aid.

  

  ! And, don't worry, if for whatever reason you don't get to talk to an MIT student tonight, there are plenty of other opportunities to do so. Don ... Washington, DC). If you went to one of the admitted students parties, send your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Engineering Hero One of the coolest professors at MIT

  

  kid, I've always been intrigued by invention and design to the point of electric shock at times when I tried to power a robot by plugging a wire hanger into the socket and expecting my robot to come to life. Professor

  • by Bryan
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Riddle Me This The return of the puzzles.

  

  "How do I get to New Amsterdam?" "Just follow that road and don't be afraid if you see something unfamiliar." Whatever happened to fair dealing ... 've said that I don't care, that I'm immune to gloom, that I'm hard through

  • by Bryan
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX continued The rain killed my hawaiian outfit.

  

  , Senior House, and Random Hall all came to Kresge Oval with slingshots ... , so I decided to go home early. Tonight across most dorms, in-house rush is going on, and then tomorrow, freshmen will get to use me as free

  • by Bryan
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome

  

  Welcome to the new blogs server! I'm currently at my summer ... fan), but I can make random references to geography and pop culture. And ... , and down 24 to Berkeley. I had dinner in a lovely Italian restaurant

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  So today at work, I had a little "free time" so I decided to peruse ... tendency of opening too many windows so my computer crashed and I had to ... pleasantly surprised to find some breaking news. While attempting to

  • by Bryan
  • June 22, 2005
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  /principal to leave spaces blank on the form. Please ask your counselor/principal to upload your official transcript (with three years of subject grades if available). We also accept the high school transcript alone to
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wrote a whole post on Halloween and forgot to publish it So here's 2 months of blogging in one post

  

  night I wrote this post and forgot to click publish so I'm going to add a bunch of CROMBUS content and some other stuff to the end and put it up ... Halloween so I guess I had to make cookies. My favorite halloween cookies are

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • December 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test—Field Experiments in Economics A new class on experimental social science, including: race discrimination, gender differences in behavior, persuasion,…

  

  Social Science to the Test - Field Experiments in Economics. From what I ... 's some information on what we're going to study: What is 14.11? 14.11 is a ... and can teach us and how to conduct them. The class has three major

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  a way to 3D print glass. I'd actually seen some objects on display at ... tied to techniques used for its formation. From the discovery of core ... blow pipe during Roman times, to the modern industrial Pilkington process

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel

  

  Labs, a program that gives MIT students the chance to teach students in ... decided to visit Doha, Qatar, with Jade B '26, a friend also going to Kazakhstan for GTL. Doha was the most common layover when traveling to

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 18, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  now home to the admissions office and plays host to our visitors, I included a list of creative touches we had added to the space to make it feel ... to open-source creative computation at the Welcome Center. https

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  An unexpected discovery, from a few centuries ago It takes more than four years to get to know a place

  

  baked (here's the recipe, in case your mouth just started watering!). To ... disappointment, and headed back to MacGregor. Usually when I go to the market I ... new store, I took a different street back to my dorm. [caption id

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 20, 2018