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• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  profession? Sorry to those of you who have actual careers like car-washing and ... could leave you here, but once again I have something to show you. Two ... climb up to the roofdeck of Random Hall and I transcribe the sunset that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Congrats Jenn Lai ‘11, Rhodes Scholar This blog entry does not contain video of Jenn playing "Rhapsody in Blue" with the…

  

  much everyone knows me as "jen lai" ("jen lai" also happens to be a ... oldest and best known award for international study," includes among its winners political figures like Bill Clinton, George Stephanopoulos and David

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Engagement Party Salsa dancing with Benjamin Franklin and Optimus Prime

  

  MIT, and at first I was going to spend the weekend in NYC, but then I noticed a funny question on the invitation and was so intrigued that I ... #6. Notice how much more into the salsa dancing he is, compared to me

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Novartis

  

  spiffy new building every time I walk to the supermarket or to Harvard and ... up in 2003 and is home to about 700 scientists. Ever seen those ... . Basically, everything is shiny and ready to break, I mean use =) All right, I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  this much - you loved your job and you loved sharing your love of science ... Last Thursday, Bob Silbey, a professor in Course 5 (Chemistry) and ... finally worked up the nerves to ask a question in his class, only to confirm

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  conveniently labeled. Ta-da! The laundry room. Not much to say here, really ... bike, and elliptical machine. But I couldn't remember the combo to unlock ... dance and theater groups) will request to use the space for practices or

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  ; the former from Latin tangere “to touch”, and adding the prefix in-, for negation, goes to integer. So “tangent” means touching, and “integer” means ... . And typography changed, as things tend to do over five centuries. While

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  member, and was on air within weeks. I've continued to remain involved ever ... had to leave campus, and the resulting panic will go down in some ... predict from overachievers with too much to do but not enough hours in the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Following My Passions At MIT [by Susan Shepherd '11] Can a writer fit in at MIT?

  

  to express themselves, of course. Although engineering, science and mathematics are very much a part of MIT's curriculum and culture, so too are the ... Writing and Humanistic Studies. From "Rhetoric" to "Playwriting" to "Science

  • by ARTalk
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  throughline between what I was then and what I am now. I used to think that an ... different (and honestly, much deeper) than they were then. My work has nothing ... and still go on to professional and personal success.

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  , apparently. I presented Akash with a loaf of white bread, and he went to work ... .01 pset was going to be. Anyway, Akash finished the garlic bread and kindly ... 'd just like to say that it was absolutely fantastic and I loved every last

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Magic Of fluorescent cells and robots

  

  Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Foundation is dedicated to education and ... effort to update me on the project via Skype when I was in England and has ... , Katie has been working really hard to learn new techniques and how to

  • by Linh V. '13
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  more important than quantity. And some people, I know, do have more to ... , and if they do, I'd trust that. Or, if they recommend paring it down to ... with a Bachelor's and Master's degree from MIT in Urban Studies &

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  falling in love with october swooning over foLiAGe

  

  importantly, I have the headspace to just enjoy the sights and sounds of fall ... themselves to do things that bring you joy and relaxation. Go outside! Bake a ... live and where you’ll be in a year, so try to give this fall a bit of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  get dark, and my phone was dropping rapidly from 33% to 18%. It climbed to 23% when I charged it in the bathroom of an old abbey, and had ... those stones. When I got to the hostel, the woman welcomed me in and I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  to expecting a lot of myself, and I was a bit baffled when I just ... three a cappella groups, and was lucky to get into two, but I ended up ... face. I descended the steps to the subway and scanned the pearlescent red

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Entrepreneurship & Innovation

  soul searching at CES 2019 a non-journalist's take

  

  the displays at CES and wonder what it means to be "marketable." Am I ... are probably highschoolers. As much as I don't want you to relate to ... you. It's hard to feel good enough. I'm at MIT, and I still don't feel

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 15, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: It’s Amazing Pterodactyl I'm not good at acronyms

  

  bit different. There's no snow to be seen, and temps are relatively ... and trips designed to help introduce people to the fun they can have in ... . Not all of IAP has to be crampons and ice axes though, there's still

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  3D Ping Pong Quantum Mechanics (Or why the sciences here are even better than you may think)

  

  doorway and enter a room that has been engineered to optimize the room ... experience from your friends, and you just want to see what all the excitement ... " fashioned out of string, ping pong balls, and what looks to be a wooden frame

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  fickle and annoying and COLD." I remember my parents jokingly asking me to ... knew it was going to be cold. I had packed my tried-and-true winter gear ... not accomplishing anything - it was far too tempting to just sit and

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009