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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  're going to take these corn cobs and corn husks and this briquette press ... Use sand to seal the edges and let it carbonize for a while. Fast ... brick press, hammer away, and voila. Leave these bricks out to dry

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tribute This is not the best joke in the world... actually, maybe it is.

  

  Princess Leia" and "When You're Good to Jabba" and "City on a Cloud" and "One ... to put it in! And "splendid job" to everyone involved in this semester ... that I need to have written by tomorrow, I spent the afternoon in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Prof. Acemoglu’s Clark Medal On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe, there's a story…

  

  contribution to economic thought and knowledge. Of the 29 Clark medalists to date ... curious," Acemoglu said. ''I love research, and it's just so hard to give ... , there's a story on the John Bates Clark Medal being awarded to MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings

  

  to meet some potential future classmates, as well as MIT students and ... MIT account for the most up to date information and RSVP if requested. There is a whole MIT community that can’t wait to meet you. Congratulations and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  , and I look forward to it. A lot of reading, though. :-) 21F.302: French ... and studios where you can screen foreign films to hone your language ... :-) A couple of classes I'm paying special attention to: 21F.019

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / CPW

  Hottest ever CPW ouch global warming

  

  This chart first appeared in my CPW history post, but I wanted to republish it to show how absurd this CPW's weather will be. I updated the temperature scales and wow is the difference visible. The CPW weather machine is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  , accomplishments, inspiration, secret obsessions, and more. Until we all went to New ... philosopher. It was great to meet such accomplished young women. And then ... other than the fashion editor of Glamour and her assistant were there to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/13/14, at 15:16 ET

  

  MIT username and password. I recommend you do this now. Strange things happen to ... system to reset it. Simply visit MyMIT and click on the lost password link ... please, be nice to our office, and don't email that link unless you'

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 5, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  row way on the other end of the room. I want to interject here and say ... ’ve seen him around for the past two years and now I get to see him twice a ... Valentine’s Day!” and ran away. Professor Cheeseman got up to erase the board

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  school, so it's just wonderful that we're able to do this together and ... ," said Taylor. "We are going to a school with the best academics and a ... up. "I would tell them to have confidence in themselves and to push

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  This year well over 18,000 students applied for admission to MIT in ... . Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread For Those Not Admitted

  

  This year well over 17,000 students applied for admission to MIT in ... . Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Events

  World AIDS Day 2008 Spread the word.

  

  and can't actually go to the screening, but I've found a link to the ... Today, December 1st, is World AIDS day, the day when individuals and organizations from around the world come together to bring attention to the global

  • by Snively '11
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Disaster Relief .

  

  When I describe Sichuan to people I always mention the food, and the mountains, the humidity sometimes, and I always explain that Sichuan ... I haven't been able to focus at all today. I didn't really understand

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  the swing of things tomorrow. It will be a little strange to be back (and for so many people to be speaking English), but I'm excited to begin ... trip to Florida starts in less than a month! Forthcoming blog entries

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  in a very mural-happy dorm, I can't paint to save my life. But I do like to photograph a lot, and in fact I've done quite a lot of it in the ... ) never touched film before. And that's where this post comes in. You see

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  four day experience for first year students to explore MIT dorms and find ... years and upperclassmen, and get a feel for everything MIT has to offer ... .g. TDC for 2015, 2014, and 2013). In recent years, in an attempt to make

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  some point. From talking to friends and other people at MIT, I know that ... to know that there are other people in the same boat, and that feeling ... is to cut myself a break and realize that it’s ok to feel uncertain and

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW time waits for no man, woman or beaver

  

  equally impressive, and you have an entire Admissions office here to help ... do is go to the source: MIT's CPW gurus Lauren and Jennifer. They'll be ... and get to know your fellow classmates? So please consider your memory

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 22, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Exam Cram a comic in which my friend tries to save me from chem

  

  . Because I'm a try hard and didn't know how to make proper memes, I drew a comic. The topic was on orbitals and hybridization. I really like it, so I'm going to spew it here onto the internet.

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 24, 2022