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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Random notes A little bit of this, a little bit of that.

  

  producing and is rumored to also be in the film. I don't know if you caught ... 'll be reading them this week and posting some of them next week. Good news for Heroes fans at MIT: Masi Oka, who plays the lovable and awesome

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts

  

  Yesterday, I got back to MIT, and my bedroom's view this year rivals my summer ... " from a lovely antiques store in Boston So here is my workspace (and my ... ." I think honking is a sacred activity and this sort of socially

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  From across the Web… Recent happenings across the Web.

  

  Professors Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo of MIT's Poverty Action Lab about microloans and microfinance. Relatedly, you really should check out the work being done at both the Poverty Action Lab and the Program in Developmental

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

  The Suite Life ~20 pictures, be careful (Updated Wed, 5/17/06)

  

  Cambridge edge (Cambredge?) of the Charles River. To the east of my dorm are some fraternities, and then Baker, former home of Matt '00. To our west are an independent living group and MacGregor, home of Mollie '06. You

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  For My Fellow Coffee Lovers Out 3 choices will soon be 4.

  

  Mountain at the Building 4 Cafe (and soon DD). We seem to rotate between them ... going to turn into (first) a debate about whether or not DD's coffee is palatable (people seem to have strong opinions on both sides of this argument

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faster than a speeding locomotive. E=MC^2 serving up the most delicious physics problems since 1905.

  

  Revolution) and STS.310 (Introduction to the History of Science). If I had the ability to travel through time, I think I'd go back and meet Ol' Al. Who ... 's science, suggestions for further reading, and other resources. A detailed

  • by Bryan
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First Blogiversary One year ago today, "McGann's Factors" began.

  

  blogs up and running, I feel very proud of what we've been able to do. Over the past year, I've learned a lot about blogging and how to best ... more helpful and successful. If you have any feedback, constructive

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Graduations

  

  I'm on my way now to my brother's graduation in Pennsylvania. I'm not really sure how it will go, or how it will compare to MIT's Commencement ... speaker will be Irwin Jacobs, the co-founder, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT goes APE. Not your average Sunday night.

  

  Hello all! I’m just popping in to show you guys a video from an ... , performances, and festive spirits – but the highlight came at the end. You see ... East Movement (FM) to MIT’s Walker Memorial – you know, the same place I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  Professors," a trip to Six Flags New England, and Tech Night at the Pops. And ... Senior Week, we celebrate the graduating class and provide them with their ... that I know who replied to my request for a profile =) As such, some non

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Won’t Be Long Now… Some pictures to tide you over.

  

  envelopes and packages have been processed by mail services and delivered to ... I've just finished assembling and sealing hundreds of packages with ... provides a bit of closure to an important part of the admissions cycle. It

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  New Year Notes Miscellaneous.

  

  , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette And finally today, a little trivia contest (props to ... Happy 2006, everyone! Before heading back to the office tomorrow, here are a few notes... Some folks from MIT and NIST further confirmed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Psycho kitten, que’st-ce que c’est? Settling a long-standing question in the midst of finals week.

  

  time to do, including mural painting, knitting, and now... apparently ... , at least it's not as bad as the freshmen on the floor who, thanks to ... big screen in our floor lounge. Anyway, thanks to the apparent lack of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Check Is In The Mail As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they…

  

  office) and will be making their way to your mailboxes accordingly. (For ... automatically begin to spaz as soon as you read this. Don't. Just wait and see ... decisions to bed. The weather here was so bad that nothing moved on Friday. As

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Going for the Au An MIT alum will compete in Olympic skeleton.

  

  , sailing, and, of course, UROP. Pat Antaki isn't the first MIT alum to go to ... Karvinen (TsK) Antaki, who was born in and will compete for Lebanon, lived ... , 2000 and 2004, men's lightweight double sculls, United States FENCING

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some a capella A concert by the MIT Chorallaries (7 pictures)

  

  solos... I got to sit behind the sound guy! ;) And, for the grand ... It's Saturday night at MIT, and I'm taking a break from reading in my ... have joined me to see MIT's oldest co-ed a capella group (with a nerdy

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  for "Crew of the Week" and you can all help our crew team be recognized by going here and voting on the right hand side. This site is a little ... . With all the recent varsity team stuff, it can't hurt to show our teams a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on my mind *insert witty caption here*

  

  UROPs at the Langer Lab and the Amon Lab whatever you want me to talk ... It's been a busy week, and I've still got a lot on my mind. As long ... spring semester learning more Python and more LaTeX showing off my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  modeled after commentators like Bill O'Reilly. And, to help with context in ... commentator famous for his opposition to illegal immigration, and you may also know want to know what a triffid is. If you've got all that, enjoy

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  their length and score. "We're very data driven here, so we're going to ... Yesterday's New York Times had another article about the new SAT, and ... admissions at M.I.T., adding that she thought it was unfair to base decisions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005