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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  throughout the developing world. D-Lab is unlike any other I've taken. In most ... When most people I know think of MIT, the first thing that leaps to ... impossible not to notice the tremendous amount of resources that MIT is pouring

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  dining plan where you pay a set fee in the beginning of the semester and ... amusing note: the Conner-side elevator in Burton-Conner is broken. There's a ... The field hockey team is doing awesome this year, (The Tech even

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  communication is the single most influential factor in how we work, from the ... When I was in high school one of the most influential non ... human factors in what we bring to and need from our work. The one story

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  defense the other bloggers didn’t believe i could write a post about basketball

  

  one of the things i find most interesting about defense in games is its ... thinks that is the level of execution i aspire to reach in solving the ... this post, so i won’t try to. instead i’ll just say that the most common

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  woah woah woah, hold on Fiona, its going to get a whole lot worse in the ... is great for now but once it gets unbearable (in the real winter) I ... outside (great for when the weather is brutal). I have ridden my bike in

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  bottom layer is made of PVC foam identical to the foam used in a regular ... time constraint. It had to tie in somehow to the class theme for the ... -up and now ready to go into training, that the temperature of the horse is

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  bday burnout no more spiders please

  

  actually got to meet nisha & the person who lived in my room before me ... tried to help me find the spider but it had disappeared. It reappeared in ... went to bed. -- I woke up a few hours later and saw Abe and Nghiem in the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 18, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  in with my parents. About a month ago I decided to go back home for the ... -way ticket to Boston in August, cut off most of my connections from home, moved ... it exists, at least not in the clean, sequential way I want it to. The

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  want to take! I'm even excited for the required classes, which is really ... though this class is a requirement, I'm going to enjoy it a lot. One of the ... this class is super cool. According to the first line of Petey's syllabus

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  ' bedroom door and tried to hear what they were saying). In second grade, I started “The Digging Club”: I led two friends to a patch of grass on the ... . Now, instead of using fitted sheets as capes, I buy fabric from the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Events

  2022 Ring Premiere! ring alert: it SHINY

  

  specific set design). In February of sophomore year, the design is announced ... , though, is because I won the raffle :0 I guess as an incentive to get ... is a Brass Rat? Well, it's a ring that comes in gold, silver, or

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  , the eating is much cheaper than the MIT meal plan, so if this month goes ... . (side note: my condolences to all those left high and dry when the IAP ... Caltech"). We landed in Baltimore close to 7 AM Saturday morning, after a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  optical illusions don't try this at home kids. use the crosswalk whenever possible.

  

  is huge, and it's pretty much impossible to do everything in one day ... flasher in the grocery store. (Some days my life just is not normal ... -death experiences in the span of 4 days, but I did. Tuesday night, I was all ready to

  • by Bryan
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  January 10 On the plane from Panama to Quito What a goofy ... out to dry were still SOAKED, and applied the hairdryer treatment with ... in February. Raphael very kindly woke up extra early to help me pack

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  redundancy built in to the skydiving gear you wear.  Not only is there a ... in a classroom with 4 other guys learning the finer points of how to ... turned left and started walking dejectedly to the hanger in order to put my

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Update – Featuring Tim the Beaver as Miley Cyrus Everything is awesome!

  

  incredible this experience is, and how grateful I am to live in a place this ... I am sitting in the coolest little corner of our courtyard I've ever seen wearing shorts and a tank top.  The temperature is well into the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  . Once said novelty is firmly affixed to said vacuum attachment, the lid ... basement in the middle of the night, I moved to the side and acted like I was ... route -- can you find the buildings?) Ready? Let's go! In that door

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  means by "magnitude." In astronomy, we use the word "magnitude" to ... personally think it's one of the most beautiful pictures ever taken in ... ). "Is in the habitable zone" is a very different thing from "habitable

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  college search process. She is the first in her family to attend college and ... process. The good news is that she got accepted to a bunch of schools all ... schools. Have you decided which school to attend in the fall? D: No. But it

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Comments 3999 & 4000

  

  who, in the 3999th comment, provided a link to this interview with MIT professor Henry Jenkins on Star Wars fandom: Henry Jenkins is perhaps the most prominent scholar in the country devoted to examining pastimes often deemed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2005