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• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 4 the finale

  

  them, but in total, it comes out to something like 35-40, hence the ... shirts into a giant queen-sized quilt, and I'm SUPER excited to see it. I ... main quest, really, more than it is a sidequest - and I can see it mapped

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  , it feels lonely to do social science without being able to share in the ... remind myself that, even when it sucks, MIT is home. It is my community and ... (sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year) How I Learned to Stop

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  /change technology to make the world less awful, and Catherine is one of the central ... about who she is, what she's doing, and how people at/aspiring to MIT can ... it takes more than one gender to build a just and fair world.  How

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  neighbors, it seems like as good a time as any to crank out some thoughts on ... -polarized component of the pulsar's signal rotates on its way to Earth, due to the Milky ... current software, which is awesome, because the eventual goal is to get the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48, Part 2 Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do…

  

  You asked for it[citation needed], and so here it is. After the list ... very good story.) WMBR is the campus radio station: it began in the ... idea for a crazy Splash class, and may have mentioned it in half-jest to

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Carnival A glorious carnival is marred by the passing of a beloved goldfish. (24 pictures)

  

  in time to try and knock down a fat cat. It's really hard to throw ... button-making Warning: this part is going to start off happy, and end ... Last night, we went to a carnival that was sponsored by the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  , dropping my A to a C. The sad part is that I still cared, even though it was ... ’t figure it out. One of my biggest barriers towards success was that going to ... ."]OX[/annotation] when I had no other choice but to ask for one. My OX is still not

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Boston’s college mascots, placed into a Tree of Life a project that nobody asked for

  

  Wierum)[/caption] As it turns out, relying on measurements was going to be ... product I used Medibang Paint to make it all pretty. Some small issues I ... chordates to arthropods is a whopping 25:1, with BAC's (informal) bee mascot

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 18, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Engineer, Blogger… Rhodes Scholar (!) Melis wins the Rhodes Scholarship!

  

  immunology. Melis is (according to this list) the 38th MIT student to win the ... coverage of the Rhodes announcement: It occurred to Melis N. Anahtar's family ... oldest and best known award for international study," includes among its

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work

  

  designed to kindle the creativity again, and it is so liberating. ... learned to shove facts into my head, regurgitate it on a test a week later ... adjustment period, full of trial and error, just as it was intended to be. IAP

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 3, 2017
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  So much has happened since my last entry, it seems impossible to ... I can’t imagine what it must be like to face such a tragedy, I think I ... returned to Cambridge to join Harvard. She is one of a number of female

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  , and what should the United States do to solve it?" Two fellow bloggers ... producer at the History Channel happened to read it, contacted Zahir, and ... World: MIT Speaks, that showcases 25 undergraduates' responses to the

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  St. George’s Day England's National Day

  

  you can't tell, the flag is white with a red cross on it. Okay, I ... When I came back to England from Easter vacation, I was greeted by ... . I whipped out my camera and we agreed that whatever it was, it would

  • by Cambridge
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Interview with a Mystery Hunt Winner An interview with Kat '10, a member of Palindrome, last year's winning team and this…

  

  , accidentally saw Juno three times." (This is not a lie. I only meant to see it ... . My favorite thing about going to a place like MIT is that you tend to ... to know some of them, we're really good friends now. "What was it like

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Students Are Cool: Brian Chan edition These are the kind of people that you will go to school with.

  

  . Image courtesy of Joseph Lee.  Want to watch him fold it? Yes, he ... MIT.  The honest answer?  THE PEOPLE!  So I'm going to tell you stories about some of the awesome and amazing people that I went to school with

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nano @ MIT Puppets! Research! Nanotechnology!

  

  movement is to get a UROP at one of the many laboratories conducting nanotech ... , so I figured I might as well take this opportunity to clear up some of the more common questions: Is there a nanotechnology major at MIT? Not

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Charmed, I’m Sure What I did my 2nd IAP

  

  the charming way to flirt. It turns out that my nerdy pick up lines ... the MyMIT website, so be sure to check that out when it gets posted ... 't write much here. On Friday, I went to Charm School. I had a hard time

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in New York! where chicken and rice is so good.

  

  I think one of the greatest things about going to college is the ... years. And this summer is no exception! I have relocated to New York ... at night, because one of my secret dreams is to work as a multilingual

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  happy palindrome week! conventions, patterns, palindromes

  

  is thus a palindromic date. It is, in fact, the first palindromic date ... that it is perfect. The palindrome was written by Nick Montfort ...  English, and you can read it on the web here. Or, if you come to MIT, you can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  a place to me over the past semester/several months: even though it is ... and 4. This is one of the small things I love about MIT: its building ... has been sitting largely in its tote bag on my shelf because I wanted to

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017