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• 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
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  wrong and I'm going to have Greg fix it tomorrow. Is that okay with you ... patterns. To the extent that this is true - and to the extent that Apple ... Apple was trying to make its stores seem like a church, a sacred space

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Greetings from India: D-Lab Students in the Field D-Lab students Luke, Sydney, Jessica, Madhavan

  

  D-Lab is an interdisciplinary program at MIT committed to working ... and I are working on measuring the power it takes to pedal a rickshaw ... to measure the amplitude of a triangle wave and its derivative. We

  • by OEL
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  not THAT bad. This craving is just strong enough to make you go off in ... what it means to be a pie, and all pies are merely shadows of its perfect ... attention of the frazzled shopkeeper to put in their order. And it turns out

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  moral of this story, as you will learn, is that you should NEVER FORGET TO ... I could tough it out. I made it to the kitchen, then to my room ... and call again if it hadn't gotten better. I went to sleep at 9:30. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  A Continuing Experiment in Cooperative Eating or, every food picture I have ever posted from pika

  

  The streets are paved with slush, everything is cold, and my pajamas have penguins on them. It is decidedly winter. But at pika, it's spring ... , strange instrument concerts, and sitting in a dark room listening to music

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Got Us iPads! [UNBOXING VIDEO] ft. my cat and my new apple pencil

  

  , I'm not one to turn down free stuff. So, it was a no-brainer -- I ... unboxing it. It was quarantine week, so I had to hold my phone in one hand ... plans for the fall, most people reading the FAQ immediately scrolled to

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  24 Pumpkins a journey through the streets of Boston

  

  made it through the crowded sections without doing bodily harm to any ... disappointed by their stock. It took a surprisingly long time to actually pick ... standing on the side to keep it from sliding into oncoming traffic. [caption

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Events

  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  professor out to a nice dinner on the town. And we'll pay for it. So, not ... we should take out to dinner or where we should go out to eat? Mitra recommends: Professor Jeffrey Harris Professor Harris is a health economist

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006