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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  AIDS, there is a lot of joy. And life without joy is pointless." It ... about life and criticisms of American foreign policy. All in all, it was a very informative and entertaining event. I am going to have to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Nightmarket Two (unrelated) celebrations of low-priced office supplies and Asian culture. (~15 pictures)

  

  bus back to MIT for Nightmarket. This event is co-sponsored by lots of ... ) and I went to Harvard Square for some errands and dinner. Weywey dug ... for 18 cents each! Needless to say, I was thrilled. (I bought 12

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  L@@K at the Class of 2015 profiles in greatness? a great profile? or both?

  

  ...and turned it down to come to MIT An ISEF Engineer Award Winner from rural ... One thing you may have missed in the site switchover is the fact that ... to the newest data from this past year's admissions cycle. We always

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  Lots of questions waiting to be answered, but for today I'll just ... deciding... "Anonymous" wrote, "I have a Q: is MIT gay-friendly? (intl here)" I don't know if any decisions hinge on this question, but I'll give it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Happy Pi Day!!! 3.14159!

  

  its diameter? A: Pumpkin pi. Don't forget to celebrate Pi Day (3 ... .14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510..................... How many digits do you know? More to come later today about how MIT ... UMA is celebrating our favorite constant in style with the following

  • by Bryan
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Update from selection We're working through the weekend towards admitting the Class of 2011.

  

  . We'll be working throughout the week, making decisions and preparing to release them on the web and through the mail. This is what Selection ... in the snow in Killian Court. This year, it was a completely different

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT in the news MIT research and hacks in Time Magazine & The Economist. (P.S. Bono visits!)

  

  -- I blogged it here. Also in this picture is Rachel Glennerster, the ... that its persons of the year are Bill and Melinda Gates and U2's Bono ... from Bono's visit to MIT to discuss poverty research. Here's Bono with

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  encourage you to participate in all of it as Jessie and Mollie have both also ... where we heard how a drug goes from an idea to production - lunch at De ... marathon including Gattaca and Aliens in 6-120 Orientation is by far one

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Making A Splash on July 4: The Celebration in Photos July 4th - A Photo Essay

  

  : Movie 1 Movie 2 Tom is a grilling MACHINE. Some friends pose while ... something I should experience at least once, and while I probably did enjoy it when I lived here when I was younger, it was a totally different

  • by Bryan
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Picked My First Apple apples, part 1

  

  , and now I have enough apples that it would be wasteful for me not to eat ... MIT sponsors an annual trip to an apple orchard in Stow, MA for ... experience is mostly with pumpkin patches, but I have also spent many hours of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  up the comments to your questions, and then tried to answer them (this is now much easier with the advent of threaded comments ... Class of 2017 has arrived and is doing Orientation.  Classes will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Who WIll Win the Nobel Prize? Vote for your favorite MIT professor!

  

  in Stockholm, Sweden will begin to award this year's Nobel Prizes. Nobel Week is a pretty exciting time on campus, since a current or former ... this year, just for fun, I'm doing a poll.  Which MIT professor is your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  without the coating of dirt (note to future Coure 16ers: that downwash is no ... is by far the coolest toy in the inventory. So when I heard we were getting a fly-in for Marine Week Boston, I had to go see. The weather was

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  On Broadway My first few days of fun in NYC

  

  pretty late, but this weekend I hope to see Avenue Q with a certain someone whom I have (via email) dragged down to visit me. ALSO I ran 5 ... East side of the park, along 5th Avenue. The park is rectangle that is 0

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

  we do some memeing around these parts memes i've made so far on campus

  

  time, skills that come in handy when it comes to hand-crafted memes. That being said, here is some memery I've committed since I came to ... I love memes. I can't help it—I'm a Gen Z'er, so I grew up on the

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • October 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  about it. I also did good amount of UI/UX and product design for an intern side project, culminating in a presentation that caused me to stand in an ... . Everyone was incredibly friendly, an expert in their field (be it marketing

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  It's been a busy week, and I've still got a lot on my mind. As long as I can remember, I've found that writing things down is one of my ways of decompressing - imposing order on chaos, as it were. So I figured

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Scooper Bowl All you can eat ice cream.

  

  world"), most within walking distance of MIT. Today is the second day of an amazing three day event here called the Scooper Bowl. It is billed ... : $3), you can consume Boston's favorite treat to your heart's (stomach

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  established at the Institute in 29 years. MIT is the first university in the nation to take the step of fusing molecular and cellular bioscience with engineering to create a new biological engineering discipline. Many other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn in New England The trees explode with color.

  

  I've been lucky enough to be able to enjoy autumn in New England ... is a wonderful time of year; the air is crisp, the foliage is exploding ... yet reached Cambridge, the below photos come from recent trips to New

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2005