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• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Engineering Hero One of the coolest professors at MIT

  

  spent on the iterative design process and what it takes in order to be ... kid, I've always been intrigued by invention and design to the point of electric shock at times when I tried to power a robot by plugging a wire

  • by Bryan
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Busy times

  

  to take this class; it's really awesome. Are there any classes you ... : we're reading applications. Lots and lots of applications. It's been quite busy here in Admissions lately. In addition to the requisite 4

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  patiently since Pi Day to tell them that, unfortunately, we will not be able to admit any students from our wait list this year. I am writing this blog post to announce that and explain why.  As you may know, the wait

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  the middle of Killian Court. Alerted to the hack by email and word of ... of higher learning and crawled out of their rooms to stand in awe of ... my camera having trouble focusing (not to mention coming close to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Public Art And one fantastic sandwich

  

  even more impressive to me about MIT”s commitment to art is that there ... campus to the clover food truck to satisfy a craving for their famous soy ... mulch, bushes, brightly colored spring flowers to be planted, and a big

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  help make it a better place. It's very, very hard to see the Class of ... 147 classes have graduated from MIT in its history; today, the Class ... prefrosh to unbelievably intelligent and compassionate adults. Most of my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Public Art Projects ...for your amusement.

  

  am very grateful for these tunnels as I travel from the T to my office. It took me 6 months to really get my bearings down there. Prior to that, it was like playing a video game - lots of exploring and getting lost

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  enemy bunker 400 meters away. You’ve got two hours to destroy it and ... ’re going to do it, what support you have (if any), and the callsigns ... its purpose and they know what to do. A few rehearsals later, and it

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline please check MyMIT

  

  Hi all- This is a quick update for our Early Action applicants ... everything into our system. If you have applied to us Early Action, please log into MyMIT and confirm your application tracking is complete. We

  • by Kris Guay
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri's novel comes to the Cambridge screen

  

  Last Friday, I went to the AMC Cambridge to see the big ... collection of short stories Interpreter of Maladies. Jhumpa Lahiri is no stranger to MIT. She spoke here as part of the MIT Writers Series and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  whether war is intrinsic to human nature, what causes war, how particular ... substantial entries to come this week): First, I saw a link on a military blog (Naval Open Source Intelligence) to a relevant MIT OpenCourseWare course

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Seatbelts, Everyone! Interrupting Radio Silence...

  

  a week ago, I feel compelled to at least pretend I have some salient advice to give. But I really think Ms. Frizzle summed it up best when she ... speaks the truth. (for those confused, i must point you to the wikipedia

  • by Alina G. '11
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Miscellaneous Admissions Office updates.

  

  're waiting for a reply. Ditto on the comments/Questions Omnibus. It's still quite busy here!It is Finals Week for students at MIT. Good luck, everyone!Great entry by Mollie.Did you know that an MIT student is the No. 1 Scrabble

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  calculus-based physics. It’s rare that an applicant is admitted without ... have more engineering than science courses. Fortunately, each decision is
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/15, at 12:15 PM EST

  

  Hi Everyone, Early action committee is almost over! I never knew I ... officers have tried to mix in healthy snack choices (radishes or carrots) into their consumption, but the loud mouth-crunching tends to interrupt

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy New Year! A look back at 2006 and ahead to 2007

  

  Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe that it’s already 2007. 2006 was ... libraries to understand cancer and disease, studied addiction, made plans for ... Nobel prizes, proposed changes to the undergraduate curriculum, began

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  This is Butterstick. Butterstick weighs 10 pounds. She was named ... residents, she's not here to take classes or do any research. Primarily because she's a cockapoo. That's not to say Butterstick doesn't stay busy

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Winter Storm Warning Brr, it's cold out there. And snowing.

  

  EVENING TO 5 PM EST MONDAY... TODAYS SNOW AND FLURRIES IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND IS JUST A TEASE FOR WHATS COMING TONIGHT. SIX TO 12 INCHES IS FORECAST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 1, 2009
• Blog / Events

  beautiful moments i think too much

  

  taking a picture and sending it to him to tease him, reminiscing about the ... i've been so busy and sad and angry about everything lately, that it's been harder to notice the nice and pretty things in life: sailing on the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Video: Friendly Robots! Professor Cynthia Breazeal shows off her interactive robots.

  

  The PBS show NOVA scienceNOW had a wonderful story last week on MIT Professor Cynthia Breazeal, Director of the Robotic Life Group. It featured ... human children: sons Ryan and Nathan. This one, I think, is definitely

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006