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  Spending the F.A.T. with Arthur Ganson A missed opportunity to build kinetic sculptures with artist Arthur Ganson.

  

  News flash: Thanksgiving vacation is over. I spent my three days at home eating, ice skating, eating, shopping, eating, and watching movies ... of activities -- “studying” and “sleeping.” Unfortunately, I have a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  partners and went over a French-language news update for le 9 janvier ... other night after a long day of travel and lugging. Good to be back, but I'm glad I had a time to see my parents, friends, and get a taste of home

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  I’m in my Uncle’s home in Virginia, typing the word ‘word’. And now ‘now’. And at this moment, ‘moment’. My throat predicted that truly awful joke well in advance, and is currently staging a protest in form of a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This one goes out to the parent Fire! (she's comin' down on her own, now)

  

  fuels and turkey carcasses are awesome and everything, considering that ... '08 and eventually joined by just about everybody I've ever met, just won a $25,000 grant from MTVU and GE. Seriously! $25,000! Won by

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Class Projects

  Watch the “Wild” 2023 Final Presentations for 2.009: Product Engineering Processes something to watch while awaiting decisions

  

  live webcast, and covered by MIT News, the Boston Globe, and other media ... (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my ... early in the term and you'll see what I mean. https://vimeo.com/893853200

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  In February, MIT President —  and noted admissions blog commenter ... this morning and wonder why you were rescheduled to a different location ... MIT News, as well as in an email sent to the entire MIT community by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey Erick, You Awake? Not gonna call it a night just yet

  

  taking place on Allston St. Pictures and news of it were circulating all ... ; After a long Saturday, my friends and I found ourselves chilling in the ... before and had no idea what was going during either of them. One by one

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  Google and Yahoo news feeds. If there's an article about you or a friend ... , and the students are going to be great members of the MIT community. A ... at MIT, we only award need-based scholarships, and we meet the full

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  complete a Senior Research Project and I thought it would be neat to do my ... ://www.nih.gov/) and came across the Research and Training Opportunities page (http ... resume, a cover letter, and a grade report), I waited... and waited... and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  now home to the admissions office and plays host to our visitors, I ... launched MIT Illuminations, a colorful lighting installation and introduction ... Illuminations in MIT News where I am quoted telling some of the story of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  Horizons team at NASA launched a space probe to the Kuiper Belt. Nine and half years and 3 billion miles later, it has reached its destination and ... to the Earth and begin transmit it. The New Horizons team estimates 16

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One Year After Michael Jackson An out-of-place tribute to the King of Pop

  

  AND being busy at the same time. I resent it. Regardless, it's that ... .: that is, a year before June 25, 2010... It's perhaps shocking and quite ... , 2001, and June 25th, 2009 -- the day of the attacks on the World Trade

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  just sat there and shook my head in silence. “No? What about a ... semesterly UROP evaluation form. And so, with the same regret I’ve felt the previous semester, I checked the “Other” box and moved on to the rest of the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  And now, for a brief interlude from our regularly scheduled finals whining. I should be studying E&M right now, but this is much more fun.

  

  Sometimes, I forget how much I love MIT, and then I realize that the ... Dame one time, powder blue men’s basketball shorts, and a navy BoSox hat ... around Boston in this outfit, so I borrow one person’s jeans and get a

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  selecting for obsession

  

  This morning, I was Googling Chris to find a photo of him, and was inadvertently reminded, thanks to news reports, that he was once a child prodigy ... —we’ve known each other forever, and he is my best friend, and when we talk, I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

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

  

  blog post to announce that and explain why.  As you may know, the wait ... students will accept our offer of admission and enroll at MIT in the fall (as ... to go to the wait list, and almost always do. The students on our wait

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

  Supporting our DACA Students MIT’s commitment to the safety and well-being of all students has not changed and will…

  

  If you've been following the news, you may know that the Trump ... conditions to work and study in the United States. This reevaluation has been ... reaffirming our support for undocumented students and outlining the relevant MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  and see their values and priorities manifest into their inventions. So I was sitting in the Media Lab when I saw in the news that Fireflies ... , like finishing up my IAP class assignments and moving rooms in my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  I almost missed the Curiosity landing. My friend Daniel and I were ... LCDs on Wikipedia. Suddenly, Daniel grabbed the computer, and pulled the NASA homepage open; I glanced at the clock, and realized that it was 1

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  science and engineering. As important as it is, international development ... dedicated cadre of people at MIT dedicated to changing that perception - and ... much level, from fostering student groups and Institute initiatives to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008