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• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  summer. Professor Markus Zahn talked about the logistics of the program ... 6 students go through an interview process in the fall of their junior ... think the last part of the presentation was the most inspiring. (Although

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  former MIT Dean of the School of Science, passed away after battling cancer ... there on the lecture handout). That being said, he was - and is - one of ... Prof. Bawendi, who co-taught the class). One of my favorite memories

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  We’re So Back a collage of preseason

  

  is a span of two weeks in the summer before the semester starts, where ... for the fall season. This period of time is when the hyphenated word of ... ="aligncenter" width="442"] We had a team meeting to kickoff the start of preseason. Here

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  the mountains with their shadows. I'm sitting on the porch of a coffeehouse in the railyard with a spoonful of melted ice cream, accidentally eavesdropping on the telephone conversation of the pretty lady behind me, watching

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  ’s the elephants. Specifically, the walking of the elephants from the train ... , then down Memorial Drive in front of Killian Court on their way to the TD ... , has been excited about the coming of the elephants for over a month. So

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  Note: This entry is the second part of my blog last week, in which I ... science. Mine was the type of school in which women were encouraged to take ... once I got to MIT, where women make up about half of the undergraduate

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  happenings and other life events. Of course, our conversation arrived at the ... mixture of the prolific and the poignant, catering to all tastes and ... and situation comedies they follow, the activities of their friends and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  always liked the idea of reality TV - capturing real moments with real ... something different. We want to take over the medium of reality TV and use it ... I met David France, one of the other founders of the campaign. At some

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  campus culture we have all come to know and love. The traditional image of a college professor is, I think, something along the lines of an ... 's actually just one of the many, many completely amazing professors and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  sundresses, flip-flops and shorts. Today, we are in the midst of a winter storm ... control. A small group of MIT undergraduates forming the group Biodiesel@MIT chose the latter option, and they were awarded the grand prize of $25

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline & Taking Questions Advice for RA applicants; I'll answer questions Thursday.

  

  should you should click the final "submit" button of your online ... all of the application pieces that have been submitted. Also, please ... the comments of this entry. On Thursday, I'll be going through the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  One of the academic differences between MIT and Cambridge is that ... concept of Office Hours But the difference doesn't end at class size or ... 's appeared in the last 8+ years' exams and you'll leave with 5 pages of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  want to mention, which are some of the memorable moments from GIR's in ... monolayer of Au nuclei (styrofoam ball contraption, behold below) at the front of the room in order for us to calculate the percent rebound, relating

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas in December and July

  

  I'm back at my parents' home now (watching reruns of Buffy the ... the wait was an hour and a half, so we headed down to Cafe of India ... imagined, though it isn't large by the standards of national parks in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2004
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  suggested biking to see the Battle of Lexington, I was THRILLED! We woke at ... steady myself. We traded off for the better vantage point a couple of times ... about the first time he was part of the reenactment, in 2001. He had never

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  0 Days Since Last Fire Alarm Oh noes! Simmons Hall on fire!

  

  alarms since orientation, one of which was a drill. Simmons, on the other ... knows more about this than I do, but the gist of it is that Simmons has ... 't help but laugh, because obviously the residents of Simmons were getting a

  • by Snively '11
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

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

  

  zookeeper described as being the size of a stick of butter. Like a number of ... , delighting a contingent of residents who'd spent the past year campaigning for ... Maseeh and Burton Conner, to have one on the premises. In honor of

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

  Business As Usual

  

  my camera. I stepped out of my room the other day and had to traverse ... what happens when you don't clean up all of the wood shavings. Every Friday at East Campus, one of the ten floors hosts a food event in the dorm

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2005 Economics Nobel MIT's intellectual monopoly over game theory knowledge continues. (~9 pictures)

  

  . Schelling. The Nobel website has a nice summary of their work on "conflict and cooperation through the lens of game theory." Aumann actually is an MIT alum ... -worthy rendering of the E52-383 office cluster. In the first office is Professor

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  of the screen A: eh give it a race or two A: you'll get used to it B ... i've like, built up over the years A: for no good reason B: same B ... ? B: i mean, that's the dumb kind of fun B: it's not really fun A: wow A

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022