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• Blog / Academics & Research

  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  $50000 grand prize in the search for hidden figures contest. i've been a ... now she's at the center for civic media, working on projects that ... ALGORITHMIC JUSTICE LEAGUE the CENTER FOR CIVIC MEDIA the MEDIA LAB

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  …" Those percents add up - not just in the homework component of your grade ... on homework anymore - psets are essential for learning concepts and ... the more you skip class. You're paying for your education anyway - why

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  they could come up with. To celebrate the start of the weekend, a ... Ideas, so I approve. East Campus has been buzzing and punting for the past few weeks in preparation for this weekend's events.  You can see the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  for the frisbee at a full sprint. I came up with the game-winning catch ... WE INTERRUPT THIS BLOG POST FOR A BRIEF PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ... leaving for school in the fall, and since it's unclear when we'll have the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  Hockfield joined U.S. President Barack Obama in calling for a "truly historic" new level of federal funding for clean energy research. The event came as Congress prepares to take up the president's budget, which calls for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  up having to explain how bathrooms work here, so I guess I could give ... for all the dorm bathrooms (which I'll leave to blog readers to describe ... here! That goes for you too ladies, naked guys standing just 6 inches

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  ironic.) I went to the MISTI building for a wrap-up meeting from my IAP ... claimed to be any good at this updating thing, okay? (But for real, I have ... really cute thing my boyfriend/girlfriend did for Valentine's Day!" that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Courses and Stuff Mason '10 made up the title, blame him.

  

  yoga/stretching type exercise to get us loosened up physically, and maybe an improv activity to get us loosened up mentally. Then we get to acting. Every week we're responsible for memorizing a monologue or a scene

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  time to blog about a nice little semi-formal event that wasn't just for seniors. Also, be warned that another installment of this entry may crop up because JKim was around for this too. Burton-Conner had a dinner cruise

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life A play-by-play of my day, along with some pictures.

  

  we went to Sunny’s Diner (just up Mass Ave) for a good ole’ artery ... opportunity to blog! I’ve wanted to write a “Day in the Life” entry for quite a ... could be in three places at once!) 7:45 AM: Woke up and immediately

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  and that the place won't be too crowded for me to pick up an application ... my current situation, but I can't remember it because I didn't end up ... . But seriously, guys, everything's really up in the air right now. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  by a friend. How did you come up with the name for your blog? This is ... first entries, but I assume that I've picked up new readers since July '05 ... didn't take it. :) What, you've been reading this for months and you

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  Responses to comments: Edward: Hey, thank you for answering my ... the answers. I used to save up questions and answer a bunch of them at once, but then the plan always got messed up by my actual entries. See

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  Life on Campus? remastered 2021

  

  I loved living in Macgregor. Every weekday, I woke up at 6, brushed ... teammates to start warming up. By 6:50, I would be perched in the coxswain ... . Sometimes, we would row long and slow all the way up to Watertown, and even if

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / CPW

  how to tackle CPW ...i totally have the authority to write this

  

  OH MY GOD IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR CPW!!!! Class of '26, we cannot wait to meet you!!! I know how excited I was for my CPW, so I can only ... event on Sunday that people shockingly showed up to, despite me putting in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  ’s Tucson for you. # I grew up in the second house and didn’t move again ... to touch up the paint if I stay, and build a ladder for the loft. The ... be accessed by walking through my room. For all that, I didn’t want to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  In late May, I wrapped up my second semester at MIT and moved back ... up my things, deciding what I wanted to keep and what I wanted to throw ... something more modern, more suited to whatever homeowners are looking for

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  from the shackles and am finally cooking for myself again. The first ... one. We love rice cookers here in the blogs, and for good reason. First ... investment. Please believe me when I say I barely know how to cook. Up until

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  bunch of work backed up and waiting for me. (Yes, I highlight some cool ... I all caught up.) So, it really doesn't feel like I've done a whole ... deadlines and actually feeling compelled to put forth the effort for paper

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a week of class notes airplanes, ethnography, and some bonus doodles

  

  .06 - Principles of Automatic Control this is a required class for the course 16 ... of the capstone options for the aeroastro degree. in true mens-et-manus spirit, students design, prototype, and test an actual flight vehicle for

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 11, 2016