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  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  offers something interesting for the entire family. (I know my parents ... neighborhoods around MIT. Here are my "top tips" for your summer MIT visit: The ... campus can be difficult to navigate for first-time visitors; and parking is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT Graduation Webcast You can watch MIT's Commencement live and online.

  

  , well, commence. This is an exciting day for MIT. I hope you'll check it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ZigZag Episode 6 A new video podcast.

  

  hopefully it will be that nice again for Commencement (a.k.a. graduation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American Idol? What's going on with American Idol?

  

  -olds for passing their prime. Somebody, please explain this crazy pop

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Activate Party Mode! Auctomated dorm controls at East Campus.

  

  From the same file as the Disco Dance Floor... it's the Multifunction In-Dorm Automation System (MIDAS)! MIDAS is an elaborate automation system that roommates Zack Anderson '09 and RJ Ryan '09 developed for their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Secret Life Of Marilee Jones Sam is the funniest, though... BOTB and CPW Feedback.

  

  variable is responsible for the fact that we sold out Lobdell Food Court: 1 ... get psyched and ready for their performance. Nance gives Ben a ... , Battle of the Bands was great and CPW was just that much better for it. As

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  , there will be no way to find out. As for the postal mailing, we still do ... -based financial aid. I, for one, could not have attended MIT without its generous ... be the most competitive year ever for MIT admissions, both for US and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  Unseasonably gorgeous February days Last Thursday, for whatever ... out of 7.28 (Molecular Biology) at 1 PM, stopped by the lab for about 15 minutes, and headed out to Boston for some happy sunny day shopping. (Key

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection continues Regular Action domestic selection is underway.

  

  As you've read over at Ben's blog, the admissions officers are currently in the middle of regular action selection for domestic applicants. While students had a three-day weekend this weekend, we worked straight

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Decisions Are Not In The Mail Bad language on MyMIT.

  

  fixed in a few hours. Sorry for any confusion! Ben

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taste of the Middle Ages

  

  sorry I missed it -- it looks delicious. I'll have to settle for visiting

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Stirling Engine Spinoff The 2.670 competition is tomorrow!

  

  Join Us For The Eleventh Annual 2.670 Spinoff!! Friday, January 20 in the Pappalardo Lab (Basement of Bldg. 3) 3:30-4:00 pm- Craftsmanship Contest 4:00-4:30 pm- Stock Engine Race 4:30-4:45 pm- Modified Engine Race 4

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Is Found! The Mystery Hunt ends after 36 hours.

  

  entry. Thanks to Random / S.P.I.E.S. for running another terrific Mystery

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A New Year and a New ‘Do bryan.mitblogs.com gets a little makeover.

  

  So most people start off the new year with a new hairstyle, but since I don't have that much hair to play around with, the next best thing is to give this here blog a new outfit for the new year. What do you

  • by Bryan
  • January 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Bernanke to speak at Commencement!

  

  MIT just announced that Ben Bernanke '79 is going to be the graduation speaker for Commencement 2006. Bernanke has recently been nominated by President Bush to succeed Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Sunday Everyone Go read Marilee's post... NOW.

  

  After spending the weekend away from email & the blogs trying desperately to get my kids to remember who I am, I logged in to publish an "I'm excited for everyone to get their mail this week!" post. In my in-box was

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Glimpses Of My Messy World I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action status,…

  

  the EA process. So consider my blog, for now, to be a bit of counter ... respect for my ingenious storage system, my colleagues will only leave material for me on my chair. I tell you what, after some papers with loose

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  entry on PE classes and my previous entry on training for the Boston ... mats that probably haven't been cleaned for years, trying to undo the damage of 20 years of yoga-less life. See below for some exciting

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  other schools she's had experience with (she was at Yale for 20ish years before she came here). I think it's a very positive thing for our community ... -day extension on a paper for 21A.100 that was supposed to be due yesterday, so I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  May the Force Be With You Use the "mass times acceleration" wisely my friend.

  

  performance tomorrow, but for now, I leave you with probably one of the most

  • by Bryan
  • November 12, 2005