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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  , discovered three new species of granola in an unexplored section of the pantry ... of granola flatbread, studied experimental bacon physics for six finger ... two cups of black tea, gave tours of pika's revamped drawbridge

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.

  

  Last week, I promised you guys an update with photos of my Halloween ... plumes make everything cooler. This particular photo was taken by some of my friends in Senior Haus. Note the mural of Death (from Neil Gaiman

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  WARNING WARNING!!! Physics content ahead! If you're afraid of physics, well ... problem as its posed to us: A wheel of diameter R, consisting of a thin uniform rim of mass M and six thin uniform spokes mass m, is released from

  • by Snively '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  McCormick: Girls Wanted Minh '10 shares her love of McCormick Hall.

  

  of the name. Some of you may have read about me in Melis’ previous entries, but the short version of the story is that I’m currently a freshman ... Chi Omega. Anyway, the point of this entry was to introduce you to yet

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 24, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  admitted to the Class of 2011. If there's one in your area, you should check ... happen later. See your MyMIT portal for a list of locations and times for all of the Admitted Students Parties. Today, I'd like to highlight a few

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Introduction To MIT World ...and my blog's first feature: Akamai, Clever and Cool!

  

  collection of almost 400 videos in its online collection (you can also find it ... source of unmediated content reflects a wide range of ideas that are ... , leaders of many companies who have changed our world, who tell their first

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  Satrapi mixed explanations of her artistic process with nuggets of advice about life and criticisms of American foreign policy. All in all, it was a ... Satrapi said something along the lines of: "We live in such a conservative

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Lodger Third in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring the country of Moldova.

  

  qualified no longer existed at the time of competition -- Serbia-Montenegro split into separate countries a few weeks before the beginning of the ... -hundred-something bears, each one decorated by one of the countries in the United Nations

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  )I'm almost not sure if I should mention this, but my friend Ankur '03 is one of ... the geek category: alums of Caltech and the University of Chicago.Regular action applicants across the country are concerned about the processing of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  Times has seen fit to devote more inches to the topic of gifted education ... Talented Youth (CTY). I'm glad to see one of my favorite teachers from my ... fourth most emailed story of the day -- maybe people really do care about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  established Davidson Academy, coming to Nevada residents courtesy of the folks ... some of the nation's most successful magnet schools -- but I am glad that the news of its opening gave the Times an excuse to write about gifted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Prof. Acemoglu’s Clark Medal On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe, there's a story…

  

  On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe ... to an American economist under the age of 40 for making a significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge. Of the 29 Clark medalists to date

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  of 2014 will join them as alumni of the Institute. The 148th ... Storify, or via #MIT2014 on your social media system of choice. I must ... of 2014, including Anna, Emad, Kate, Natanya, and Tom, were the first

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Gettin’ Fancy Two formal events in two days?

  

  ) and the end-of-season fencing banquet. Here are some thoughts if you’re into that kind of thing. The Photography of Ring Delivery: Ridiculous Poses and Pictures of Hands A data summary-esque analysis by Ceri

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  GTL the secret to a successful summer

  

  A couple of weeks ago, Chris Peterson tried to describe my life as ... 've concocted so far. 1 box of questionable purpose (If you're wondering, the ... marginally better than party balloons.) 1 night of fireworks, thunderstorms

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photodiary now with 0% instagram, 22% my cat

  

  you through the unsatisfying yet convenient medium of cell phone ... minute. Either the ounce of fluff in its jaws was somehow dulling its survival instincts, or it was wondering if I was made of the same material. I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 9, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Burchard Scholars Program (old time stamp: 11-21-09) - this entry is five months late >___

  

  in many of my old blogs, but I never wrote about it in a single place ... -seminar program initiated by the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Science at MIT. Every month, Professor Resnick invites a member of the department

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  for "Crew of the Week" and you can all help our crew team be recognized ... little support! For those of you unfamiliar, Crew is sort of a big deal ... where a lot of people sit in a very small skinny rowboat and row super

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Leaves, Strawberries, Doors Pictures of campus, faculty dinner, another door. (7 pictures)

  

  to turn as early a September, but only recently has most of the campus ... ). I'm not a very good photographer, but here are a few images of campus ... , Physics professor Scott Hughes, Professor of Urban Studies and History

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  So Orientation is pretty much also a week of free food. The saying ... your first week at MIT. Since Sam and Mitra both have covered many of ... Midway, I'll just try and cover the aspects of Orientation that have not

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005