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• Blog / Academics & Research

  To a mouse (or nineteen) A eulogy for my UROP mice... in the form of me explaining my UROP.

  

  actually sad here.) In their honor, today I'm going to talk about one of the ... connects other types of proteins. (I made that figure myself, in Paint ... of things are known about Shank1, but lots of things aren't known, so

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  Associate Carl Martland, from MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental ... introduce its attendees to the world of transportation, as seen through the eyes of a potential civil engineering student. Though the seminar ends in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  plenty of time to read both the New York Times and the Boston Globe. The ... Brewster Kahle '82 (right, courtesy Library of Congress) and the Internet ... of offering ''universal access to human knowledge," and, in pursuit of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  optical illusions don't try this at home kids. use the crosswalk whenever possible.

  

  So one of the perks involved with being an MIT student is the ability to get into the Museum Of Science for free. A few weeks back, Diana, Evelyn, and I went to check out some of the exhibits. Now probably one of

  • by Bryan
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  before, because 5th East was going to Six Flags New England, courtesy of ... before we left to go take some pictures. Apparently, Lord Voldemort (of ... current residents of the hall went to Six Flags". I mean, "the 5th East

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  Just got back from the inauguration of MIT's sixteenth president, Susan Hockfield. Both of the office cameras were checked out by others, so ... was fairly packed, with much of the MIT community representing, as well

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  trying to boot out of the country, nor do I have any in-person graduation ... decision making process that revolved around this mess was probably one of the most stressful ones of my life, and is a saga that unfolded over

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Independent Studies the making of a (very) short film

  

  At the beginning of this semester, we were really unsure of what ... shopped around for a few different course 6 classes in the first week of the ... process in and of itself) to continue learning computer graphics topics that

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 18, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  fact that it’s possible, that you didn’t need a company and dozens of weeks, that a couple of undergrads working together could cobble one up. This year, for REX, one of the things being built was a fort

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Visit

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  While I’m sure some of you have a good sense of what I do as an ... more agonizing) - that is all actually just a portion of my day ... other aspects of our office. As a counselor on the Visit Team, I get to

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  . It’s already exposed me to a lot, some of which doesn’t even have to do ... their colleagues, discussing anecdotes of their families, children, or ... invisible gravity surrounding the way people treat you--a kind of feeling you

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  on my butt) around the ice rink a couple of times, sans costume. But ... phone when I discovered a picture of 6 or 7 year old me dressed up as a ... of sugar. I was reminded of the days when Halloween meant spooky

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hacking Story poetry, guitars, a hardware hackathon, and the time-to-pee scheduling metric

  

  Some of you may be wondering why I dropped off the face of the ... schedule packed-ness, and works quite simply. First, count up the number of ... my next class?" The number of "yes" answers to that question divided by

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  old. (Sidenote: a fun consequence of having a Halloween birthday is ... class. Mike Conti (the instructor, and author of this) gave us a talk on ... there -- I liked that, because it felt like I had my own set of toys that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  ...you’re taking all of these kids from around the country and the world ... experience. It’s a magical shared experience.” -Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, 2012 commencement speaker (in one week!) --- Some of you might

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Things that make you go hmmmm……. Obama’s transformative presidency………for geeks????

  

  ’) Happy Holidays blogosphere. Some of you may be wondering where I have been ... in Iceland for the summer (unpaid internship, of course). I bumped into ... concerned about the financial state of Iceland and wanted to lend his

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • December 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  the sucky-ness of being home, but rather, I'll reminisce on the good ... Californian (Nor Cal REPRESENT!), 5'2", and a lover of all things food. I was one of the students that matriculated before coming to CPW; so I came to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  The train in Spain is ungainly, take a plane I'm an MITblogger, get me out of here!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Square wheels will roll if the road is in the shape of ... there waiting for one of the two or three daily trains to get us into ... four days later, it's still kind of hard to resolve all of these

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  goods and bads of freshman year, what do you have to say about mit now? also, just out of curiosity, and its totally okay i you don't feel ... it. I guess now is as good a time as any to ponder the intricacies of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? GERMANY EDITION: In Germany, the energy content of ... , for the low, low price of 1,50 euro per hour. However, the upper room ... working purposes, and I'm really afraid of visiting most sites for fear of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006