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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  occurred at Cambridge City Hall, a mile or so north of MIT. The campus ... school at Georgetown, the University of Virginia, the University of ... Lots of questions waiting to be answered, but for today I'll just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobody’s Got No Class! I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking.

  

  favorites. SEM.142 Sex and the [City] Institute: An Exploration of Gender ... students' perceptions and behaviors. Topics of interest will include: dating ... experiences of characters in "Sex and the City" are generalizable to people of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  research, at least in biology, is driven by questions of cause and effect. If ... the power of the humanities at MIT—the work you do in the humanities can ... mRNA modifications in yeast. Science has been a major part of my life

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  Ecuador!) and gazing at Cotopaxi. t When I finally dragged myself out of ... -shirts and two sweaters. We are at 10,000 feet, so I guess the cold temperature ... , the hostel bed is very cozy and has lots of wool blankets and a big

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  . Greene GSL offers language instruction courses at a variety of levels to ... loved the SHASS courses at MIT, and view the particular kind of humanistic ... , and talks above serve as a useful map to the wonderful world of SHASS at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  of my room at home, to the point where I started stashing away cards ... ."]toaster.[/annotation] At the risk of seeming unhinged, I will admit that this one also comes ... set on a really amazing day in September, at Strand, one of my favorite

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  comprehensive list, but there should be at least one useful tip. Think of this ... of a flower, the people of my orientation group seemed to blossom.  As I spent much of my time around first years, I found myself giving

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gala a premiere event celebrating fashion, arts, and culture

  

  arts at MIT. Put together over the course of the year by a team of ... student groups, and inspired interest in arts at MIT. Running any sort of ... tickets[/caption] At the beginning of the event, attendees had the chance

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  , but I'm sure at least a few of you will have the same difficult choice ... . At some point in this time period, rumors of what MIT's fall plans ... trying to boot out of the country, nor do I have any in-person graduation

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  . Dan Sarewitz, a professor of science and society at Arizona State ... ’) 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

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • December 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  discussion of Clay Aiken's vignette-writing abilities at excellent neighborhood ... to the 10.28 end-of-term dinner at Royal East... and if there's ever a ... Okay, I haven't blogged all week... the last week of term here is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Seven Back and Busy for Semester 2

  

  weight of 4 Psets are setting in. All that being said, I am glad to be back and with a full schedule. Here is a look at how I am keeping busy for the next few months with 57 units of courses: On February 6th, the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 9, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  void of companionship taught me that. At MIT, I rarely do things alone ... driver who whisked me to the start of the AT in Georgia) told me. And he ... , occasionally, on NPR blaring through a $6 radio. At MIT, the pace of life is much

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wrapping Up First Semester Two more weeks to go.

  

  when the guy at the counter stared at me with my armful of books and said ... physics! Speaking of that book, the writer of it just gave a talk at MIT ... instead of wasting it staring at my phone. It is a way to have peace in

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am only slightly less boring than usual The title says it all, no?

  

  Any time I have disappeared off the face of the earth - or just from the blogs- it can be blamed on one of two things: 1) The Shift and A ... it nearly impossible for me to type anything at all ever. Getting

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  has an incredible amount of passion for research and loves that at MIT ... 's actually found at decreased levels! The signaling receptor of adiponectin is ... of free time thinking about possible experiments and troubleshooting

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  had heard of (remember, the Internet was in its infancy at the time ... MIT admissions process look at this as a factor? Why? It seems to me ... might be, are spending more and more of their precious childhood

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  I've done a couple of posts about life at MIT, so I figure it's time ... ”) system where you'd get a 5.0 instead of a 4.0 for an A in an AP class. At ... the north of Louisiana and then south to Houston. At two in the morning

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Things I Miss About MIT that i didn't think i would

  

  of Mocha Show the other day and could only marvel at how fulfilling it ... of bed at 8:45 am, briefly consider shirking my duties to get more ... !! sprinting across Briggs Field at 2 am one of my closest friends at MIT lives

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  are two people giving shots at each table, and as soon as one of them ... . That’s the kind of commitment you’ll find here at MIT, when people work ... Last Thursday, MIT Medical had a walk-in clinic at Walker, where MIT

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019