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  Salut! A look at Grenoble

  

  éel at CNRS Salut! I'm spending my summer in Grenoble, France, at the ... the heart of the Alps. Our lab works with extremely low temperatures, so ... all parts of the world and help them determine their magnetic properties

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  Not gonna lie, my happy-to-sad ratio is a little sad-heavy at the ... at lab. The procedures involved in these experiments (fluorescent in ... , when I make mistakes occur at lab, I mourn for about ten minutes, then

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  will.i.am: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston The Black Eyed Peas' frontman hangs out at MIT.

  

  tour of CSAIL, the artist had a look at projects from Daniela Rus ... Slice of MIT). You may recall his previous guest entry. will.i.am by ... at MIT whenever he is in town. This time I took him to see robots in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  News bites from the Institvte A taste of what's happening around campus.

  

  provide some snapshots of MIT: 3/26/07: MIT models interdisciplinary supply chain In the near future, the presence of human colonies on the moon will ... second title at NCGA MIT sophomore Julia Zimmerman won the all-around title

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  -Help portion of your financial aid, at least at MIT) while at the same time ... applications to fill out. Then, of course, there are regular applications to ... to win some. When I was in my last year of high school, I was pretty

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Class Projects

  What I made in my documentary class three videos and many, many lessons

  

  assigned to one of five screening groups at the beginning of the semester and ... looking at all the features of Premiere Pro used to scare me, but starting ... of ‘if I don’t do it, who will?’ At the same time, Abby’s advisor

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Recapping Trashion 2015 sustainable fashion == trashion

  

  reflective properties, which creates the ghost of a rainbow if looked at ... Two weeks ago, after a long day of committee was complete, I headed ... current MIT students at the annual Trashion Show. The MIT Trashion Show is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  browser archaeology (fatima's version)

  

  winning streak. (at least three tabs of this oops--) tanhai by Faiz Ahmad ... .S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” at 100 "I got saved by the beauty of the world ... inspired by Alan's browser archaeology post, I started looking at the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  bring new challenges everyday. At the very least, I had a run down of ... 're sliders and levers. Room doors don't have hinges to open into or out of ... the top presses down like seram wrap blades for a clean rip at whatever

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  constraints imposed by the rest of my life. Welp.) Sappho At some point in ... includes some sad songs at the periphery of R&B. It sounds almost like a ... first two weeks of November, and then last week was suddenly too free. Now

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  I started MIT as a bubble of idealism. MIT was going to be AWESOME ... become a doctor. I was going to rock out at my classes and a bazillion ... began the painful process of defroshing. I learned that, no, I was not

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Homestuck Day! and advice about college decisions / cpw

  

  identify with. No one at U recognized the Homestuck jacket that I wore ... one night I was at MIT. This is relevant because today is both CPW, MIT ... one of the reasons I chose MIT. I'm celebrating by wearing a Homestuck

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.

  

  Over the past few years, toward the end of my full-time undergrad and ... thoroughly exhausted. When I close my eyes at night I see castles, green ... sun on my skin; I still see blue skies, light clouds, and networks of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  released in two day's time, at 9 PM on Thursday. But because neither of us ... video game which allows players to build constructions out of textured ... . Basically some Swedish guy named Notch got bored at his job as a game dev and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  There are no undergraduate classes here at MIT over the summer. Hopefully you already knew that, or at the very least figured it out from all ... old homestead. It’s not a complete “Night of the Comet” (or “28 Days

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  , MIT is like "I WANT WEIRD STUFF, GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME!" Of course, MIT has its fair share of boring buildings as well. Take, for example, building 56. It sits right at the end of the infinite, next to the NEWLY

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Wow KABOOM!

  

  I should NOT be writing this right now because I have a ton of other ... as to what your next year of school may look like). I have two psets ... seminar. Tomorrow I have class at 9 AM until 4:30 PM, at which point I go

  • by Snively '11
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  first big snowfall of the year has coincided with the first of four final exam study days. From my desk at Hayden Library, I watched the snow fall throughout the afternoon. (It reminded me of something a family friend told me

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  spent the past 24 hours at the Endicott House , an MIT owned mansion in a ... prepared by a gourmet chef. The retreat was a mix of bonding and business. Sororities at MIT are quite large, with about 80-100 members, so it is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  She came in through the bathroom window. The greatest construction project in the history of MIT--yes, even greater than Simmons Hall.

  

  Infinite like the rest of campus. It's a historic summer at MIT, for ... like taking a picture of a bathroom door at 1:30 in the afternoon in the ... , sorry, I just really like this door... and need a picture of it. Right now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 2, 2005