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  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  included a list of creative touches we had added to the space to make it feel ... launched MIT Illuminations, a colorful lighting installation and introduction ... ://youtu.be/0_BXlbTborU There was a long article last week about MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  Yesterday (Tuesday) was a very eventful day. It began with me in lab building toys (for anybody who is unsure, this is a good way to start the day ... today. I worked for a little bit but then got distracted because a

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  may have complicated feelings that you don’t know how to name; that ... we’ll see you back here in March. So you're stuck in the middle of a moment No clear path, no shining star Just a step away, the world's okay So

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leslie Jones Was Here and I Saw Her can't believe I haven't posted about this yet

  

  A couple of months ago I got an email saying that Leslie Jones (from SNL and Ghostbusters and others) was doing a show at MIT and that tickets were being awarded based on a lottery system. I entered the lottery

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Lost Art of Hand-Lettering Lives at MIT hidden in plain sight

  

  . A lot of doors. And a lot of them with letters on them, like this one:   What you probably don't know is that, since 1994, all of the ... the many people who pass through MIT don't. However, the School of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Rachel was at SF Pride with Facebook

  

  annual Pride Parade! We weren't the only techies out there this weekend -- on the bus there, I ran into a flock of Google interns wearing this ... Whole Foods float. Much, much later, we got a closer look and realized it

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Sabrosura! ...yeah so some variation of deliciousness/tastefulness

  

  menu, there was a smorgasbord of amazing food from both Peru and the ... ://inkaswasi.com/), a local Peruvian band (Photo Credits: Joy Ekuta, ‘13) MIT Casino ... , ’13) and Mariachi Palenque (http://www.bostonmariachi.com/), a Boston

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To RFID or not to RFID? That's not really the question, but it's kind of a cool title, no?

  

  MIT, both involving RFID technology (for those who aren't that tech ... a company called Kovio, which apparently was founded by MIT alum Colin Bulthaup in 2001, the year he graduated from MIT with a Bachelor's and Master

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Commencement Webcast MIT gives me a diploma in T-3 hours...

  

  Killian Court for commencement. (Unfortunately the weather isn't nearly as ... so overwhelming that I don't even know what to say. (Me, speechless. Let that sink in for a minute.) All I know is that this morning, for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sixth Sense No, I don't see dead people.

  

  coming to CPW and haven't registered yet, remember to log in to your MyMIT account and sign up by April 2nd. For those that haven't decided yet, come! It'll be loads of fun, I promise. I thought I'd take a break from

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Party!

  

  I don't have much to say, I would just like to bring this to your ... . Miller '07 in the mud pit at Senior Haus' Steer Roast. The match ended in a ... 's me, in case you somehow didn't figure it out. I still have mud residue

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 8, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  other planet attack us and force us to come together as a global entity to defend ourselves, it probably won't be a top priority for civilization anytime soon. I find this sort of depressing, but I find a lot about human

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  'll have a small reception for any students visiting MIT. The reception will ... visiting MIT on what is a vacation week for some students across the country ... (and hence won't be able to informally meet with folks otherwise or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  credit limit. To give you a glimpse of what a week of my life looks like, here is my schedule: (NO 9 A.M. CLASSES HEHE) Every weekday, I start ... here under Pass/No Record because I have not taken a biology class since

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / People & Identities

  senior appreciation post in which i rant about my idol

  

  reality halfway around the world, but I’m sure a lot of you have heard all ... specifically my relationship with one mentor who has grown into more of a sister and a friend as years went by. Freshman year was a shitshow. I could

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 15, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  IAΠ wherein another blogger deposits her January photos (but this time it's in late February)

  

  ; you're not a real theatre kid if you don't know what this is   ... For a good portion of my first ever IAP, I explored ancient sites in Greece with 19 other MIT students and a trio of professors from the MIT

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 22, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Dinner With Goobers Yeah food! Yeah people!

  

  to the family... but eating dinner all together as a family. I wasn't ... Growing up, the thing that my parents were the most strict about wasn't ... like a snotty teenager, not having family dinner time was one of the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Wheel To Rule Them All one small step for boy, one large step for nerdkind

  

  after he built a motorized, self-balancing unicycle that a slew of tech aggregators instantly pounced on and reblogged. His own blog (incidentally, a ... ) does a pretty thorough job technically documenting the project, but you

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford Part 1 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  Overall, a good first day on the road. Woke up early, packed for the ... door.) Made good time to Hartford; checked into the Hilton (didn't see ... 're the director of a math/science academy? I know the spelling's not a

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  today's entry to talk a little bit about school visits, so I won't let a ... Huckabees with a pretty enthusistic MIT crowd. LSC has these sneak previews ... small number of high schools that I do each year, I'll often feel a little

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004