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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nourishing bodies, enriching souls and minds There's more to the MIT community than just famous researchers and brilliant students.

  

  this: Mr. Jackson [was] a father figure to generations of young men in ... | November 4, 2007 A strange thing happened Oct. 19 at MIT's Delta Kappa ... kitchen where John Jackson had cooked for half a century suddenly went out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 4, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Ring delivery! Saturday night was Ring Delivery!

  

  , check out a previous entry). It was held at the Boston Public Library ... see from the pictures, it was a beautiful venue which I had never been ... Celestrium (which is a non-precious metal that's really durable.) The gold ring

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2005 Economics Nobel MIT's intellectual monopoly over game theory knowledge continues. (~9 pictures)

  

  done a great job documenting Professor Schrock's Nobel prize. On Monday ... . Schelling. The Nobel website has a nice summary of their work on "conflict and ... and Samuelson. A third longtime faculty member, the late Professor

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  Today's tie: blue/gray/slate-colored. I worked with Amy and a ... , I ate at the brand new Steam Cafe, a very yummy new dining option! I ... Technology faculty yesterday approved a new course of study for undergraduates

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Food, Folks, and Fun…..but definitely not mcdonald’s Quinton makes friends at the Muslim Student Association

  

  , and staff as humanly possible in order to get a full taste of the true ... attend a Faculty and Administration Dinner for Ramadan. The dinner was to ... dorm on Thursday. While the prospect of a free dinner is typically

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  Mongol rally is a charity event raising money for some fantastic ... afternoon tea. There will be a big old knees up as from here on out the ... route divides into three affording a huge number of options for teams to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tour de Frat house tours of pbe, dke, and sig chi!

  

  this one is gonna be fun. Today we will be going on a tour of three different MIT fraternities! Fraternities existing at MIT may seem like a crazy ... total! A lot of my friends ended up joining frats freshman year, so I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Computer Timesharing in the 1960’s an extremely influential solution to computer bottlenecks

  

  is stored, accessed, and shared across a network of servers on the ... from a similar concept called computer timesharing back in the 60's, although that looked at solved a different computing problem.   In the 1960's

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  details about the Regular Action deadline. Other than a few hours of ... school report form. To reiterate a few other things mentioned in previous ... ) arrive a little later. We're understanding and flexible with your teachers

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Labs throughout the world open their doors to MIT Biology students

  

   internship gave me an incredible opportunity to not only understand a great deal about cellular biology, but also a chance to improve my French and learn ... leishmaniasis which can be fatal. The city: Paris has a lot to offer and

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  than 400 people applied, a selection rate of less than 6%. The ... Foundation: Laura Deming wants to extend the human lifespan for a few more centuries—at the very least. She started working in a biogerontology lab when

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2011 arrives… Orientation programs are beginning, and the campus is really starting to come alive.

  

  the Class of 2012 (!), so don't be offended if we're not around when you stop by or don't have all that much time to chat. So, just who are the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Founder’s Letter A historical perspective.

  

  giving a lecture in the Dowse Institute in Cambridge, and shall have time for only a short letter. Much occupation before the Committee of the ... man read in a very distinct voice quite a pertinent and touching reply

  • by William Barton Rogers
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  I've been getting a lot of questions about supplemental material ... music activity at MIT in the music community are encouraged to submit a ... be solo or with accompaniment but not in an enemble; 2) a one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  applications. As always, it was quite fascinating; I learned a lot, met some good people, and came away with a few new ideas. One of the most interesting ... 's good to apply to a variety of schools at varying levels of selectivity to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2022 Wait List An update for students who accepted a place on our wait list

  

  , we take about a week to determine the state of the incoming class, and ... that admissions offices may keep students on a wait list through the ... every student a decision as soon as we possibly can. We want students to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action this year I'm so impressed with our applicants

  

  international students.   I had a great time this past November reading your applications for early action. Truly. I consider it a privilege to ... background, and discover how you define yourself as a student and a person. I

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Life On Mars and by "Mars" I actually mean "3AB, Simmons Hall."

  

  live with other awesome ladies (provided you're a lady as well)? There ... 's got to be one that floats your boat. Us bloggers represent a nice ... there's Simmons. Every dorm has a good and bad reputation. Our good rep

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  , hackers erected a giant statue of Athena, the patron goddess of wisdom, in ... running out of battery!), I prevailed against all odds and secured a photo ... 's distributed computing environment, and her likeness has been featured on a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  Somalia. At least one student from Iran was already denied boarding a flight ... video, which I hope captures a bit of what it was like to actually be there: This was the first time I really actively participated in a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017