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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  , or pointing BeaverCube in the right direction. This has proven to be a ... Finally, finally, I’m in my last semester of undergrad. I need three ... readings, in-class discussions, and essays). I really like Prof. Campbell

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  ADITL My wednesday.

  

  photo of my food. 8:55 AM - Arrive in lab, unload my stuff at desk. I have a *great* view from my window in lab. Until 9:57 AM: Finite element modelling of a new version of the device I'm working on in lab. 10:05 - 10

  • by Bryan
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  VSEPR Google News is the best.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? A jurassic beaver once ruled the riverbank. I've had an extraordinarily busy (and short!) week that I will describe to you all in detail ... proves that even 100 million years ago, the beaver was dominating the area

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  in all of us. It’s the event where the Brass Rat for each class is ... /tooling/hacking, to the class-specific inside jokes, it’s cloaked in tradition. Plus ... campus.  The RingComm chair is at least the 3rd in a row from the same

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / Events

  2022 Ring Premiere! ring alert: it SHINY

  

  is a Brass Rat? Well, it's a ring that comes in gold, silver, or stainless steel. It has a beaver on it. And a dog. And an owl. So... there are ... tradition.  Every freshman class has a Ring Committee, who put in tons of time

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Update – Featuring Tim the Beaver as Miley Cyrus Everything is awesome!

  

  I am sitting in the coolest little corner of our courtyard I've ever ... incredible this experience is, and how grateful I am to live in a place this ... adventures! And as promised, there was a Tim hack!!  Tim the beaver

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  bit in that regard. Allow me to introduce, Beaver Scope! According to the author of Beaver Scope Almost a year ago I stumbled upon an ... propitious time for that old data to be put to use. I present Beaver Scope

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  comes to worst, buy it from the Coop or Quantum Books, which are the main bookstores in Kendall Square. The Coop is guaranteed to have your textbook and if you get there early you can buy a used copy. Also, it's been my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  're interested in buying a bunch of MIT gear and you don't have access to campus ... word "Book" or "Store" in its name. In fact, it's not even just our ... an enigma wrapped in a riddle. For one, it's housed in multiple

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  our tents we watched a documentary on beavers in the campground ... leaves, and evidence of beavers in the forests they shaped (see below ... emailed a friend in lab to put away the agarose gel I’d poured the night

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Special Edition! Speaking of Valentine's Cards . . .

  

  little beaver drawn on them. This is my personal beaver graphic that I draw anytime I need to draw a beaver. 1 of the cards has my name underlined ... listening to when I signed that card. 1 of the cards says "IHTFP" in binary

  • by Snively '11
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  High Class Brass [✔] Order a Brass Rat [✔] Feel swanky [ ] Become Iron Man

  

  Jobs. In the beaver's right hand is a candle with a screw jutting out ... name, got his Master's in City Planning, and in a way, he planted the ... . A pack of Brass Rats, in their natural habitat What's that? You can

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  whoever was being Tim the Beaver in the picture I took during the chaotic ... Try to find me in this picture! Just kidding, that’s a trick ... volunteers to man the Tim the Beaver costume that weekend, my response was

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  beaver is sitting on eight ivy leaves. I'll let you fill in the blanks on ... Brief note: I am currently in Ohio, shopping for wedding dresses. And ... top of Boston's Prudential Tower. (In case anybody missed the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Beaver Nation An intro to athletics at MIT

  

  comes to mind when think of MIT... I don’t blame you. In some ways, it ... be honest, from the outside looking in, it may appear strange that MIT ... varsity sport. We have one of the largest collegiate athletics programs in

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • November 12, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Nothing beats a wet beaver! Except, in this case, a wet Iona. Pictures!

  

  will limit myself to 12 words in each caption. By the by, the entry ... men's team doesn't take offense. In the stands! Clockwise: Bill

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  making space in my schedule to go to the maker space and 100 other things I was bad at this semester

  

  ... In December 2020, I learned about the MakerLodge training that first-years could participate in, and I immediately did the online portion of the ... different. In digital fabrication, you learn about 3D printing and laser

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 5, 2021
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is MIT’s mascot/school colors?

  Our mascot is a beaver—nature's original engineer. Perfect, right? Tim the Beaver has been a member of the MIT community for 100 years. MIT's school colors are cardinal red and silver gray.
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2009 Brass Rat My highly biased and personal opinions about Ring Premiere.

  

  personalization. Cool things: The motto "IHTFP" is artfully hidden in the beaver ... , or might even be in the process of picking one out right now. If yours ... friend of mine was quoted in the Tech's article about the ring leak (Carlos

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  year and wear the beaver "sitting" on them until graduation. At Commencement, the ring is flipped over so that the beaver is sitting on the world. Legend has it that it is the third most recognized ring in the world, after

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015