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• Blog / People & Identities

  On Reconnecting spending winter break in India

  

  My parents were born under kerosene lamps. In a place where monkeys ... playing in the streets blended with the crowing of roosters. The perfect alarm clock. A place where kites adorned the sky, glistening in the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  From Charlottesville to Cambridge photos from a gathering for solidarity

  

  We're at a strange point in the political climate where white ... publicize their misconceptions in broad daylight. The people of Cambridge ... hatred in Charlottesville     City Manager Louis De

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  This year well over 18,000 students applied to MIT, the most in our ... students in the coming weeks and months - about how our process works, what you need to do if you are still interested in MIT, and so forth. In the

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Thursday

  

  defense of Phil '05 5:30-6:30 -- piano drop at Baker House (in honor of Drop ... dinner featuring Greek, Persian, and French Cuisine -Poetry readings in the native language, with multimedia translations in English -Live music and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  first day. They both flew in early this morning, and we spent the whole day walking around the area in the glorious warmth and sunlight that ... , homemade gelato in Beacon Hill, truffles on Newbury, Trader Joe's chips in my

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tomorrow is MacVicar day! Tomorrow is MacVicar day. See poster presentations by MIT students who have made an impact…

  

  showcases student research in our labs here on campus and in the field worldwide. It should be an exciting celebration of student achievements in ... programs. UROP & Beyond: MIT Students in the Lab and In the World Friday

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Randomness

  

  Well, as Laura said in her latest entry, tonight was the "telethon ... composition due in nine hours that has me adopting the identity of someone living in a Francophone country, describing my work, my environment, my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  After a long vacation in Southeast Asia, I'll be officially back in ... trip to Florida starts in less than a month! Forthcoming blog entries will include a brief recap of my time in Asia, a Questions Omnibus, a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in CA, IL, MI, NV, OH MIT Admissions starts to look forward to the Class of 2013 (!).

  

  & Yale Universities for meetings in Northern California/Nevada and the ... from three great universities all in one place. Each school will talk a ... &A, will run about 90 minutes. You can RSVP at brownmityale.org. In addition

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Listing It All Out you get a list and you get list and you get a list

  

  naps than studying in my opinion. Add in the pretty comfortable green ... naps here. Dorm Room - what fun is there in that? Classes That Changed ... ’s Cafe- Conveniently located right next to the Koch Building in Kendall

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 29, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Off to Zambia

  

  31st. Zambia is a land-locked country in southern Africa (see above) We will spend the majority of our trip in the community of Mwape, which is in the northeast corner of the nation. Last January's D

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  In honor of some holiday, MIT's Laboratory for Chocolate Science hosted chocolate tasting last night. I went to a similar event in IAP 2004 ... stayed mostly in the range of 60-75% cocoa, and had two insanely

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  , majored in biology and brain and cognitive sciences, and I graduated in 2006 ... went to another school in Cambridge and got my Ph.D. in Cell and ... in developmental neurobiology at Children’s Hospital Boston. I’ve been

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  In a conversation I was having with my good buddy, Quinton, today about the current weather and the sudden drop in temperature from last week, he gently reminded me, "You chose to live here in Massachusetts

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  The POWER of a Mechanical Engineering

  

  In 2011, MIT Mechanical Engineering students went through MISTI to ... in Japan; research the potential of shale gas as an energy source at Iberdrola in Spain; conduct experimental investigations of rheological

  • by MISTI Program
  • December 7, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Need help choosing a MISTI program? MIT-Germany alum Nina Sinatra advises incoming interns to keep an open mind

  

  because there are many more internship opportunities there in my major - materials engineering - than in any other MISTI program. I encourage all students who are considering MISTI to think of the program both in terms of

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  any salmonella bacteria that might grow in it. Thus, you can actually ... naked in the Z Center. But yesterday I saw another professor naked in the ... 't say anything like, "Hi Professor, I really enjoyed your class in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2018 Spring Welcome Events Come to Your Area Get a head start on meeting other members of the Class of 2018.

  

  up in April (sign up now)! Since I know you just can’t wait to meet ... opportunities for Admitted Students coming up in cities around the globe within ... around the world will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 20, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Multidimensional Showcasing an aspiring physicist with amazing musical talent

  

  Occasionally as I lie in bed at night puzzling over the hecticness ... math (courses 8 & 18). He's in my fraternity- Sigma Chi- so we live together in our chapter house on Beacon Street on the Boston side of the

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 9, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  lists, but one of them ranked the top 20 metropolitan areas in the United States in order of the percentage of workers in STEM (Science, Technology ... Bay. In second place was Boulder, Colorado. (Not) surprisingly

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011