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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  relativistic time dilation and fall in love with physics. In 2003 I'm a high ... Chemical-Biological Engineering and Physics, which is actually a recent development. I mentioned that I fell in love with physics early in life, but I

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  physics psets which I'm just a little psyched about. So to share my ... Special Relativity with a brief intro to General Relativity is 1) a physics class, 2) required for physics majors so generally our little budding

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Gave Love A Bad Name A night of talent.

  

  of a 4" PVC pipe and a sheet of plywood. He also gave a short physics

  • by Bryan
  • October 8, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  as physically possible, but apparently you're not. Lean more. Now

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  , "Slight problem! I'm taking physics this year, but our course only covers ... too. I'll be taking AP Physics next year, but we only cover mechanics ... suggest instead that I take the physics exam, even with my limited knowledge

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faster than a speeding locomotive. E=MC^2 serving up the most delicious physics problems since 1905.

  

  No, I'm not talking Clark Kent here. I'm talking about the speed of light! I'm talking about what happened 100 years ago today. Don't tell me you don't know! (gasps) It's the WORLD YEAR OF PHYSICS! Actually

  • by Bryan
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  ) 8.01: Physics I (Classical Mechanics) Taught by one of many ... is the standard introductory physics course offered to freshmen at MIT ... Physics is used extensively and allows for assignments to be due at various

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New stuff on MyMIT, and more

  

  physics, so I got to hear him speak 3x/week). Admitted students, log into

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Normalville

  

  Congratulations to the Random Hall dormitory team ("Physical Plant") for winning this year's Mystery Hunt! I really enjoyed the hunt, and our team did better than we ever had before (yay!). Here are some puzzles you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?

  -run leadership laboratory. Further, each ROTC program has physical fitness training
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  . Kornbluth, the current provost of Duke University, as MIT's 18th President ... . University presidents set cultures, gather resources, and —  guided by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Fight against Gender Discrimination in STEM an excerpt from a fall class paper

  

  within universities is part reality and part perception. True, but I now ... Science and Engineering for universities across the United States. This prompted similar studies in many other STEM research universities, such as

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 6, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  opportunities at various top universities, institutions, and companies around the ... architecture department at Tsinghua University (colloquially called China’s MIT

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  exciting time in the world of particle physics. A week or so before, I had attended my recitation for 8.012 (freshman physics), and my recitation leader—Professor Eddie Farhi, Director of the Center for Theoretical Physics—found himself

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about pandemics and plagues in history 21H.000: History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics

  

  Friday from 2-3PM ET, where lecturers and science writers from universities

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  five different universities. We saw some of the best student ... University of Technology’s car can corner at 3 G’s of acceleration. There ... brakes. The University of Stuttgart team that won the electric competition

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Totally awesome Incoming GEL students win big in the OnStar Student Developer Challenge

  

  open to students at Carnegie Mellon University, MIT, University of Michigan, University of Texas and University of Toledo. What’s the story

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers, Perfect and Imperfect Math geeking, and a guessing game.

  

  Creasy at the Johns Hopkins University (a fantastic school, btw) for the

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

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  America's candy universe, with 32 candy factories (including those for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s snowing, and “It’s Raining” K-Pop and Prof. Henry Jenkins.

  

  "Globalization" (University of California Press, 2004), Professor Jenkins writes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2006