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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tweet, tweet plus: swarming, oil spill cleanup robots and virus-made, clothing-embedded batteries

  

  this that makes me so proud (and in awe) to be associated with MIT ... !), I'm looking forward to yet another interesting year. In my plans for ... this summer" post...) Meanwhile, as the summer comes to an end, how was

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  a very challenging year in which to select a class. Nevertheless, I ... . We won't be able to confirm 100% until we're a bit farther along in the ... ,000 of the "$100 laptops" (currently coming in at closer to $150). One

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  , Helfant lived in Burton-Conner, the same dorm that currently is home to ... ) before he got appointed, to sort of get the definite okay," said Federer ... blog readership will be excited to learn this fact. Adam Helfant, MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  binary star passes in front of another binary star, you get an eclipse. The ... with scientists in Chile, Arizona, and Hawaii (if you want to travel to ... UROPers hung up their lab coats to head home, Shaye and two other undergrads

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  figure out the things I wanted to take part in. As I mentioned, my ... ’t truly seen before with people I had never met in person. I had to find ... very accepted and able to share my thoughts on anything. Don’t get me

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 21, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  now that I felt at ease in and around the water. More to the point, I ... how I might be able to take it out to the ocean, perhaps letting it sit ... in the dock, my wandering thoughts continued to hang on each new sight

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / Events

  NSUW Coffee Chat Casual conversations with professors

  

  among "Outstanding Faculty" in the Business Week Guide to the Best ... -foundations of institutional change. In order to change practices that comprise ... coming to MIT, Kate spent six years in consulting at Bain & Company and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  I hate going to the hospital. Yes, hospitals help people. Most nurses and doctors are nice and have your best interest in mind. But hospitals can also drive you cRaZy. I'm in the hospital, and have been since

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bloggerduction a challenger appears

  

  they're interested in something, it seems to imply that they know a ... Hi! I'm Qiaochu Yuan. That's "chow-chew," as in food and a thing you do with food. You'll probably never need to

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun with Legos A photo journal of THE coolest room I've ever seen.

  

  happens in there. I've found that it's sometimes easy to forget that this ... So all freshmen are assigned to a faculty advisor who helps them make ... advisor, which is an upperclassman who acts as a something of a mentor to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…

  

  encourages students interested in UROPs to be persistent and to apply to ... to the process. At MIT, Sid is completing a double major in Biology ... For the past four years, Sid Puram has had a UROP in the renowned

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Travel

  [liveblog] morbing at the airport the flight is delayed for several hours because of toilet issues

  

  . then again, i'd rather not get my hopes up in case things go to shit ... airport to fly out. I have been stuck in purgatory (aka. boston logan ... :35pm) i get to the airport with jebby. we're planning on rooming

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 1, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  I Don’t Know where am i going to be a year from now?

  

  a senior in high school trying to figure out which college I would be ... be: A mission operations engineer in Tokyo, flying a lunar lander to ... continent to continent with all my possessions fitting in a hiking backpack

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Steam Ahead Leaving Boston for the final time

  

  jubilation to dissipate. The weather was markedly poor during the third week in ... dark and sunless. But, I still managed to find time to relax in the ... I continued to wallow in what seemed to be my final moments with my

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • June 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  try and get things done to graduate in June (eeep! real world! yikes ... to handle. The cold though, especially up in the mountains, is ... my disappointment when I'm eagerly waiting for a huge storm to blow in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanks What is your fantasy class? Vote yet again.

  

  's always nice to see the median voter theorem in action. What courses would ... Thanks for all of the advice on my previous entry. I have decided to ... international development" from an economic perspective in previous courses, and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Same as it ever was The more things change...

  

  applications. Lots and lots of applications. It's been quite busy here in Admissions lately. In addition to the requisite 4-5 reading days each week, we ... After struggling to figure out what to blog about today, I decided to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  ), what MIT's role ought to be in national and global energy policy, the ... . Plus I got to meet Bryan in real life, and he promised he would organize a blogger outing to go get ice cream! Best day ever! Argh, now I have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First Blogiversary One year ago today, "McGann's Factors" began.

  

  blogs MIT Admissions would launch in 2004. Now, with more than a dozen blogs up and running, I feel very proud of what we've been able to do. Over the past year, I've learned a lot about blogging and how to best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Places I Became Human Hey guys, I think I'm back :)

  

  to scream. In a single moment, shaking under a stream of hot water, an ... in the sand. I walked to the Harvard Bridge with a friend to sink the ... decided to join in, I let a loud scream rip. A few folks poked their heads

  • by Powers '23
  • November 21, 2019