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  A Morning With Sir Tim Berners-Lee This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the guy…

  

  question. It was a bit weird to be sitting in the same room with the guy who ... happened between people in your life. Maybe most of them come down to one ... This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  , winner of the Nobel Prize in 2001. I think I would have asked them to ... hustled over to the crowded lecture hall to find no seats, but in all the ... So it's Nobel Prize week, and this year, MIT has been able to add

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Extended to January 3 We have extended the RA deadline. Happy Holidays!

  

  button, or stamp that mail! The closer you send in your application to the ... Application Tracking. It can take 3 weeks for items to appear in Application ... admission to January 3. The freshman application can be submitted through My

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 3, 2009
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What programs does MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) offer?

  MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) runs ... and underserved students interested in science, technology, engineering ... science and engineering experiences to over 3,000 middle and high school
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Energized Watching the sun rise signals that it's time for bed.

  

  As the semester begins to wind down, it comes time to turn in ... design project for one of my classes, 2.005, where we had to design a floating buoy-like structure to support a 700,000 kilo tower and rotor combo

  • by Bryan
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Onion article about Robot Hazing at MIT Robot hazing at MIT *gasp!*

  

  13 inches in diameter, was reportedly forced to climb stairs built at a ... was locked in a room and forced to calculate pi to the 1083 decimal ... Technology chapter of the Theta Tau fraternity are in campus-police custody

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  its eco-friendliness. In addition to photovoltaic panels, the building ... , rainwater is stored and used to water the garden, wastewater is treated in the ... term, energy conscious buildings are cheaper to maintain. In fact, the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Admissions Decisions Now Available Online News about the 2011 Regular Action cycle.

  

  the class to come. In the meantime, we have provided three "open threads ... : decisions.mit.eduYou can log in using the same username and password that you use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christina Royce: Analyzing Re-entry Systems Christina Royce, a senior double majoring in Mechanical Engineering, with a concentration in Manufacturing through…

  

  designed to make 65 nm chips, in favor of manufacturing the newer SRAM chip ... and became interested in issues related to refugee camps. After ... To manufacture the silicon chips that run your computer, silicon

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving!

  

  So I'm about to cook a turkey for the first time in my life, but before I foray out into the world of basting and boiling, I wanted to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to you all. And just remember had it been for

  • by Bryan
  • November 24, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  May I include supplementary materials with my application?

  Our admissions process is designed to be completed online. Creative portfolios in SlideRoom are available for researchers, performing artists, visual artists, and makers to submit supplemental materials. If you must
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  everything in the allotted spaces in the application. To answer your question ... : Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. I have to admit, the Pittsburgh ... Last night after work and before the Red Sox game, I went out to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Newly Admitted Student Events… ...coming to your neighborhood.

  

  hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2015. If there's one in your ... Applications its time to start meeting you all! Kim was kind enough to let me guest post on her blog to let you know about some exciting opportunities

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  admissions office plays in bringing these outstanding students to campus. "I ... pleasure it's been to work with them in this role," he added. "I'm humbled to be able to lead this group going forward." Schmill has served in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  pedal and accelerated the motorized shopping cart from 0 to (approx.) 25 mph in the gaspingly brief time required to scream barely the first two ... recoiled along a vector perpendicular to Massachusetts Avenue as I gripped

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo of the Day – Installment #1 Photo of the day #1

  

  While I try go get in the swing of things with the start of the semester, I'll begin what I hope will become a new tradition (pending the availability of interesting enough photos. Here's the first one and I think it

  • by Bryan
  • September 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2012! how is blog formed

  

  people who can communicate in a compelling fashion to our large and active community, and your portfolio will demonstrate your (in)ability to do this ... the spot, in addition to your required questions below. While we often

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  the people living in my suite, we were using it to seal off cell ... DID YOU KNOW? John Stamos, better known to millions as Uncle Jesse ... film for numerous uses in the typical laboratory including the typical

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Is Found! The Mystery Hunt ends after 36 hours.

  

  What Bomb at Midnight in a refridgerator in the basement of E18. It was a great 36 hours of hunting! I'll post some fun puzzles in my next entry. Thanks to Random / S.P.I.E.S. for running another terrific Mystery

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 15, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab?

  created to coordinate and promote water and food research at MIT. MIT’s efforts are aimed at a future in which the world’s water and food needs are met in both the developed and the developing world, in an