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  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  Under 35 for his pioneering research in comparative genomics. When I sat ... what in the genome is important and how organisms might have evolved. For ... undergraduate, a graduate student, and a member of the faculty. I would also

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Wow KABOOM!

  

  in that class, this pset will take ~forever. I need to finish it before ... I meet my prefrosh Chris '12 for CPW! In theory, by this point in time ... until 6. After UROP I am entrenched in CPW stuff for the rest of the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  concept. You've twisted my mind in ways I didn't know it could twist before ... equations and formulas that I learned in high school, but by making me apply ... problem suddenly makes sense.  And in those moments, I think I'm finally

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  "Dudamel - Open Rehearsal" and asked if I would be interested in attending ... in 2009. Yep. Definitely not a musical instrument. I got a little ... little timpani player. "He's the best timpani player I have ever seen in an

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  my Astrophysics pset (I typed up answers in LaTeX.) So, I doubled back ... . I clicked my way to the PE site, saw that yoga was offered in the T ... before noon; I figured that even though classes start at ten past, it would

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Residential Life

  🦆🦆🦆🏳️🏳️🏳️ 🦖🦖🦖 SIMMONS!!! RETREAT!!!

  

  , when I expected the retreat would still be going on. But a short email exchange later, I realized we actually would be back in time. I’ll fill out ... , October 14th at our Heads of House’s cabin in Concord, MA. As we drove, I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  people in MIT's legendary Course 16 program (Aero/Astro Department) would ... talking about in the morning, and I managed to catch a glimpse of it on my way to a 7.03 (genetics) exam in the morning. After the exam, I headed

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week in My Life of My Final Week of My Junior Fall i have no finals

  

  for my CMS.300 paper. In terms of how I found sources, I spent a lot of ... the hardest I've ever worked in a long, long time, but I'm really proud ... at how the role of the onlooker has changed over time in different

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 15, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  appear creepy. So as any self respecting artist would do, I sought to ... ="aligncenter" width="600"] a graphical representation[/caption] What I’ve noticed is ... part 2 of using my art powers for chaos. So how do you give someone the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  In a couple months, I’ll be back in Cambridge after 10 years of ... amount of time spent in CAD. I’m still hacking it out here in the world of ... internationally, which then enabled fun leisure travel. I’ve been able to keep in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Vlogging, Tweets, and a Riddle The sum of three cats is a dog. Explain.

  

  prefrosh. I’m curious to see how your view of me changes once I start talking ... two solutions. Here’s a huge hint, in black text on black background, so ... ;   кошка кошка + кошка собака   I’ve decided to try an

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  ? Everyone! Even those already accepted in Early Action.   When should I ... Midyear Report.   Got it. Ok, how do I fill this thing out? The ... the MYR is February 15th. How do I fill out the grades section?  

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.

  

  Folks, it is a sad, sad day in the MIT Admissions Office. Juan ... the only remaining wookie. I must go now and weep gently. May my beard catch the tears that would otherwise run with the ink of your applications

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  College students do eat real food! ...sometimes. I now present: the culinary adventures of Laura and April.

  

  putting some Chef Boyardee in a pot for lunch. That's not to say that I ... Star Market! And it feeds 5 people! Why would you ever eat in a dining ... I may not have alluded to this before, but my roommate, April, is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  check if your computer is plugged in. It turned out that I wasn’t able to ... .001 lecture from hell. I’m not even joking. So you know how the least fun part ... shortcut truly is. (There were actually lines in my notes that reference how

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in the northeast: Massachusetts ... MIT different from other universities? How might you know whether or not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  have I changed in the last year? I suppose that I'm more confident in my ... calling myself a writer, and that I've become much more interested in ... nail down. Have I become more independent? How have my values changed

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  general feeling of panic. I, myself, only got about 5-6 hours of sleep each day last week. This is non-trivial because I like to, and usually do ... 're probably wondering why I have so much work when there are no tests until

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our homework is to go camping on a school night...!

  

  inside, I really would not have picked a different major at MIT. I am SO ... Aye, I'm back with more architecture adventures. I feel like all I ever blog about is architecture stuff - but who am I kidding - it

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meta

  

  everyone else's blogs. I would be happy to get feedback from my readers on ... philisophical essays about MIT, I start wondering if maybe my readers would rather just see some pictures of events after all. Though I think that I would

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 10, 2006