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• 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 / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  detail like I usually do in my blog entries; rather, I'll just discuss the ... and I decided that not hiking would be a great idea. Yet, this day, more ... 's all a state of mind. Read on and find out how I spent the second day of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  three feet per second, and in last decade scientists have begun to understand how these little lizards can defy gravity. It turns out that gecko ... station. But Prof. Jeffrey Karp, an investigator in the Harvard-MIT Health

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 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 / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  . Companies and universities are getting in on the game. I’m glad to know that ... Matt Damon? The actor? I thought MIT Commencement speakers were always famous alumni. How did he become this year's speaker? It sounds

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Odds & Ends Concerts (on & off campus), doors (on campus), and lectures (also on campus).

  

  Thomas the week before, and Ludacris is in town tonight) Last entry, I ... I'm a bit under the weather today, and I'm still working on the next ... , November 11. I saw Hot Hot Heat on a previous tour swing through Boston, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2005
• 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 / IAP

  I Am Prepared! Getting ready for IAP! (Find out how to join our mystery hunt team, too!)

  

  So here I am (still) in sunny southern California where people are mourning the loss of the crystal football ie The Rose Bowl. While I can't say ... hope you had an umbrella, Mollie. (Yes, I decided to watch in on TV

  • by Bryan
  • January 5, 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 ... in developmental neurobiology at Children’s Hospital Boston. I’ve been living in Boston since I blundered onto MIT’s campus fresh out of Columbus

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• 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 / MIT Life

  Adventure Time at MIT We went on a hiking and camping adventure!

  

  I've mentioned in prior posts that my hall, Tetazoo, in East Campus is very involved in climbing and hiking and other wonderful adventures ... , and camping in the wilderness. We split into four cars with three

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 22, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  just chill with us :) My project idea struck when I was wandering in my local contemporary art museum. I love the serenity of art museums, in ... . Starry Night in the style of Mango[/caption] I stared at the solid black

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• 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