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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rethinking the Paris Metro I'm taking an awesome grad class that includes spring break in Paris. (Yeah, they're paying.)

  

  new uses and features for the Paris metro (subway) system -- ways to ... of the trottoir and have to wait a minute for your train, or for ... One of my five classes this term is sponsored by RATP, the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  commonplace, and I remember that my mom would whisk me off to the doctor for ... 200% of the federal poverty level (for those of you who are too lazy to click on the link, i'll spell it out for you. FPI is $22,050 for a family

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  chris and tiramisu for a hall birthday. it's the first day of the long ... biology), and even though the prospect of sitting down for a three ... "]toscanini's[/annotation] logo on the table. i guess it's been around for a while

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pottermania hits MIT Excitement for the release of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.

  

  The campus -- and, indeed, the world -- is abuzz with excitement for ... intense, and he told me how very very much he was waiting for the final ... the street for some late lunch and played out more or less the same

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…

  

  model for ulcerative colitis, a type of IBD, through her UROP in the ... created a mouse model for the Th2 form of IBD by creating a Th2 response in ... Research Journal for the past two years and member of the Journal of Young

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skies over MacGregor Views of campus, Boston, and the Charles River from ten stories up.

  

  between July 3rd and July 9th. Rollover for the time the photo was taken and click for larger versions. The first panorama has labels, just in case you ... spent a lot of my time in MacGregor, which is where Cory was living for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  I have been at MIT for the past year, and it has been nothing short of an adventure. For instance, I came here straight from the country: had never seen a taxi, had never been on a subway (except for the one at

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  series. Next, keep your eyes peeled for profiles of the one and only Melis ... Sorry for being MIA -- these past few weeks have been exceptionally busy. That being said, I begin with two plugs: -- Check out the second

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline & Taking Questions Advice for RA applicants; I'll answer questions Thursday.

  

  Please remember that January 1 is the submission deadline for students applying for regular action admission to MIT. This means that you should you should click the final "submit" button of your online

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  around, and say hi to the Amish kids selling baskets on the lawn for me ... , save for the one Filipino guy working the grill. (He gave me a high five ... propose this for the next renovations of Burton-Conner's kitchens. -"The

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  external sound companies to blackbox away all the details for the first three ... needed. for a while we thought we’d need to run the av and next sing sound ... ’d essentially been in the same room from 8am to 8pm for setup, rehearsal

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Cake-offs, chariot races, and salsa dancing

  

  five teams, and the teams competed against each other for the title of ... other jars. They raised $1300 for the Children”s Hospital!!! As you can ... next year.) One of the few times when every affiliated student comes

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  interesting for the entire family. MIT offers information sessions followed by ... It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of entries on how to visit MIT and Boston this summer. For those of you who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  laureate, a spiritual leader, and one of the foremost advocates for peace and ... people. Thankfully for me, I was able to see him in the first of three events for this week, all of which were made possible by the Dalai Lama

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up

  

  for me: speak up! At least half of the comments said something like ... before the spring semester started, I heard there was an opening for a ... as the Teaching Assistant (“TA,” in MIT-ese) for the 1:00-3:00 section

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Replay… Who says you can't go home again? Or at least go back to school...

  

  for the long haul. I joined the Chorallaries, I helped design my class ... also knew the every other floor rule for finding a restroom in an obscure ... morning. I do that every day too—just like I did every day for the four

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mechanical Sense of Humor My Course 2 lab instructor is amazing.

  

  Europe for the summer before going to grad school. You start talking to a ... writing lab reports for 2.671, especially since they shared the prize money with you." Basically, Dr. Hughey, the lab technician for this class, is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  January -- the intermediate period between winter break and the spring semester -- numerous for-credit classes are on offer. The full first semester ... for the spring. I was given a slot in the French 1 class and am pretty

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn in New England The trees explode with color.

  

  of the year for apple picking... Some people around here are so ... recently. For those of you in regions that do not have four seasons: autumn is a wonderful time of year; the air is crisp, the foliage is exploding

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds It's crunch time for college decisions.

  

  With 10 days to go until the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we help you make your decision? What more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2006