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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Professor Creates DEATH RAY! I'm not making this up.

  

  Each Wednesday, The Weekly Dig (my favorite rag) hits the newsstands ... .C., the Greek mathematician Archimedes supposedly defended the city of Syracuse from a Roman siege by training a mirror (aka Death Ray) on the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  It’s not every day… lunch with a celebrity

  

  ...that you get invited to have lunch with the president of MIT ... available to join her as part of the next group on Friday, November 18 at noon. The group will gather in Dr. Hockfield's reception area in 3-208 at noon

  • by Bryan
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  Last Saturday was the first ever MIT Mini Maker Faire, and (at least ... the event justice in this blog because of my general inexperience with STEM maker culture (although I’ve had plenty of immersion with the arts

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 11, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I (don’t) want the summer to end me writing poetry? what a concept

  

  I don't want the summer to end. I don't want to pack the rice cooker ... the summer to end. I want to move to Floorpi and sleep in my new room with the nice gray couch. I want to put posters without worrying about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  We bring the sketch to you! The internet is full of weirdness!

  

  invention on the internet, and it's called Omegle! The theory behind it is ... our 60" HDTV and server, when we decided to tell the random stranger ... info I want to give away on the internet about this particular subject

  • by Snively '11
  • February 4, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Beaverheimer (Pi Day 2024) 3/14/24 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  .mitadmissions.org/apply, click the link to Log In, then click “Forgot Your Password?” and follow the instructions. If you still need help after that, feel free to email [email protected] and someone from the MIT Admissions team will get back to

  • by Tim
  • March 7, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] GetSimmons! Writing is hard, so here's a video game instead

  

  Combine other dorms to reach the almighty Simmons Hall ... How to play: Use your arrow keys to move the tiles. When two tiles with the same dorm touch, they merge into one! Note: The order of dorms

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  smuggled out of dinner. Now, you may be wondering, is the above: 1) a ... sub-par metaphors that, upon deeper analysis, actually expound on the ... questions. One could certainly argue that the connotation of the word

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Like Never Before Kevin Rustagi '11 talks about the MIT LMC and then some.

  

  Hey you guys! I recently had the pleasure of meeting Kevin Rustagi '11 and interviewing him at the Guitar Center about his club: the MIT LMC (Live Music Connection). To be brief, the MIT LMC is basically a

  • by Celena C. '12
  • August 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  this. I'm still working on the Ring Premiere entry, but a friend forwarded me this in the meantime and I had to share. ---------- Forwarded ... : can you connect me to the science department? me: this is a dorm, I don

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tunnel Adventures We didn't get lost, in case you were wondering.

  

  to an elaborate system of tunnels that wind under and in between the various buildings that make up the campus. There's been a long history of ... the tunnels to either test my sense of direction or shy away from the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Please Read This Regarding the mail screw up.

  

  . The first thing my colleague did when Mail Services called him was to ... it to the front page so more people would see it. None of this makes it better - you SHOULD be angry with us. At the same time, if I could ask

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Places to Sit at MIT and study

  

  goal. Never fear, I'm taking another semester in the fall to finish my studies and to continue sitting in places. The two goals are related. Whenever I get stuck on my work, I like to find a new place to study. The

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  The past four weeks, in maps. 3 continents, 4 weeks, 11 planes, made comprehensible.

  

  My adventures from the past month can only really be described, and my absence from the blogosphere explained, using a series of maps. I spent a substantial amount of time at each arrow tip. Where? In order

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  11 / senior spring almost there

  

  to set the mood: episodes - mishegas here are some photos I took on a warm sunny day warm sunny days were rare this semester rainy, cold days made it more bearable to hole up in the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 23, 2019
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we ... interested in MIT, and so forth. In the meantime, you may talk amongst

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we ... interested in MIT, and so forth. In the meantime, you may talk amongst

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Quick update from SB Where it is not below zero.

  

  In Santa Barbara right now, where I'm soaking up the sun and just getting some R&R before the new semester. This IAP I have just been up and down the California coast visiting friends and family. I worked last

  • by Celena C. '12
  • January 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday! (a.k.a my first video blog) vlogging? MEAT CAKE!

  

  Hallo blogger faithful! Undoubtedly you've noticed that the times, they are a changing. The air is crisp, the trees are ebbing into their autumn palette and just as winter comes every year, so too do birthdays

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 30, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My schedule .

  

  lol, it's good to be a senior. 3:30am MANDATORY EDIT: In all seriousness, maybe this post is giving people the wrong impression. The first thing you learn at MIT is how to manage a heavy courseload. The last thing

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 16, 2009