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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  . So, hello. It’s ever so nice to meet you.  

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Founder’s Letter A historical perspective.

  

  to Dr. Bigelow’s address. Then followed Felton, and Mr. Savage was

  • by William Barton Rogers
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Yestermonth’s IAP Everyone else is doing it.

  

  my bash shell*. *For the non-6-3s among you, shell customization is

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Women’s Week 2005 Learn about both the mission and events associated with this year's week-long promotion.

  

  Loving Your Money. Topics covered include W4s, 401k, HMOs, stocks, credit

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 9, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  It’s Friday, Friday… hacking Mikey

  

  Late last week one of the bloggers was talking about her spring break plans. They were all very exciting, with lots of travel and warm weather and such. Then she…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  You may recall back in March of this year there were a couple blog posts that mentioned MIT President Susan Hockfield’s trip to the White House to join President Obama…

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Monday Actually, I think I just made it to Tuesday.

  

  7:39 PM: It’s Sunday night. I have four exams in the next week. Hey, I should blog! 7:40 PM: Erons ’12 walks into my room. Erons is not wearing shoes.…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  Today, as I was walking down Mass Ave after work, I saw some Aero/Astro students playing volleyball with a net they had set up in the Building 33 quad, and…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  Ever since I first visited MIT in the summer of 2007, I knew that the Institute was quite literally like no other place on Earth. All I did was listen…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  Today was the first day of academic year 2005-2006 at old Tech! (I don’t know why that deserved an exclamation point. Probably because I don’t have any problem sets due…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Travel

  Motion of Manhattan and other photos from the busy city next door.

  

  More snippets of life; A sequel photoblog to Colors of Campus Series inspired by Kai’s Parallel Universe Post

  • by Richard O. '28
  • March 29, 2026
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  It’s all right. It’s just a small pebble in your path. Just a tiny pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it’s ok…you can get up and immediately continue on…” - Guts (actually

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  We All Need A Little Encouragement

  

  From a bottle of Honest Tea, purchased from MIT’s Student Center

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Words Are Not Enough… Come see why I almost failed elementary drawing. Free of charge!

  

  Real blog to come after Thursday. Off to watch the elections (and you should too), toodles!

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 4, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of student support services are available?

  hose and Student Support Services (S3) is available to help you manage ... talk to, S3 can help. The S3 mission is to promote the academic success and the holistic experience of students, especially undergraduates. S3
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  So, it’s the middle of January and although it was an unseasonably warm day in Boston today, I still had applications to read. However, I learned quickly after joining the…

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s up? here's whats up

  

  The next few weeks are going to be something different. To start, it is 3:30 am Friday night and I am moving back to EC tomorrow starting 11am. I don’t…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  My sister graduated college a few weeks ago, which meant two things: 1) I learned the Latin word “vincimus”, which means “We conquer” and sounds like a house elf from…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  Yesterday’s New York Times had a nice piece about MIT alum Pat McGovern ’59, Founder & Chairman of International Data Group (IDG) (“the world’s leading IT media, research and exposition…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.

  

  Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend. MIT’s Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (DAPER) is in charge of the physical education (PE) requirement that MIT…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2005