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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jenny Hu- Adapting to Artifical Gravity Junior Jenny Hu worked in the MIT Man Vehicle Laboratory to study if people can…

  

  takes a while to get used to. It is important for astronauts to adapt to ... system, which is the inner ear structure that creates a sense of balance ... hires UROPs and is a great place for a first research experience. Jenny

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  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 ... , so renting a car (and trying to navigate Boston roads) is not necessary

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there a medical facility on campus?

  MIT has its own on-campus medical facilities providing a complete healthcare center serving the health and wellness needs of the entire MIT ... family members. MIT Health provides access to a broad range of clinical
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), which is a temporary designation ... writers of the 21st century. He is now a U.S. citizen, but maintains ties to ... is very significant. After that, how can I give up? How can I stop just

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge, CPW, and YOU! A welcome from a couple of MIT Quest Scholars to our newly admitted Quest Scholars

  

  Network. The Quest Scholars Network is a group of all MIT Quest Scholars ... active members. MIT QSN is a relatively new group on campus; some of the ... what this meant and I wanted a much more concrete answer than that. But

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • April 2, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Remembering Woodie Flowers they say don't meet your heroes, but some exceed your expectations

  

  : there is a memorial fund, benefiting FIRST, set up by Woodie's widow ... , ethically, and emotionally. As a cofounder of FIRST, he was known for bringing ... have ever encountered: an attentive listener, a thoughtful respondent

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  classes, I'll mention grading a lot. Of course, grading is only a small part ... .01: Introduction to Hacking. A student's grade in 19.01 is based on three components ... . The midterms happen at the end of a month. The final is only called a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! how i celebrated the coming apocalypse

  

  generally agree that almost anything can be improved if it is shot out of a ... Hello Internet! It's been a while. I last blogged on EA Decision Day ... morning of the 17th, when it went live, I was on a plane to Denver with my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  5 years out What some MIT alumni are doing five years after graduation.

  

  its graduates. But unlike many universities, MIT's alumni magazine is a ... : Technology Review. Actually, what you buy on newsstands is a slimmed ... . The highlight for many alums is the "Class Notes" section, a regular

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  (though you probably weren't...). I got the "i know this is a busy time of ... am actually that much of a freak.) The fact that MIT’s its own little world is a double-edged sword. You get to be around some of the most

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Metropolis and the Alloy Orchestra "The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must be the Heart!"

  

  ! You may wonder how the showing of a classic silent film could pack an ... create the soundtrack. The film is a precursor to almost every sci-fi movie ... , March 5, the Somerville Theatre was packed for a World Music Crash Arts

  • by ARTalk
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  5K with Brad, who is a marathon runner like myself. Sadly, he became a ... Boston side of the river, everyone is bound together by a love, or at the ... , under tech! MIT is a place where I can play a heated bout of Super Smash

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  , not a crippling imbalance in work-life matters and how I deal with them ... 've learned a number of things: At MIT, the week of my birthday has always been ... because that's just how the cookie crumbled. That realization helped me beat

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  This blog post was written by a winner my entry for #BlogstonCommons

  

  History.com article about how Nicole Sharp, an aerospace engineer, made a ... 've moved as fast as 35 mph. Usain Bolt's top speed is a little over 27 mph ... Author's note: I wrote this for a challenge that I participated in

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  (Guest Post) esolangs oh man

  

  "]interpreter[/annotation] for a programming language called snek, which is a dialect of LISP. But ... one of these guys make a programming language: LOLCODE syntax is more ... ="attachment_74010" align="aligncenter" width="300"] this is the logo of the software a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  Nick asked: "I was wondering how you got your job at the NIH National Human Genome Research Institute? Thanks a lot for your help." This is an interesting question, one that took me about four years to figure out how to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

  

  this term, which is a pretty normal load. Those of you that wanted a ... like how MOSFETs work and signal filters. I can already tell that this is ... Scheme as his language of choice, which is a great language for focusing on

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  , though, is how to format a résumé as a freshman. You've just graduated from ... the fair or during an interview. The way I like to think of it is, if a ... It totally hit me today when I stumbled upon a copy of the Tech and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  DRAW TIM (the beaver) behold the artistic talents of MIT staff

  

  ="no, untangling a human knot will not portend how well a team can untangle a work ... ="mentally stylized as Draw ______ but maybe that is bad branding"]"Draw a Blank,"[/annotation] which is a direct rip-off of my pal Valerie's recent Zine projects. The

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 5, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Your questions & my answers.

  

  the end of the month. As for the online application -- which is how most ... major in a field that is not innately techical, such as Comparative Media ... concerns is how good is my accademcal education up to this point versus the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2006