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• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  this is a little abrupt, let's start from the beginning. In Burton ... is using it. Upon entering a bathroom you are usually faced with ... above it. The shelf is a convenient place for the necessities: gel

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  : Kickstarter, which is today launching a new funding category specifically for ... Chevron, which is announcing a $10 million commitment to the Fab Foundation ... Gershenfeld)     Among the various initiatives announced today is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Scooper Bowl All you can eat ice cream.

  

  world"), most within walking distance of MIT. Today is the second day of an amazing three day event here called the Scooper Bowl. It is billed ... ' Cream * Rock n' Pop Swirl * Tripple Play * Apple Pie a la Mode * Oreo

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  AgeLab I've seen troubles...

  

  Lab can help you understand. AgeLab is a research group here at MIT devoted ... System": AGNES is a suit worn by students, product developers, designers ... feel old? Well, I, as a prematurely wizened twentysomething, can tell you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Wow KABOOM!

  

  !!!!!!!!!!!!) This is just a quick update on how life is for me right now (that's what ... , I will be done with all psets (this is just a theory). I'll spend the ... I should NOT be writing this right now because I have a ton of other

  • by Snively '11
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  relations in a world that is just a step away from our own. Her: Ex Machina ... reading so can't say too much yet, but it deals with hard topics in a ... elusive skill of patience – waiting for the bus, waiting on a friend at a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  know how cool the sailing team is (we ran the account during spring break ... your teammates is falling behind, you might try and slow a boat on the ... friends. Here is a photo of us with our bomb waiter Max: (Photocreds to

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  , now how about the Ig Nobels? The Ig Nobels are a humorous offshoot of ... tell the difference between a person speaking Japanese backwards and a ... ; development on a chemical weapon -- the so-called "gay bomb" -- that will make

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  hitching up my covered wagon and hitting the Oregon Trail. (Is that not how ... , at work? And the answer is ARE YOU JOKING? He’s always been a model ... Developmental Biology, and I’ve been working since then as a postdoctoral fellow

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  Manage Your Future

  

  been a very good opportunity to learn how the economic theory can be ... regarding health and productivity. The host: The IFMR is a very ... and masters programs. It is a focal point for researchers and

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘Magic Paint Brush’ This is so much cooler than MS Paint.

  

  /O Brush is a project by Kimiko Ryokai in the Tangible Media Group at the Media Lab. Her site describes the invention: I/O Brush is a new drawing ... the brush into a local classroom for about five weeks to see how

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  What follows is a guest post from the Chop Stir Hack team. CSH is a ... . Today, Chop Stir Hack is still a vibrant, student-led effort which has ... recipe. A delicious example of a recipe we received last semester is the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dell-icious. MIT students and the Dell Social Innovation Competition

  

  give NGOs the chance to work at a much higher level of efficiency: lots ... About a month and a half ago, I received an email from Sneha '13, asking me to take a moment to vote for the idea that she and Divya '13 came

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  HINT #2: The circumference of a circle is 2*r*pi.” “What about your ... .03 (Vibrations and Waves) is a perfectly reasonable class until you realize that it ... at summarizing the 8.03 course material: -A wave on a spring is a wave

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview deadline?

  There isn't a specific deadline for the interview. Students submit their application by November 1 for Early Action or January 6 for Regular Action. After you submit your application, you may be contacted by an
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  antiques, books, and CDs. Cambridge is a hip, progressive city with the feel ... on campus too! Just the general gestalt of the place is very cool--down-to-earth and yet on the cutting-edge with a hint of a retro sensibility. Favorite

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  river is almost automatic. It’s a daily checkup. Maneuvering the crowds in ... . There is so much going on, right now, in my body: the battle for better ... conducted right here, a minute away from home, that is not so ordinary. That

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Working With WashLava Time management in low places

  

  . This semester, I am taking 8.01L, 18.01, 3.091, and 6.A01, which is a first ... I've gotten a small taste of what that is like, I'm wondering if I ... another post. Once you've started a cycle, WashLava shows you how long until

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 7, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  from “decent” to “huh, that’s a little weird, but okay” and “is that even ... is that there’s a pretty universal handful of questions that all ... , but the gist of it? I’m a starry-eyed frosh who thinks that MIT is the

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All my pasts and futures A blog entry about band and quiz bowl, to prove that I'm still hip.

  

  almost died in Boston traffic. Note the lack of a shoe on Kim '09. Kim is ... mind. 1. The third-largest city in Ireland is called "Limerick" 2 ... these things! One of the questions was "What is the more common name for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 19, 2006