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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  Terrafugia, led by Carl Dietrich '99, is building a flying car (or, more ... ’s visibility is impaired when the wings are folded up, a tiny camera system ... field. The Bhutan book is a byproduct of four such trips from 1988 to 2002

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  . For one thing, the weekend is not planned out for you, it's more of a ... span of 4 days!). And, while there will be parties, CPW is a 100% dry ... It's been another late night at work, but I wanted to at least post a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  , however, is still made just off MIT's campus, and it is a nice treat to ... ? Check. Dating? Check. A wedding engagement? Check. A little bit of class? Check. And a serenade? Check! Thanks to our secret admirers, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.

  

  review over the weekend. Despite the fact that I'm a fairly new reader, I ... " with the rest of the office is already pretty good. Go instinct! I was ... is completely true: we are indeed looking for human beings in every

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  MTB Party Pic & TechTV CPW Coverage Some fun ways to remember the weekend...

  

  Hi folks, It was truly AWESOME to spend lots of time with all of you this past weekend. I hope you guys had as much fun as I did! A quick update before I depart for a few days of vacation... First, a big thanks to

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stories from Uganda [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Installing an exhibit in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery.

  

  . Unfortunately, matting is perhaps the most stressful thing a photographer can do ... , and I'm all done. The gallery is a constant work-in-progress. Sam Magee ... 's still a lot left to be wanted. Nevertheless, the space is in high demand

  • by ARTalk
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  king cake and a run-on sentence busy week

  

  you to have a wholesome Ash Wednesday David S. '21 is only eating the cake because I told him to Brandon F. '19 put on a shirt just for this ... the other hand, said "no photos" but lingered for quite a while--what is

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  naked velocity. It's dark and the asphalt is a gooey chocolatey blur ... -crushing death is sitting somewhere with me in the toddler basket of a supermarket ... recoiled along a vector perpendicular to Massachusetts Avenue as I gripped

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  0 Days Since Last Fire Alarm Oh noes! Simmons Hall on fire!

  

  my kitchen, which is what happened a couple of weeks ago. I heard an ... doing. Sam '07 wrote a nice entry about this experience here. This year Burton-Conner has been fairly lucky. As a dorm we're only had about 5 fire

  • by Snively '11
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Break and Study of Cities Abroad Students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning enjoy a subsidized spring break abroad…

  

  graduation requirements by spending time abroad. One such class is 11 ... to and from a foreign city over spring break, when students meet with ... topics are compared and contrasted with characteristics of a U.S. city

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  Now that CPW is over, things are a little less hectic around the ... ) in Phoenix next month (more on that to come). This weekend is a four ... ! -- the applicant Class of 2010. As for me, I spent a good part of today

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What happens if I’m not selected as a Match?

  matched with a binding school and must attend your Match school. You could be matched with a non-binding school (MIT). In this case, you may ... send you an email in early December asking you how you would like to
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  As you know, MIT is embarking on a mission to tackle the world ... check out relating to this mission. First, there's a new episode of ZigZag, hosted by Marsha. There's a nice piece about MIT research on more energy

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Blake Ross, who is kind of the inventor of Firefox, is 21 years old. Well, it's been a while. According to MT I started writing this entry one week ago today. A lot has been up. I designed a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We, the people

  

  As you know, I'm a big fan of Indian Bollywood movies, and last night ... 't get a chance to talk with him, but as he was leaving I heard his one-line summary of the film: "It was a geeky, MIT-type of film." In many ways, he

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Events

  A Morning With Sir Tim Berners-Lee This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the guy…

  

  This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the guy who invented the world wide web. (That sentence alone is pretty ... site to learn more about him. My favortite page is the one on which he

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Term 2006! Spring Term Oh Six starts today (music video included).

  

  . Basically, the goal of the class is to design a robot to accomplish certain ... think is a lot more simple, but will be an interesting challenge to ... the classes/teachers you've particularly enjoyed?" This is a pretty

  • by Bryan
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Reaching for the STARS* *Small Town And Rural Students

  

  Town and Rural Students) College Network, a collaborative effort of a ... communities.  While the initiative is new, the concern for these students is not.  The partnership, initiated with significant philanthropic support, is

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 4, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi on Pie So much pi[e].

  

  this blog post I’m going to go back to grading. (“Grading” is a word ... .909859317102744... π pies over the internet.   (A secret: the pies are a lie. Their ... pies, piedentified (joke by Irina’s boyfriend Alex). The top row is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Mystery Of The Missing Application Tracking Portlet A quick clarification.

  

  Application Tracking portlet in MyMIT. The system is supposed to display a message explaining why the portlet is no longer there, but it's not showing ... behalf of all of us, here's a big public thanks to them.) So this is just

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 3, 2007