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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  -compound catalyst for metathesis--a chemical process wherein two reacting structures swap places--in 1990. Now I don't know about you, but I think this is pretty cool. What's even cooler is that these professors actually teach

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  it is being called for now, would be greater in scale than the Human ... mutations that give rise to cancer or sustain it. Proponents say a databank ... and prevent cancer. [...] The project, which might end up with a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Everything I ever wanted to know about making stuff.

  

    Many thanks to the Global Grand Challeneges Summit staff for the photos, and to Ed McCann and Mark Murcko for some of the anecdotes and quotes of the scientists…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  dressed out of the norm. Wearing just a flannel shirt is out of the norm ... make dinner for our vegetarian Co-op that night.  Shaws is about a ... pieces at friends is all it takes to make a terrible week a million times

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  years, and he realized that it is time to pick a successor. He gathered ... problem, and find a new way in getting to where you want to be. It is true ... each one of you possesses a talent that will make you stars at wherever

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Where’s Waldo? Hack Attack!

  

  The time is 11:23 am, and I am sitting in the Student Center. Then ... =) --- Mental Bubble: "ZOMG A HACK, Where's my camera?!?!?!?" Luckily, my blogger motto is: "Have camera, will travel." Off to Killian Court I depart

  • by Bryan
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  .   Major   This is the story of a boy who watched the above ... Hey guys, it's been a ridiculously long time since you last heard what's been going on in my life so I thought I'd throw together a giant

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT Bloggers Sniped Wrapped in which people take a LOT of photos of me around campus

  

  , and [often among student groups] a stalking channel. This is where you ... At MIT, a lot of groups use Slack to stay connected. It's like a big ... is that you can make separate tabs for different topics. It's kind of

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  *THE* double a room tour from an (only slightly) obnoxious duo

  

  confirm that quite a bit has been added. As of right now, however, here is a ... down a pinterest-boarding, wishlist-making, room-blue-printing spiral. By the time we said our goodbyes in May, The Double was already a space in

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  I Finally Finished Intro Programming ...it took 2.5 years

  

  ahead of my peers, so this came as a disappointment. I resolved to take 6 ... freshman credit limit prevented me from taking 6.0002 that fall. 6.0002 is actually not required for the computer science major, and I was a comp sci

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 22, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  i dropped os 🎉 i'm a hass boi this semester

  

  wasn't enough, which is, unfortunately, a common occurrence at MIT. i ... hopeless in the academic sense. it was a frustration that was inevitable ... . it did wonders for my mood, and it was a chance to de-stress. i decided

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 18, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fashion Design at MIT calling all fashionistos and fashionistas [pictures inside!]

  

  Fashion is, evidently, alive and thriving at MIT (we're not just a ... perform between showings. This is, of course, talking about a group that ... ." Admittedly, this is pretty classy for a vest made out of...looks like cardstock

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  What should I be doing now? Tips for regular and early applicants.

  

  your interview is fast approaching! You can find the contact information ... MIT. If you qualify for a fee waiver, please request one. Requesting a fee ... a fee waiver, your family needs the $65 more than we do. If you are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  work Boston Rain Visiting MGH is a cool little perk   Boston Rain I ... that right: rain. For a variety of reasons, this made me less than happy ... picturesque, and fun to play with (or in), it even can serve as a metaphor for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  from Sam, whose mind is a creative vesicle of survey questions just ... I am RIDICULOUSLY hosed this week (three exams, a problem set, a lab report, a t-shirt design, a poster design, a UROP proposal, an EMS

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  Archive, which is a nonprofit. [...] The Internet Archive also sponsors a ... I was not seated on a jury today at the Middlesex Superior Court, so I'm back to work tomorrow, hopefully posting a new Questions Omnibus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  RA Blogger Applications Due Wednesday 9/6 At Noon Extended deadline...

  

  decisions by early next week, but the first priority is launching the new site, so we may be off by a few days. -B

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you want to hear about?

  

  I would like to post more entries this summer, but this is an MIT blog and I'm in Switzerland. I could ramble philosophically about MIT life - I've certainly done it before - but a lot of my big rambles have

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT Graduation Webcast You can watch MIT's Commencement live and online.

  

  Webcast here The webcast begins at 8:20 am Eastern Daylight Time with a ... , well, commence. This is an exciting day for MIT. I hope you'll check it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Cross-Cultural Conference

  

  I'm going on a cross-cultural conference/retreat tomorrow. 2006 is the first year they're holding this event, so I really have no idea what to expect, but here are some of the topics they are planning on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006