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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  tell us about your current research work? A. In my lab we are tackling ... discovered several parts of the brain that are very specialized for particular ... about what another person is thinking. We are now trying to better

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You’re Still Our No.1 :) less than 2 days left!

  

  !) --- While we are on the subject of speeches - for all to-be valedictorians

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 12, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tunnel Adventures We didn't get lost, in case you were wondering.

  

  are not quite so eccentric as we seem in this video :) Enjoy!

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW and other acronyms C.Y.G.W.T.S.F? I.F.C,I.B.Y.C!

  

  you do? That totally depends on what you like and what events are

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 16, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  't required to sing—but anyone can, if they wish to. Song requests are ... 's website). Some songs, like "Pirate," mentioned above, have choruses that are ... drums, instruments are also welcome. The subject matter is nearly unique

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sixth Sense No, I don't see dead people.

  

  So, less than THREE WEEKS until CPW! All of us in the office are working hard to prepare and plan for the weekend. If you're planning on coming to CPW and haven't registered yet, remember to log in to your My

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 27, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Large Format Photography [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Please, please let there be no light-leaks.

  

  scanning and jpeg compression, are nowhere near the quality of the actual photographs. If you’ve ever done any analog photography, then you are probably familiar with 35mm film. And most of you are probably aware of many

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Liveblog from Apple Store I copy Paul, 3 hours later.

  

  rooms you have right now are completely temporary and you do not have the

  • by Snively '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Late Night Dial-Up Users Beware!

  

  It's time for one of those "It's late and I'm up, I should throw crap on the internet so I feel accomplished" moments. Are you ready? Can you handle it? I've decided to post all of the YouTube videos that I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Hey Guess What Guys!” That's what!

  

  neat place to chat with other applicants, express how happy you are that

  • by Snively '11
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  was really kind of terrible form, I know. But Ben and my mom are ... , and how to take big problems and deal with them. There are a lot of ... .01, and 6.02 in the new curriculum. There are a lot of students that don

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle A prize will go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  

  Meet John (pictured) - master carpenter, master craftsman, and part-time mathematician. John is my neighbor, and for the last few weeks he has been constructing this "structure" in his front yard. I know that many of you are

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT TechTV: Incredible videos from the MIT community YouTube has nothing on us.

  

  I have three final exams this week, so what better time to be watching videos! No, not on YouTube, but on MIT Tech TV (http://techtv.mit.edu/about/)! If you think MIT students are too smothered with work to let their

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 20, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Year of the Pig Photoshop fun for the lunar new year.

  

  Happy Lunar New Year from Peggy and the Office of Admissions! Here are the results of this year's new year mini-contest! (Remember, this will have no impact on admissions) "The source of inspiration was the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And I am telling you I’m going And you, and you, and you, you're gonna love me.

  

  at MIT. Sam's Mom and I are headed back for Boston tomorrow morning

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  whispered to the person next to him, "Are the regular d and round d symbols different?" Heh. The person then whispered back to him, "You are so screwed ... sort of long and uninteresting unless you are a huge fan of pricing

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays! Pictures from our recent holiday party.

  

  Jenny are the best dancers ever. Me with Stu - can't remember what song

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Full Reading Day So far you're all awesome, of course.

  

  , or... And you guys are anything but monotonous. :-)

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Everybody LOVES a math joke Math jokes for a Monday chuckle!

  

  Mathematical Folk Humor by Paul Renteln and Alan Dundes Here are some I received

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  Mythbusters are not foreign to MIT. (Hops into Time Machine) The year was 2005

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006