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  Right NOW Making Things

  

  Toscanini's, where the ice cream is tasty and the electrical outlets are in ... made a list in my head of the things I've made in the past few months ... lawn perfect for napping on, or my friends late at night, but I can enjoy

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  NEVER fully understand what other people are going through, but I sure can do my part in trying. A smile can go a long way. It is not my job to ... really great hijabs. I hate running, but I can get through short interval

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Zone Cell Challenge Why work when you can hack other people's servers?

  

  'm modifying... Anyway, I can't really say much more, because where's the fun in ... 's the 8 page draft paper that was due today. Or the 6.004 lab where I have ... design I'm going to write up). Or either of the psets in my other two

  • by Evan B. '10
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  Happy Labor Day Weekend y'all! I'm up north in my ancestral woods of ... something truly serendipitous. Back in July, when I created the 2010 Blogger ... stuck in Beijing. "I've gotta beat them somehow," I said, in an impromptu

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Alpha Delta Phi Presents – Mic-Check [by Susan Shepherd '11] If you're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer,…

  

  even I forget this – mostly, in this case, because the grand prize ... , because the last time I'd been in any talent competition, it had been at my ... students are really quite good at the things they do in their spare time. I

  • by ARTalk
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  in my room, with pages of notes strewn on my bed and my person, where I ... gaps that I can fill in between classes, which, as a sophomore, are ... , since it doesn't have my laptop in it at that pictured moment (Yes, I am

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  ? Can I see myself learning from them? Do I want to learn from them? Will I be proud in four years to call myself an alumnus of the school? Don't forget the money factor! Will I / Can I make a difference? If you visited

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year in Review blogs, bhangra, and a baby monkey

  

  I especially love all the year in review lists. Because this was my first year in the Admissions office at MIT, I thought I would post 10 ... I love the holiday season, but not for its parties and food, its

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  and I’m a senior in course 12 with a minor in biology. Within EAPS, I ... lot of words, but more generally I’m interested in the chemical traces ... designed so that it can easily double with other majors. I think I’m the only

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / Events

  The middle days of the week

  

  in middle school. Manray was the first place I ever really danced (and ... ). Though I can't see myself, I'm sure I'm not very good, but I don't care ... . Sadly, you're not supposed to bring cameras in, so I couldn't take

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  me up in the MIT ambulance. We proceeded to the ambulance bay, where I ... , is something I greatly miss in college. I'm all for cardio and exercise ... the inside and wondering how long I can keep the charade up) Five

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  world" can dawn. For those of you intrigued by the program highlighted in ... Times makes for a great gift. Even in this Age of the Internet, I do enjoy ... , this time a long and insightful article in the Sunday Magazine. Take some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  make crown ethers, and guess where he received his Masters in Chemistry ... received his PhD from MIT in 1983, won the Nobel Prize in medicine for co ... amazing ability to turn genes on and off at their whim. I used RNAi during

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions ...and happy thanksgiving!

  

  some time to process the reports. Also, can I send in a research paper I ... use a Mac? I'm disappointed in you, Ben! ;) Any stats you can give us ... department here in India. so they arrange make up test in october 28th but i

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  normal day, we'd be gathered in Killian Court, and I'd be kneeling on the ... . And I know that, in this time of tension around the pandemic and rising ... . At this moment, let’s do what we can. I believe a place to begin is by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  course in the MIT Glass Lab, where I spent eight weeks learning about the ... five things that you can’t (or at least shouldn’t) eat in the Glass Lab ... to thousands of degrees in the furnace. Talk about defective! I tried

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Graduation Picture Book Photos from graduation because I've lost my writing skills (~23 Pictures)

  

  I decided that since I still cannot write intelligibly in order to summarize what four years of an MIT education can do for you, I'll just post some pictures from graduation until I process everything.

  • by Bryan
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  i mentioned joy in a blog post a few weeks ago, when she won the $50000 grand prize in the search for hidden figures contest. i've been a ... empower communities via tech education and highlight bias in algorithms. i

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  I'm blogging this from a Starbucks in Phoenix. I'm sweating ... . More on that later. I'm in Phoenix for the 2016 Intel International ... as I can tell is mostly a convenience for organizing judging; plenty of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  labs/reports and also an individiual project where I needed to make 40 ... enough (indeed there were many nights where I slept after my roommates and ... MIT experience in a new framework. I appreciate that. I'll never take

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014