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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  that I would see them in five years when they would all come back to ... . I read their files, took part in deciding to admit them and welcomed ... them would return in the fall as freshmen and I was thrilled that I would

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Day, Another Class

  

  So as promised earlier, this week I'm highlighting another one of my ... pronounces what we know as H20 as "woodur." Too bad I don't have a sound ... (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) on blood, he drew blood from the head TA in front of the

  • by Bryan
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fig. 3: La dolce vita snaps from an extended spring break

  

  , however, my exchange friends and I did a pre-Spring Break weekend trip in ... in Prague. I've traveled solo before, but this was the first time I'd done it for an extended, multi-city trip. In the following week, I went

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 23, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Borne back ceaselessly into the past I've had a week! The whole earth was created in a week!

  

  graduate I.M. Pei, is built in the shape of a 30-60-90 right triangle ... been much more interesting than that in the past week; it's just that I ... Someday I must tell you how I did it. Whoo! It's been a while, hasn

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Vroom Vroom! Hey! I know him!

  

  I have a friend named Charles Guan '11. He was my lab partner in 2.004 and I've worked with him on a variety of other projects. He's always ... websites that I check every day. They are, in no particular order, xkcd

  • by Snively '11
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bloggers invade LA What should Sam and I do in Los Angeles? Suggestions welcome

  

  date? I don't think mine could have lasted another day or two...) Sam and I are flying out to Los Angeles today for a one-week stay in the ... When I woke up this morning, I made myself my typical bowl of Kashi

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  be tomorrow (Friday) at from 5-7pm in Stata Center room 32-155. I know ... me as well. For those of you in from out of town, I'll be happy to ... While we're still quite busy with selection, tomorrow (Friday) I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trouble staying focused Finals. And about a zillion questions.

  

  taking catnaps and eating cookies. I've managed to get a few experiments in ... Ohhhh, finals week. This year, I have the distinct pleasure to only ... , since I had one on Friday afternoon and the other is Thursday morning

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Approaching Adulthood In which I spell out my semester to hopefully feel less overwhelmed

  

  was a bit sloppy, but I do need to get back in the habit of vlogging after winter break and IAP. This semester I'm only taking 3 official ... MIT and Boston are in the middle of the actual Snowpocalypse, so what

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow snow snow. I'm wearing bright colors so if I get caught in a snow drift someone will…

  

  going to drown in snow on my way to class. If I never post again, you now ... An email I just sent out to my sorority: from: Shannon to: Theta date: Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:10 AM subject: Snow snow snow. So I'm from West

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Intermission Summer job: just kickin' it. And working at Pixar, too.

  

  Sometimes taking a little time to recharge is really all you need. I've been spending hours in used bookstores and swimming and taking deep breaths, and it's been.. really nice. That doesn't mean I've forgotten about

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Vacation A week of total relaxation didn't stop me from thinking about MIT constantly.

  

  I am back in the office, did you miss me? :-) St. John was awesome ... . Here I am, preparing to do an info session for the people on the beach: I even made my wife do some recruiting: To make it seem as though

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dewey Love Libraries? Yes we dew!

  

  Yes we dew. I am not very shy about my love and affection for the MIT library system. (See here and here for evidence.) On Saturday afternoons, I oftentimes embark on library crawls, during which I visit up to 3 libraries in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  will camp out in the parks, have informal lectures with the Earth Science ... "Soccer Bots," culminating in an ultimate Soccer Bot battle/tournament at ... in the program and 12 upperclassman mentors explore one of six

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  committee strives to design a ring that we, as students, can take pride in ... . Legend has it that it is the third most recognized ring in the world, after the Superbowl Ring and the Pope Ring. The tradition began in the spring

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Non-Stop a completely stacked google calendar? in THIS economy?

  

  kicked off campus in March. With all the meetings that were scheduled, I ... :30-3:00 I had a biweekly check-in for my communications job with the MIT ... sitting in them. Read: I need to exercise more. Course Road will chew you

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 25, 2020
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Moving Across The Pond From One Cambridge to Another

  

  DOTA2 players Tune in next time to learn about how I managed to get ... -essential employees I said my final goodbyes, hopped on a plane to Canada and shipped ... papers. My first few weeks at Cambridge flew by. Participating in meets

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 6, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Legacy of a Media Storyteller [by Leila Kinney, Comparative Media Studies] Recently, Leila Kinney attended a Symposium at the Media…

  

  's Media Fabrics group. "I am a media junkie," Glorianna announced in her own remarks, not in the sense of consuming media "out there" but in her reliance ... , particularly in an expanded, technically enhanced framework; tools and systems

  • by ARTalk
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  begun working towards my degree has settled in. This semester, I took 54 ... field is just crazy. Look them up! I never had a true interest in biology ... greetings to people in my class in probably twenty-five languages. I think the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  24 Pumpkins a journey through the streets of Boston

  

  . The true spirit of college fall can only be captured in something far ... As a person who hails from a land devoid of seasons, I consider it my ... way. Amongst other things, I’ve been taking pictures of the changing

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 9, 2024