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  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Technology (NIST). I never thought that I would find a place that loves ... building block of the simple nanoscale world. Nanowires can be used as a ... Yesterday, I officially completed the 12-week Summer Undergraduate

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  mean, I interject on behalf of you since you can't leave a comment on ... secondhand dress from a seamy thrift shop. I've come to accept the strange ... first learned the word “career,” I imagined myself as a top

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 that's .0093 more than 18.S097!

  

  For the second year in a row, I am teaching a class at MIT. A real ... [annotation note="for our purposes, you can just picture this as a flat plane ... . Early on in the process, I was told that it might be a good idea for me to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 27, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  and Gloria soon enough. The Two Left Behind Waly: I walked from MIT to North Station, where the MBTA commuter rail leaves from. Which is about a ... about 30 minutes to burn, I went to a local cafe. I got a matcha latte and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] For the second time in my life, I had the ... it I was 500 feet above Boston catching a glimpse of the Red Sox ... , Distinguished Visitors (DV) for the event. Lieutenant Reyes and I picked up the

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Maseeh! A look into MIT's newest dorm

  

  As you may or may not know, I'm a Maseehdonian (aka I live in the new castle, Maseeh). Since it's the newest dorm on campus, I don't really ... the upperclassmen are from different dorms on campus, we have a culture

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer’s End To everything there is a season.

  

  Charles River. And I can't help but think that it's a beautiful day to bid ... incredible things I've had a chance to do and be a part of - mea culpa, mea ... the next couple weeks, when things slow down a little. From the Red Sox

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  back to my country (Peru) for a year, I began feeling homesick once again ... ’s window, a shy, tanned girl arrived looking from left to right trying to ... App, The one million “I miss you” through texts, And the longing for that

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  Pennsylvania, so I was in for quite a shock when I started meeting people from ... pictures but I'll steal some later from Allison's xanga. Stealing is wrong ... to watch a movie from Mike's massive DVD collection, but there were six

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  why so soon?" wrote, "Hi Matt, I know this might be a bit late for you ... 't go wrong. Hopefully I can help a bit by shedding some light on MIT ... Lots of questions waiting to be answered, but for today I'll just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A point to clarify

  

  for a flimsy reason of short-term convenience like it being easier to ... , then, for us to know what dorm we want to be our temp?" Omar '10 answered: "Drew, it is important for you to know which dorm do you want to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  this year. Q. I'm not a super-genius. Can I still survive at MIT? A ... ridiculous stereotypes about MIT and MIT students. I'm a little touchy about ... host to a wide variety of versions of campus life -- from the typical

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  oh. I look at my watch. I stuttered for a bit. I look around at the 200 ... from cow dung, creating a great start to the day. I fully intend on going ... yourself "I'm ridiculous! I can do really absurd research! I should win an Ig

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

  A lot about course 9

  

  answer that from a fully authoritative point of view, but I do know course ... .01, Intro to Neuroscience. This class has changed since I took it (for the ... uncertainty? I'm there!   A lab class: 9.12 (molecular

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  available (as in trying to drink from a firehose). (context: MIT)” I drank ... happy ending. The past is a lesson learned. I share it with you... I can ... incredibly difficult for me to complete my work.” Then I’d solve a problem or

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The kindest cut Blog and night and red all over.

  

  MIT for being so accessible that I can get neosporin even at 1 AM. Mitra ... MIT. I was gonna blog about classes, but that can wait until tomorrow ... the dishes, I cut the dickens out of my finger. Mad props to Mitra for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  From the article "Engineering changes for the better in Haiti: Local ... or bombs," said Smith. ''I don't drive a car, and I don't kill people ... about that. Gerthy cares about that. I care about that." I blogged in a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  I'm ridin' on a dolphin, doin' flips and sh** Well, I kinda wish I'd been ridin' on a dolphin, doin' flips and sh**, but I wasn't. Instead, I ... 's how it works. Every year our dorm pays for us to go on a really nice

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  , "That's so much cheaper/better for me since I'm a huge procrastinator ... your security blanket there. So I became a legal adult a few months ago ... . Today, we're learning.) Last week I met with my advisor and signed up for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas in December and July

  

  , where the food was delicious and you can watch as they make the naan and ... answer my backlog of admissions-related questions. For a quick MIT fix ... admitted and deferred students will find a message from Dean Marilee Jones on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2004