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  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  . p.s. I think even my iPhone is getting used to our new relationship ... MIT gives us a ring. p.p.s. to all the upperclassmen out there: don ... frolic in the joys of psetting while I can, eh? p^3.s. don't worry, despite

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  prepared for such a monumental task as forecasting Europe’s future in ... the heart of its citizens. There’s the gentleman who spared me ... out the nearest elevator. There’s the person in the laundry room

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Free Lunch Who says there is no such thing?

  

  The MIT Food and Agriculture Collaborative (MITFAC). What’s that, you ... to enhance MIT’s role in contributing to the broader discourse on ... ! Here’s Maisie speaking at TEDx Fruitvale   I learned a lot of

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 23, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  you want and it’s going to feel so good. Imagine me sending good luck ... Singapore (It’s amazing how we managed to meet at another city half way around ... could barely sit still. The musical was magical and I swear Wicked’s

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  this, “I consider myself to belong to the following ethnic group(s ... bright student had to drop out her junior year in college because of dad’s ... educations, it tends to cheapen an ethnic identity. It’s as though being

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school

  

  Well, there’s certainly truth to that. I arrived in China almost two ... reason I’m in China is to intern at an architecture atelier at Beijing’s ... more serious. But that’s also when the real adventure begins. The first

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Resolved: MIT Rocks Even the Senate thinks so

  

  I came across a news article on a friend’s Facebook page the other day. The U.S. Senate congratulated MIT on its 150th anniversary in ... to: S. Res. 195 Whereas when the Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  today’s traditional funding structures. Too often, researchers design ... of our core economic and social institutions. He believes it’s time the ... will help people self-organize to solve social problems. He’s

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Maker) Women Rock We are what we celebrate

  

  hardware pioneer Limor 'Ladyada' Fried is on April’s WIRED cover. This is the first female engineer to appear WIRED’s cover (as well as the first female ... devices from operating within a user’s personal space. By building

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 23, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  RainbowFloor@MIT Because at MIT, if it doesn’t have a mailing list, it doesn’t exist. Fact.

  

  talk about was MIT’s Rainbow Floor, which I honest-to-god stumbled upon ... ; More information can be found here. They also have some good bird’s ... link: for the record, the piece’s real name is Bars of Colors within

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  It rains a lot in Boston. There’s not much more you can say about ... rain thing down. The first thing I’ve discovered is that umbrella’s don ... , but rainboots are a very nice invention. Especially on MIT’s campus. For

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  GEL program’s final leadership lab of the semester, during which a ... through to get where they are today, but there’s something about the phrase ... , talk to non-science people. Let’s get this conversation going and we

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  And now, for a brief interlude from our regularly scheduled finals whining. I should be studying E&M right now, but this is much more fun.

  

  sell on the let’s-do-something-besides-work front. Anyways, the problem ... Dame one time, powder blue men’s basketball shorts, and a navy BoSox hat ... around Boston in this outfit, so I borrow one person’s jeans and get a

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  bills, don’t make weekend plans, don’t even finish applying to MIT, there’s ... physics goes online today (err…technically it’s already been online since ... 'll be sure to let you know what the apocalypse looks like firsthand. P.S

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Law & Order: MIT Alum Unit Going to law school after MIT, and a profile of the first sitting federal judge…

  

  Judge Appointed to U.S. Court of Appeals By Sharron Kahn Luttrell ... . Bush nominated her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ... judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Moore began

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  a week (~20 people, workshopping class) fun fact: "Diaz’s 1996 book ... -seven-years-old when it was published, the young author was heralded as one of Newsweek’s ... fiction (2002), a Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Writers Award (2000), the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  Ever heard of Alan Lightman? He’s one of the most famous professors at ... have heard of some of his books: Einstein’s Dreams (1993), Good Benito ... Washington Post and Newsday. He offered a wonderful insider’s perspective and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Spending the F.A.T. with Arthur Ganson A missed opportunity to build kinetic sculptures with artist Arthur Ganson.

  

  I scanned the front page of The Tech, MIT’s major newspaper, and saw a ... by the MIT Museum. Here’s the photo and caption: “A graduate from ... joined MIT’s Hobby Shop to try my hand at kinetic sculpture, but I haven

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  “prize”). Adam’s problem set monster suggestion was also inspirational. I ... isn’t as strong anymore, it’s about time I’ve relived my teenage ... , since it was all choreographed to Boston Pop’s style orchestral music. I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The return of photos to my blog!

  

  '08 (DormCon rep to the UA and one of my 5th East hallmates), Andrew S ... -Conner). Okay, here I got a pic of Alex '07's death-defying expedition between two ... Nick '09's hair shocking pink. And now, fast forward to Halloween

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 2, 2005