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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  historically contributed to its current shapes. In doing so, we will come to ... spread more or less evenly across 2016s, 2017s, and 2018s. I'm coteaching ... , cofounder of Global Voices and MediaCloud, and board member for Ushahidi and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  , or Bookstore. Which of these three am I going to talk about? Well, I ... word "Book" or "Store" in its name. In fact, it's not even just our ... buildings (I know of at least 3). The Harvard Coop sells Harvard stuff, the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  parallels or juxtapositions in one sitting at flour cafe

  

  fruit, beckoning for me to reach out and grab them. it seems every ... make myself busier. when i have a bad day, i buy myself a coffee to make it better. when i’m having a good day, i buy myself a coffee to

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  bed: 1. Everyone is always welcome to email me (my email address is on ... pressure to work hard, or do students in the program encourage each other to work hard? Is hard work a virtue or an expletive? Is there a lot of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  10 Fun (and REAL) Facts About MIT! Incredibly Correct Facts about MIT!

  

  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is globally renowned for ... know MIT as well as you think you do? These facts will totally blow your mind! #1 - The Beaver Club The Beaver Club is an unofficial student and

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  is that I could not find your email address ANYWHERE? is this a ... whether my application was then considered in the intl. pool or the American ... address in MIT's People Directory (and in the email I just sent you). Anyway

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  analyzing pulsar data, then suddenly I had three days before my final ... research mentor to see if he was smiling or frowning. He was usually smiling ... reaching out and engaging with the community (I personally think it obligates

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, La Vita Nuova a selection of dishes, part 3

  

  borscht, garnish, and serve Materials Veal stock 1 L Beets 4 count ... "]some[/annotation] Sour cream some Butter 1 stick Beef chuck 1 lb Whisky (or other ... the pot Add 1L veal stock to the pot and then simmer for 1hr Roast

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 7, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  Ever wonder how a Formula 1 car can reach speeds of 210 mph and pull ... car and the team must defend their decision. They also get to sell the ... !) with self-initiative that are willing to put in the time necessary to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Yeah, I’m turning twenty, it’s terrifying one year of mit

  

  Docker, or about designing APIs well and keeping code organized, it doesn ... make, I'll be fine. Fifteen. Ecclesiastes 1:9 NIV: What has been will be ... long all day. Maybe it's because the tests of the five thousand or so

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  here’s everything i thought about in 25 minutes an uncurated and somewhat meta discussion on anything and everything

  

  ’s something. i tend to hyperfixate on mobile games or consuming some form of ... or i hate it but my fundamentals are just really poor. i never learned ... things are “trivially true” or casually dropping “o(n) time” into a

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • July 16, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  kicked around, or watching Up in the Air too many times. Anyways, every ... Definitive 21st-Century MIT Student's Everyday Carry, but (1) I'm constantly ... .  Equations, diagrams, and graphs are no fun to try to reproduce on a laptop or

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  four months or maybe twelve, I will call this place home. For now, I am ... thought you once had that you can no longer grasp. I will never have REX ... of beds dropped on the side of the road, cheap furniture selling fast

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  5 years out What some MIT alumni are doing five years after graduation.

  

  : Technology Review. Actually, what you buy on newsstands is a slimmed ... unedited list (that is, I didn't exclude anyone with "lesser" jobs or ... , including the MIT $50K Global Startup Workshop actor in a one-woman all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So, uh… help me pick classes I have no classes.

  

  subject. Remove from schedule Recitation: MW3-4.30 (12-134) or TR11-12.30 (12-134) or TR1-2.30 (12-134) ______ For students with a special ... .07 8.08 or 8.09, choose 1, it subs for 8.09, which I've also heard is

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  'd always told myself that if I won the lottery I'd buy a Tesla.  Selling a ... , and said "I'd like to buy 1 car, please." I configured it on their i ... wanting one. I took a job 1.5 hours north of where I lived not long before

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Energy Forum Come drink from the solar-paneled firehose. ("Enjoy that metaphor, by the way, because your grandchildren…

  

  global needs and produce a plan for a cohesive initiative to tackle the ... today's Energy Research Forum, they will present their findings. The ... 11:30am-1:00pm Lunch and MIT Energy Club Poster Presentation Kresge

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 3, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  will become a series — “What a Career Looks Like” — where I can interview ... that the Chinese translation for “robot” is “机器人” or “electric person ... just “electric people” or “机器人” is because of what people intend to do

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  reaching out to an advocate. Office Hours: all professors will hold open ... —WELCOME PREFROSH!!! The sections of this post are: 1. Degree Requirements ... two minors. Beyond major requirements, you will need to take a certain

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  alone at all. Your first adjustment, then, will be to prepare for the ... feet of snow just to reach the sidewalk.) The caveat is that any day that ... instance, I was lucky to get one or two of them in a given year, presumably

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011