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  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  underclassmen, to launch Global Poverty Week (GPW) and the first intercollegiate ... doors to Boston University’s Metcalf Hall. Along with the hundreds of others who were in line, I anxiously awaited the chance to hear

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  close), I left for the first leg of my fall recruitment travel. As to not ... so long to finalize decisions. This is the first year in which the ... , although it's only been a couple of weeks. Lots to tell you about. Fall

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  first i said i wanted a system to decide when to do things for myself ... they feel the need to work on impactful research, and after a while they ... ingredients to the restaurant, and you didn’t cook any of them yourself. you

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  Vote to help them register to vote, be reminded about local elections, and even be mailed an absentee ballot to their dorm. TurboVote is a classic ... with institutions to make it available to their community members

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  popular at MIT." Hi Farai, So to respond to your first question, I think I get day by day with the pressures of class and work by really trying to ... pressures of class and work and what recreational activities does MIT offer to

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Robot Competition 2016 robots dump (replica) tea bags in the (replica) Boston harbor

  

  was inspired by the American Revolution. The competing robots had to ... like ejecting a mini robot to complete a subtask. Aside from the ... early 1970s. His approach to a hands-on mechanical engineering curriculum

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Holidays And some final thoughts before the new year

  

    ★ To think That one year ago, MIT said “Yes, you can go ... it’s been a whole year. Finals are over. First semester is done. Now ... ’m getting to see how much everyone has grown. However, Reflecting back, I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  ¡Vámonos! An introduction to GRTs and the support system at MIT

  

  GRTs on my floor - hereon refered to as B1 (Burton 1, first floor of the ... Residential life is a big part of going to college, and the unique ... school year, and I thought it would be interesting to hear their insight as

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Math Women Rock k + 8 = awesome

  

  the country come together to compete for $49,000 in prize money, including a $25,000 first place prize. PBS recently put together a short ... ;/param > Watch the full episode. See more Need To Know.   Notice

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mattress Dominoes! One of many reasons why my summer is better than yours.

  

  about what I have to say all that much - there, I covered everyone!), I ... first session, and this time around I'm working with AP Physics. Physics ... are brains, really, but they're at least marginally related to this post

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  in California. * The first mass demonstration against the communist ... hot sauce manufacturing company, to obtain a perfect score on Pacman ... Schoenfeld told ref Don Koharski to "eat another dougnut, you fat pig!" and was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  year, and in exchange, I get to tag along on group outings. On Friday ... Boston. P.F. Chang's was packed, but we zipped to the front of the line with a large table awaiting us. It was a great opportunity to catch up on

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  It’s hard to believe the first month of sophomore year is already coming to a close, but I’m happy to say that the term is taking shape quite ... dorm, which is even more awesome. :) Our first assignment was to write

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  July 4th Pictorial FIREWORKS!

  

  So where did I decide to watch the fireworks from? C! The MIT Sailing Pavillion Now I'll tell you why, after I show you everything else ... it here first.

  • by Bryan
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  still get our gift and she decided to spare us. i picked out first band on ... wanting to return to physical media, things i can hold in my hand and feel the weight of. there's a distinct lack of permanence when it comes to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  simply memorize how to do the problems (@me on the first midterm). CMS.840 ... and graduating seniors. I went to my first Pride parade and got to ... . As it happens, they turned out to be right. Listen to your elders, kids

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  needed to form; Pilot 2021 was our first attempt.”   When the ... me as I cried on and on about failing my first class, the desk workers ... MIT, I always think back to one song. There are a lot of songs in

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  on a stage in black and red Performing in the MIT Monologues

  

  night, I watched the first. I loved everyone’s monologues. Thank you to ... the green or pale pink of street clothes stood out. We’d only begun to ... met the producer in the blur of EC Rush. She pitched the concept to me

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  pack. I put on Taylor Swift and by chance the first lyric to the first ... and talk around it. When I first came to MIT, I would often pass by a ... " over and over. If necessary to lighten the mood, finish with one play of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  around the building to document what everyone was up to. One of my favorite things about living in Random Hall is that when I want to be alone, which ... ’t want to be alone, which is also often, I can always find somebody else

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014