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  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  , so please invite folks in your labs. Finally: If you have time, do ... impressive and inspiring and wonderful, etc. In the past few days, a few ... "shoot for the moon" in terms of faculty, and emailed Professor Eric Lander

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  TELETHONNNNN brought to you by Domino's

  

  person I called, but I understand if we caught you off guard or in the ... , extracurriculars, athletics, campus life and everything in between. In case you ... do you tell a high school senior during a surprise phone call on a

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  's about depression. ac newman's lyrics hit deep, with lines like "so you crumbled, you doubled your dosage / you wanna go, said the inhibitor blocking the passage" and "got so hooked on a feeling, i started dealing / in a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A…an…uh…a cappella concert? MIT's got non-Petri dish culture, too

  

  instrumental backups.  like in Pitch Perfect!) Anyways, as you may know, a ... 's one phrase - "a cappella", Italian for "in the manner of the church" (thanks, Wikipedia) - but it's two words.  Which means that you get weird

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Examination Nation 9 hours to prove that I learned something this semester.

  

  'd leave you with a little musical treat that I received in my inbox this ... now you're back From vector-space; I find you here with heat transfer Across the interface - I should have measured heat; And the change in

  • by Bryan
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Senior Survey (Says?) (For the record, I think that being on Family Feud would be totally awesome)

  

  classes and the grades you get in them. If you forget this, you are doing it ... a joke. It's an ultra-cool door.) I'm in the middle of a tough week where I'm racing to finish up an incomplete in a class from last term by

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 3, 2010
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of first-year learning communities are available?

  MIT undergrads come from every state in the country and approximately 75 countries across the globe. Every student brings something special to the community, and each learns in their unique way. Although we can
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is campus safe?

  campus warning system, where students can opt-in to receive email ... offers shuttles day and late into the night around campus in Cambridge and
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not Much Has Changed except a lot has changed

  

  Freshman Year was another chapter in my book that I can re-read whenever I ... Do you know what day it is? Well, one year ago, on September 17th ... , I had a gorgeous five-story house to live in. For three, I gained 43

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

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

  

  participate in MISTI. When senior year rolled around, I decided that a 5-month internship in another nation would be a perfect post-graduation, pre-rest-of-my-life opportunity. It was a great idea in my opinion! So there I am, sitting on the

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

  Numbers, Perfect and Imperfect Math geeking, and a guessing game.

  

  rights. Oh, and in case you're wondering -- this number has nothing to do ... perfect today. Perfect? What do you mean, "perfect," you ask? Well, today ... corresponds to exactly one perfect number. If you're even a little bit of a math

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 4, 2007
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  each develop a prototype of a product that can (and in many cases does ... .  They weren't just any birds: they were Angry Birds. In 2.009, the ... siege weapons this week in preparation for the pig battle

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  Sloan's Wong AuditoriumSome of you might be wondering what Model UN is in ... proceedings of any number of committees in the United Nations. You're given a ... )lucky as the delegates in this year's UNSC committee, you also had to stay

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some summer pictures

  

  Switzerland, so I'll be doing that gradually (I have lots of pictures), mixed in ... in Lausanne, Switzerland, supported by a research fellowship from the ... that I was an MIT student definitely helped me get hired. I arrived in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Wrapup I'm done!

  

  is in the video, I guess, so I present to you what a spastic spider bot ... figured I should let you know how things went. Let's talk about some of the ... . We used mills to drill holes in some polystyrene brackets, and we

  • by Snively '11
  • January 29, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  ’re mostly the same as you were in high school. You’re less shy, though, no ... This summer, my friends in LA kept telling me I hadn’t changed at all since high school. I expected to feel annoyed: in an objective sense, I

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  I'm writing this blog post sitting on my bed in my room at home in ... finals were on Monday, which meant I could spend all of Tuesday sleeping in ... , and arrive home in California by noontime. I promptly called up some

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  ? Sad is when you get an undesirable grade in a class or your favorite TV ... In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be ... psychiatrists, when you hear terrible news, you go through 5 stages of grief

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  believe in "this too shall pass," but I hope you will be able to find your own balance. Keep on smiling. I'll keep you in mind. :) ----Long ago ... problem, and find a new way in getting to where you want to be. It is true

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  ."  Instead, I have to hope that making you aware of our interest in the water in which you are swimming gives you sufficient inspiration to think ... In his 2005 commencement address to the graduates and assembled

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024