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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  heating oil. Not only do you get rid of agricultural waste (without feeding ... of it as well as some fertilizer and coal byproducts if you're lucky ... grotesque biological slurry of turkey carcasses (left) to 250 C, you get the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  think it was pi beta phi, and standing on top of those low brick walls in front of the house. i think that was the first time in five months that i ... students without leaving my chair. i attended the first week of classes, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  the above sentence of a college essay that thankfully never made it into ... travesty of a sentence last year.  I still make lame over-the-top metaphors ... offer that expert food, he or she is probably more than happy to talk to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Experiencing Psycho in Full G(l)ory Sharon L. '21 joins the blogs to talk about movies and art by and large

  

  friends of the community. When movies were a more universal experience in ... Growing up, I wasn’t always a fan of movies. It may have been an ... winners. I didn’t quite understand the draw of film buffs to the black and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  -four designers from MIT, Harvard, and Massachusetts College of Art and Design. One semester to create an outfit out of––you guessed it––trash. From collecting ... the other UA Sustainability committees, the audience, and a panel of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The [REDACTED] Family Dinner 🥟 family matters. very tasty family matters.

  

  assembled a mailing list of faculty, grad students, undergraduates, and more. My aim was simple: to organize a dinner consisting solely of MIT undergraduates with my last name. Through ~careful analysis~ of the cuisine in the

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  has given rise to a new universe of possibilities for uses of the ... Matter Group in collaboration with MIT's Department of Mechnical ... tied to techniques used for its formation. From the discovery of core

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Fall Festival 2014 Some actors came to MIT and told me about their units of measurement

  

  Festival. I was unaware of this until I happened upon a food truck giving out large containers of 'gourmet' fries outside Kresge this afternoon, and saw ... duo was two of the actors from the HBO show Silicon Valley, which a

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  the beginning of the universe (read:Big Bang). In doing so they hope to ... . Yes boys and girls, the doomsday device built under the guise of solving ... this morning, but we’ll ignore that for the sake of sensationalism). In

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  students? [answer at the end of the entry] Beginning Sunday until the end of ... to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in ... , Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Virginia. For a complete list of sessions, click

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  hands of thunder clapping. The universe poured down in a divine onslaught ... Monday schedule... even though it's Tuesday. Just think of how fascinating ... fabric of reality, that if it changes its schedule for even one day without

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: Attend Local MIT Admitted Meetings! Note to ADMITTED, CURRENT, and FORMER Students

  

  universe, and everything with an awesome group of people and free food! If ... MIT Class of 2021 has been assembled, it’s time to welcome them to the ... -together is a microcosm of MIT culture. (Note that, if you can't attend the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 26, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  degrees clockwise to face the Harvard bridge, before Kate’s lack of three ... degrees counterclockwise to face Boston. And repeat. After a while of this ... that. But if you were, as a matter of fact, you’re right! I have a story

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  choice I get the feeling that a lot of people find MIT's dorm choice ... . Late May/early June -- receive a booklet with descriptions of each dorm ... usually due around the third week of June. Late July -- Housing lottery

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  . Of course, I also had to pay to get into the park; however, since Ling, Erica, and Simon were smart enough to buy a family pack of season passes ... that for the low, low price of only $20, which is actually pretty

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  semester, is designed to offer freshman community and expose them to new ... can be. Check out this interactive visualization of the course here ... .5-hour meetings each week; there's a Food of the Month, Film of the Month

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  that MIT has to offer? He's the kind of person will read Marcus Aurelius ... he asked me one of those deep questions that help gage what kind of a mindset you have. It was something really general, along the lines of "what

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  universe. I'll try to read it before the end of the summer, but feel free to ... As some of you may know, this summer I'm working at the NIH National ... entire human genome, so that we now know the location of all human genes

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Astrology Forecast for the Class of 2023 Some big aquarius energy is coming...

  It's an incredibly exciting time of year, as the Class of 2023 is ... with our newly enrolled class through a number of events over the next ... of Multicultural Programs, LBGTQ@MIT, and the Office of the First Year

  • by DJ Rock
  • August 22, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  group of American college students come along and play ultimate Frisbee ... the start of one of the most curious experiences I have probably ever had. In lieu of a proper picture, I have made a diagram to try and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012