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  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  appreciate the beauty of a flower. At the same time, I see much more about the ... cheesecake, an exquisite confection crafted to tickle the sensitive spots of at ... Biology of Culture: Bridging Art and Science Straight from the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  through Seoul, and I'm holding it. This is not because of lack of access - I ... decrease the suspicion of the two other people in the emergency exit row with ... of the trip. What's wrong with her? I imagine they'd think, their

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Legacy of a Media Storyteller [by Leila Kinney, Comparative Media Studies] Recently, Leila Kinney attended a Symposium at the Media…

  

  and teaching at MIT. Above: Glorianna Davenport of the Media Lab ... -person filming techniques and delved into an amazing array of projects aimed at ... of cinemaphiles at the Media Lab, all–too capable of producing

  • by ARTalk
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/14, at 12:14 PM ET

  

  I've ducked out of committee for a moment to let you know that ... next Saturday, 12/14, at 12:14 PM ET.   To check your decision on ... process, please email mymitpassword [at] mit [dot] edu with your full

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  tall and narrow, and she curled the ends of her letters so that each word ... . At some point, my letters morphed into their current form - my ... quickly (she was slow.) Having handwriting that you enjoy looking at is a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/15, at 12:15 PM EST

  

  the rest of the committee's ability to read without annoyance ... be posted ONLINE: On Saturday, 12/15 at 12:15 PM EST. You probably knew that by reading the title of this blog. But you also need some

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  during your time at MIT. By the end of my four year stint I believe I was ... group of PSETing MIT students at 2 in the morning to do when they discover ... you, hopefully it gives you a peak at some of the fun shenanigans that

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston’s 4th of July Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has…

  

  Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country ... nationwide (10pm et/pt on CBS). The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a ... middle of the Charles River, across from MIT. See the graphic I made below

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Burton-Conner long live BC

  

  20 different people! The ones at the bottom are by the daughters of the ... I'm a proud resident of Burton-Conner, a lovely dorm with nine floors of varying cultures. The dorm is being renovated starting next year

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  music for the five minutes before the official start of class at 11:05am. Today's music was "Seasons of Love" from RENT, one of my all-time favorite ... himself an actual MIT class. As usual, Prof. Sadoway (former Chair of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  more than half over, just what is the future of work? Malone spoke at ... When I was in high school one of the most influential non ... "). This landmark book provides profiles of the inner work life of hundreds

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Felines of Fifth West meow meow

  

  So they say that the best part of MIT is the people. Is this true ... to be people, in which case I would whole-heartedly agree that one of the best parts of MIT is the tiny furry people walking around on the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week of work

  

  Last week was one of those weeks where I had either a test or something due every day of the week. Monday: 18.310 test corrections were due. 18.310 is Principles of Applied Mathematics, the discrete version (18

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  that time of year… ...when every day feels like 48 hours instead of 24. When's summer?

  

  , just capturing the moment.  One of the aunties laughs at you. "Are you ... it's that time of year folks, the time of year that I don't even have ... proper grammar standardized english). It's the time of year (midterms

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  Headquarters Office, at [email protected]. That way he can answer more of your ... . The whole idea was in fact inspired by one of my random "pick a book off the shelf because it looks kind of cool" library trips. Linguistics is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  painting your door - at least, that was my experience, but I’m sure a lot of ... kind of represent your home and, at least for me, they paint a mental ... This is the first in a series of a couple of posts I wanted to do on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  "Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are the basis of this ... eat. Over time, these skeletons have become increasingly better at ... 's Strandbeest stood in the rain on a patch of pavement outside the Media Lab. With

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.270 What's a 6.270?

  

  all of the code is stored and run from. At the beginning of IAP we were ... ? Anybody at all? 6.270 is a LEGO robot programming class that takes place during IAP. Not Mindstorms, but just tons and tons of LEGOs, sensors, and a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Indra Nooyi presentation A presentation from Indra Nooyi, President & Chief Financial Officer for PepsiCo.

  

  This afternoon I went to a talk on Diversity in Action by Indra Nooyi. She spoke at Sloan (MIT's school of management) as part of a series that will host the following speakers later this semester:

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 28, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit my final grades?

  Most students apply to college at the beginning of their last year of high school, so final grades aren't available. Only admitted students are required to submit their final grades.