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• Blog / Hacks

  Hacks and meta-hacks

  

  of my hall's freshmen, when one of them noticed something odd in the ... friend had noticed was that several of the buildings had tiny stickers on ... a while since the Hack Gallery was updated, and only a couple of these

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the Infinite Corridor?

  The Infinite Corridor is MIT’s spinal cord. Many of our departments ... , the circular path of the sun crosses the axis of the Infinite Corridor. (As viewed from a stationary point on the earth, the path of the sun
• FAQ / First-year application

  Will you send me materials/prospectus/t-shirt/pennant?

  We appreciate your interest in MIT! We don't send a lot of mail (and ... description of all of the Institute's academic programs. We receive a lot of ... nonprofit organization we don't have funding to supply these types of items
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ana Posada: Improving the production of an HIV medication Ana Posada, who just graduated from MIT, spent a year and half of her undergraduate…

  

  The Class of 2007 walked across the stage last Friday, and among the ... , one of the few MIT microbiology labs, for one and a half years. She says ... species that will allow the bacteria to produce a major intermediate of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Two Sides Of The Coin… For Us Too Watching the people who didn't get in receive their letters is as heartbreaking for me…

  

  I posted a version of this as a comment in the last thread, but ... 've been a bit sad this week, and many of you have been wondering why: "you ... . Sometimes those people get in. More often (and truly, mostly because of class

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  former MIT Dean of the School of Science, passed away after battling cancer ... .111 (Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems), so we weren't exactly best buddies. In ... there on the lecture handout). That being said, he was - and is - one of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  academic year is completed, and as such, it's also the time of year that MIT ... contributions to MIT life, culture, and academics. In the realm of arts@mit, this means recognizing the winners of the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  " new level of federal funding for clean energy research. The event came ... - MIT News Office Energy has been a central, vibrant part of MIT ... obligation, is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Rainbow Lounge Where the LGBT kids hang out.

  

  for you. The rainbow is the symbol of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual ... establishment of the Rainbow Lounge the MIT students, staff, faculty and guests ... allies - achieve a better sense of community with its cross

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  present to you a virtual tour of some of MIT's machine shops. As you can ... , there is a wide variety of places around campus where you can get your hands on some power tools- of the large variety. One of the principle

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  I've been getting a lot of questions about supplemental material. None of the below is required or even expected. In general, you should ... sufficiently show who you are. I hope this is helpful and answers lots of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  synopsis" of how the Hunt went down: The hunt began with teams gathered in ... the first unpardonable activity of gathering the assembled puzzlers into ... teams found the coin within a few hours of starting the hunt, they

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products ... work in large teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and build

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  socially aware hacking, part 2 this time, it's personal ((last time it was also personal))

  

  of MIT's partnership with/acceptance of money from Shell and other companies which are, uh, potentially accelerating the doom of our species not ... th. There's a very, very fancy portrait of David Koch in the first

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  How I Spent IAP bonus content: one sentence statements about books and movies

  

  : that time I petted multiple owls, and that time I ate three bowls of ramen in one night), I’ve been spending virtually all of my IAP at home ... three weeks leading up to that date poring over a complete set of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 29, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  until that fated time, but it will be. I tried to think of what high ... tens of other posts written by tens of other bloggers instead of being so ... think of to do for this post is one of those drawings where you smush a

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  East Campus Rush 2014: RAW SCIENCE There shall be no entertainment or amusement in our courtyard, only roller coasters

  

  working on over the past week. Some of these science experiments include a ... . Prefrosh will have the opportunity to battle in a giant wrestling pit made of ... . But it is all in the name of science. All events taking place over the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  Upon entering MIT, every freshman gets a list of "101 Things To Do ... : 2011 and 2008.) On the Class of 2016's list, number 82 tells you to Hack Something, following the proper etiquette (Hacker's Code of Ethics) which is

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  I'm taking advantage of the Starbucks wireless network, at the Westin ... , which had a population of 544 in the 2010 census. This is about the size of New House + McCormick. I grew up in Singapore and London, which have

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Under the Dome A full day of free fun at MIT

  

  FREE activities as part of its day long Open House (also the kick-off event to the Cambridge Science Festival) What kind of free things you ask ... 's 150th anniversary by members of the National Puzzlers' League Or an

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 22, 2011