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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Class Ring dates back to the ... Last night, I attended the ceremonial unveiling of the design of the MIT Class of 2007 class ring. (Thanks to Mitra for the invitation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  one degree of separation away. Other times it's distant and foreign ... angry with." These work with varying degrees of success.) I hoped to ... This all starts with a minister by the name of William Archibald

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  News Office reports, "Acemoglu is the fifth member of the present ... , "Number of Nobel prize winners among current and former members of the MIT Economics Department in the past 5 years: 5 Number of John Bates Clark Medal

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  of 42.6 degrees for said aardvark, where is the banana and why is that ... at some of some of the blogging highlights of Ben's 4 years (and 194 ... to hide from us and our pursuit of content. And we promise to serve you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Walk Across Rhode Island 12 hours, 33 miles, a million aches and pains

  

  unnecessary, blessed as we are by the magic of mobile technology. But I wanted ... Last Sunday, some friends and I walked across the state of Rhode Island! This idea originated last year, when my friend Xavier and some of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  hours, they've picked up and answered all of my questions. What if I don ... sent out postcards confirming the receipt of your form, but apparently ... dot edu. You haven't answered by question in any of the past few

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Watch this! An MIT blogger alum deservedly gets a moment in the spotlight.

  

  If there were an MIT blogger Hall of Fame, Mollie would definitely be ... with degrees in Biology and Brain & Cognitive Science in 2006. Today ... community as member of the MIT Cheerleading Team (yes, MIT has a Cheerleading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  that story all over again. I thought getting my bachelor's degree would be the end of my formal education, but here I am applying to graduate ... that you tried your best and that is all you should expect of yourself

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  of the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota. He ... limitations of turning only to technology for solutions, pointing to the ... Lama came together in the form of three Unread Message alerts in my inbox

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cultura MIT students use online collaboration with their French counterparts to learn about each other's cultures.

  

  Gilberte Furstenberg (teacher of French III, a class we're both taking). The homework I'm doing right now is part of a unit called Cultura, where we correspond with university students learning English at l'Ecole Polytechnique

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Thirteen Theses on Wide Tim In a world which really is topsy-turvy, the true is a moment of the false.

  

  increases, so that the highest degree of illusion comes to be the highest degree of sacredness.[annotation note='All text on this blog post comes from the preface and first thirteen theses of Guy Debord’s classic The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was ... on behalf of MIT Admissions. I'll explain how FIRST and KC are ... , before most students now applying to MIT were even born. The goal of FIRST

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds of Summer What've you been listening to lately?

  

  still have four glorious days of summer break left, so I will continue to ... Company of Thieves - This is the kind of song that you enthusiastically sing ... . This is completely uncharacteristic of the rest of their material, just

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MITES, RSI and WTP applications due next week The three high school summer programs hosted by MIT have their application deadlines next week.

  

  , the sciences, and engineering. The Women's Technology Program (WTP) is a residential summer program in the MIT Dept. of Electrical Engineering and ... to one of these programs, don't procrastinate! MIT K-12 Educational

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Stories of Senioritis How to Procrastinate

  

  So the four year roller coaster called "Quest for a degree from MIT" has come to a close. And of course, it wouldn't be blogworthy unless there was more of a story than that. So this semester I had just one

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  the first day of classes is Tuesday, YIKES! But I didn't get through ... , a snapshot of the dinner table (me, my mom, and my three younger ... faculty and staff from all around MIT help members of the community practice

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blended Learning at MIT benefits of technology in MIT classrooms

  

  seamless integration of technology into the classroom. See the video ... See the original version of this post on the Office of Digital ... technology in its classrooms.  Professors and students alike are engaged

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From Atlanta I heart Exploding Bacon

  

  Recognition of Science and Technology) was founded by inventor Dean Kamen and ... for science and technology through it, and that so many of these great ... Those of you with memories slightly longer than the average goldfish

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  classes to graduate, an average of one a semester. I waved around that ... enjoying the writing classes and my job outside of class working with polymers better than some of my materials science classes. And it got me

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  IAP, and trivia answers IAP begins tomorrow.

  

  events tomorrow catch my eye. They are: The History of the Universe in One ... Tomorrow is the beginning of MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP)! IAP is one of the most fun times of the year. It is a time where

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2006