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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting…the 2008 Brass Rat!!! As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to describe the unveiling…

  

  Institute. The branch transitions into a diploma, signifying the culmination ... classic mythology. Athena offers the globe in her hand, illustrating both ... influence. In honor of Susan Hockfield, the Institute's first female president

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  sentir l’horrible fardeau du temps qui brise vos épaules et vous penche vers la terre, il faut vous enivrer sans trêve. Mais de quoi? De vin, de poésie, ou de vertu à votre guise, mais enivrez-vous! Et si quelquefois

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Events

  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  undergrads out there, I hope these experiences show you how the Institute offers opportunities for students to live out MIT's motto of "Mens et Manus

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  diploma with both areas of specialization written on it, and we don't do ... actually get two diplomas to show off at graduation (and to hang ... the truly worthy will be able to dance at graduation with a diploma in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

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

  

  office looks out into le Bois de Lauzelle, a 198-hectare, or 490-acre ... me to a few rounds of “the ninja game,” offered us a drive ... eating moules et frites (mussels and fries) in the coastal town of Oostende

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Landing  Your Aircraft Has Arrived at Gate '21 

  

  was a witty combination of orientation information and MIT-related ... , welcome to the *Virtual* Killian Court Airport. Local time is 12 PM ET and ... their rings and received their diplomas. You can join our virtual

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  important institution in the scientific community, the global society, and the ... text for the first time to look up some fugacity equilibrium relations ... synthesizing, canning, and exporting H. Scott Fogler's seafood gumbo? Mens et

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  semester across an ocean when MIT already offers the best engineering classes ... study abroad opportunities as I can! The Plaza de España in Sevilla This year, I ended up applying for the IAP Madrid program offered by the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory?

  The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT focuses the talents of a diverse array of brain scientists on a single mission ... remember and to learn, as well as related functions like perception
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  famous. Whoop de doo.) But at the end of his extraordinarily modest speech ... will hook you up for med school.) Not entirely related, but a picture of ... me and dancing at graduation with a diploma in each hand!

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  French. She also wrote a book, Les Institutions de physique which she had ... to relate mechanical theories to religion, and comes to the conclusion ... but used terms like dy/dx. In his book, Nova Methodus pro Maximis et

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  me.” Biopharmaceutical Trip One of the perks of the Institute is the connections the Institute has with local STEM companies. Last week, I went to on ... email from G@MIT with the first line written in large bold letters: "De

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about coronavirus for free this fall the new subject will be broadcast to the public beginning tomorrow, sept 1

  

  them signed up for a new discovery subject being offered by Course 7 ... education to the public through longstanding institutions like OCW and MITx ... Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. ET. To view the live stream, click on this link

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  professors."]UROP[/annotation] with the MIT Kavli Institute of Astrophysics and ... as TESS's relative position and orientation to the Earth and Moon, and ... astrophysics. Coming from an EECS background, I had to Google some of the astro-related

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  as they are in the real book. If you don’t relate, you can make your ... diploma and smiling while my mother took a photo, opening the diploma book when my sister said “show the diploma!” and looking on in horror five

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  's selection is pretty limited, but the classes are still great. (We only offer ... Italian is offered, and only over IAP.) The very first humanities course I ... Hispanic Literature. We read a different book each week (Bodas de Sangre, La

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the MIT motto?

  MIT's motto, mens et manus, translates from Latin to mind and hand. This motto reflects the educational ideals of MIT's founders who were promoting, above all, education for practical application.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  to register for every single class offered at the Institvte if they ... diffraction, and gratings. 8.033- Intro to Special Relativity. Normally taken ... ; particle collisions. Relativity and electricity; Coulomb's law; magnetic

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

    F Entry: Frilled Cheese This one expanded my worldview in relation ... thrive in a cook-for-yourself community. H offered up some kitchens and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  BREAKING NEWS! Find out about your life of pi

  

  Mar 7, 2013 Yesterday, researchers from the MIT - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution found several bottles and their enclosed contents washed ... on Thursday, March 14, beginning at 6:28 PM ET.  When decisions

  • by Richard Parker
  • March 10, 2013