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  Mexico things my MISTI experience

  

  research at a tiny university on the outskirts of Mexico City, which was a really cool adventure. My research internship was part of our MISTI program ... kind of internship I wanted (research in Economics, preferably public

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 10, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  If you’re like me (and I’m willing to bet a lot of our readers), then you spent last Friday and Saturday eagerly awaiting the unveiling of the 2016 FIRST Robotics…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (My Third) First Day In which I attempt (and fail) to do a timelapse vlog

  

  I discovered Microsoft's Hyperlapse research project which is pretty

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kickstart My Art highest form of expression

  

  rigorous research facility and one of the best universities in the world, but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  will.i.am: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston The Black Eyed Peas' frontman hangs out at MIT.

  

  Engineering Research Group. It wasn’t hard to find people to help out. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 46 ‚ô•

  

  - the research being done, the classes offered, and the opportunities

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thomas Friedman on Energy & MIT A NY Times article highlights MIT's innovative energy solutions

  

  the MIT Undergraduate Research Journal.) Last year, the Biodiesel team

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Engineer, Blogger… Rhodes Scholar (!) Melis wins the Rhodes Scholarship!

  

  , she has a perfect academic record at M.I.T. She has done research in immunology and has worked at the NIST, and at the NIH human genome research ... .I.T. Undergraduate Research Journal and was a finalist in Glamour Magazine's Top 10

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You Can Plan a Pretty Picnic ... but you should also research the weather.

  

  ... but you should also research the weather. I am still mentally, physically, intellectually, and emotionally reacting to the three weeks I spent in Zambia. To make a long story short, the only road to Mwape (the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Break and Study of Cities Abroad Students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning enjoy a subsidized spring break abroad…

  

  city planners and conduct research on the topics of their choice. These

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? America’s fastest competitive eater is Sonya Thomas, a Korean-American woman who weights 105 lbs. She recently finished 3rd in the 2004 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. Hey,…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  research project unrelated to their research goals. You don't generally get ... DOE, and the research a given lab does is largely constrained by the ... way things are going to be. This focus on doing research that's likely

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  skills. :-) And then today, I met with an operations research professor in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  Staying up all night while staring up at the stars, eating loads of candy, and playing puzzles when clouds obscure the view — sounds like summer camp, right? Not quite,…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to Life, Back to Reality Did you know that you can make an equation out of anything?

  

  all) Professor Bush has also been known to research the biolocomotion of

  • by Bryan
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UEA Internship Panel

  

  The Undergraduate Economics Association (UEA) sponsored a dinner and internship panel for anyone interested in a career or degree in economics. (I’ve pasted some excerpts from the UEA email in…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  Laura Stonehill, an MIT senior majoring in Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent her summer in Venice, Italy through an informal internship program. As the daughter of Italian immigrants, she was…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun with Legos A photo journal of THE coolest room I've ever seen.

  

  So all freshmen are assigned to a faculty advisor who helps them make decisions about choosing classes. Each faculty advisor comes with an associate advisor, which is an upperclassman who…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  Storm, an M.I.T.-trained scientist who specializes in genetic research ... scholarship," "Magna Cum Laude"), the SETI researcher in Carl Sagan's novel ... Gordon Freeman (theoretical physics), the science researcher/protagonist in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Match Game

  

  known for its interdisciplinary research; the Open Source movement is ... research. Fostering a collaborative environment is an important part of the ... seized. Research projects and seed money and interesting lectures and all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2005