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  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  . Michael Person '94, SM'01, PhD '06 - Research scientist aboard SOFIA ... . Now works for the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). "When Leslie and ... around their father, Larry Young, a legendary researcher at the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  years doing research in the Saeij lab on parasites and the Gilbert lab on ... research, at least in biology, is driven by questions of cause and effect. If

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  The President will tour a research laboratory at the Massachusetts ... MIT’s Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE). Since his arrival at MIT ... engineering, pursuing research in two major areas: the development of new

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  had done Bio research in high school, had done the USABO, the whole ... interests. I began pouring through research journals and found myself happily ... told you. Realistically, I still want to do bio research after I graduate

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  of thing much more now! I tried to do research really hard. I grinded ... ’ve been doing and put them out this month mostly. Quality research is ... researcher thinking about the questions that I’m interested in. Although it may

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  research through UROPs (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program). I did ... THE BOOKS!!! I went to Barker Library to research ROVs and how ... knew he could research airplane wings, and that led him to his design

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  , which I came to appreciate over the two years that I did this research ... apart in every direction. I quit the plasma physics research: to get any ... project wasn’t worth it—my research advisor was super amazing and supportive

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  may take on a full-time research project. But for a lot of students ... —from market research to finding a team to prototyping to fundraising to hiring ... software. Or getting pointers on how to commercialize research from someone

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Airplane boy strikes again Adam writes about his UROP.

  

  MIT, I've worked as a UROP on two research projects. Freshman and ... research group for two years, and while when I started I was pretty much just ... descisions that affected the path of our research. The Draper project Note: I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mocha Show ’22: Mo’Mixtape creating and performing a dance showcase, from start to finish

  

  the team with me my freshman year, MoCrew, and MoLadies. i later added ... placing dancers on the stage in various formations and adding dynamics. we

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 16, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  probably some others, but I'm not certain so I left them off). Mollie added ... Cafe." And Vicki added, "Veggie Planet in Harvard Square is a tiny hole

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  rainforest research. First, we listened to a few talks by VJE’s Talia K. and two of INPA’s scientists. I was surprised to learn about their research ... ’t understand how the researchers there can stand working in that room all day

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  plan to do research at the intersection of Robotics and AI. You and I ... be forever out of my reach. Fortunately, after seriously researching ... intellectual outcomes. After significant amounts of research and thought, I ended

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  . I had applied to a Summer Research Fellowship at the University of ... to spend 10 weeks working with one of the top research institutes in ... from a background of pure benchtop research, clinical research has been

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  is, but learning about it, hearing about the most recent research

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  students pursuing research projects at the Media Laboratory. Topics include Media Lab research areas; documenting research progress; ethical issues in research; patents, copyrights, intellectual property; and giving oral

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  cognitive sciences and biology. My current research interest is protein ... graduate school applications. I talk about my research in a bunch of ... out of bed in the mornings. I love research, which is why I'm going to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  to Italy to do some light research and travelling, stayed in a castle ... the colosseum, pantheon, and several archeological sites, did research ... two-week research trip to Italy, I naturally jumped at the chance

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  at a gym with a shower, as various vanlifers on YouTube recommended. I ... dandelions. This is what I imagined, huddled in my armless chair, watching YouTube ... one except YouTube ever told you that it was. No wonder, I thought

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my semesterly planner mentally preparing for the trials ahead

  

  In less than a week I’ll be hopping on my flight back to Boston, and I’m so excited that I’m just about ready to kiss the Logan Airport floor, maybe…

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • August 18, 2025