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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  (ish) music technology class about using microcontrollers (Arduinos, ESP32, etc ... "]produces some kind of audio[/annotation]. Bonus points [annotation note ... semester (although I haven't had the chance to build most of them... yet

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hydrate Happy Sent by the magic of mobile technology

  

  the magic of mobile technology ... want to pound my head against a wall, and it costs hundreds of dollars per month to operate on top of that. Overall, a terrible product

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • July 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  't mean you have to lose the advantages of new technology, though.  Most ... I like to pack light. Maybe it's some combination of old hiking habits, suppressed middle school memories of having my roller backpack

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  It's pre-finals week. Today is the last day of classes. Projects are due, one of my friends slept for one hour last night, I have to submit a ... sense of humor: 1) This article. 2) My bff Sam B. '14's post on my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  to throw at her. This past weekend was an extended holiday because of ... , somehow, I spent all of Tuesday night trying to write a chemistry lab report ... amazing three-day conference, which was attended by hundreds of people

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Going Home We're halfway through MIT? o____o

  

  the size of half a penny. Once you see this and determined that most of ... a condensed "sauce" at the bottom of the skillet. Remove the chicken ... portion of the sauce and add water or just boil/stir-fry the vegetables

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  continuous, overall sense of what the Institute has felt like the past four ... several physical and non-physical aspects of the Institute. We were ... took off, Boston dropped beneath me, a sea of darkness cut through by

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  from my freshman year. It was early December, 2011: the flame wars of dining-discuss@ were still fresh in the minds of undergraduates[1], yolo ... the foundation of MIT's online education efforts, was still a couple

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  data justice for senior house

  

  surrounding the conversion of senior house to graduate housing. joon included full transcripts of emails sent from the chancellor's office to ... first semester at MIT had the lowest graduation rate out of all the other

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 17, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  alumnae-turned-astronomers at various institutions. I e-mailed all of them ... Institute. I presented my poster on the first day of the conference. The ... , listening to the Prince of Egypt soundtrack (Hans Zimmer AND Stephen Schwartz

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  , something especially appreciated at an institution notorious for being one of ... One of the great things about MIT is PNR, a feature implemented that ... use of PNR in various ways, where you'll often hear phrases like "It

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  Sciences and a founding member of the McGovern Institute. She joined the MIT ... their talks, I'll feature a mini-interview with each of them. Prof. Nancy Kanwisher received her Bachelor Of Science in Course 7 (Biology) from MIT in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  Three months ago, I informed MIT admissions of my firm intent to ... abysmal depths of the Internet, and didn't capitalize any proper nouns in ... jumble of text and pictures stuffed into the semblance of an admissions

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  lol). This blog post is about my journey into the art of glass ... ), because its pretty difficult to make anything out of glass if you don’t know how to obtain any glass. The furnace is kept at around 2,000 degrees

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  and that vibrational degree of freedom, and I was not going to be told ... DID YOU KNOW? Mary Tyler Moore sent a signed copy of the single ... . It's about that time of season when MIT students buckle down, chain

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  I wrote to a few of my friends, but I hope you find the material ... been negligent of them. It’s interesting to note that a fair number of the young entrepreneurs around me are college dropouts (all out of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  an email sent out to Course 6 Class of 2019. My friend had also sent it out to a group chat, and we all drooled at the thought of spending ... the entirety of Junior year, but the program was canceled just last year

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  of you unfamiliar with the Music Cubes, they consist of three cube ... rehearsal? Or maybe they're giant versions of Minecraft note blocks?) Like much of MIT’s brutalist architecture, the exterior doesn’t exactly scream

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 25, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  Friday evening, after getting one of the more interesting emails of ... (with a view of the Great Dome), a lecture hall, an MIT professor's office ... we're donating 50% of the profits to Doctors Without Borders. Is this

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  technology to address the basic needs of low-income households. In many ways ... the start of Independent Activities Period (IAP). *Cue “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”* During IAP, students get to enjoy MIT without

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007