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• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  ). This isn't really unusual, and it comes with varying degrees of annoyance ... 'm happy to be getting lots and lots of sleep in my FULL SIZE (!) bed at home. Almost all of my grades are in and I'm also happy to report that I did much

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s snowing, and “It’s Raining” K-Pop and Prof. Henry Jenkins.

  

  at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In an essay in ... my favorite read of the week. The front page article in the Arts ... Studies professor Henry Jenkins for reasons why the popularity of Rain has

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the Deshpande Center?

  technologies in the lab and bringing them to the marketplace in the form of ... The Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation provides grants and ... the marketplace. The center empowers some of MIT’s most talented
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  ." - William Barton Rogers, Objects and Plan of an Institute of Technology (1860 ... was instituted in 1948 upon the recommendation of an athletics committee ... considering many aspects of the early MIT education, including not only

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  Program (SSEP) Women's Technology Program (WTP) Programs open to out-of ... further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors to consider. All of the below are national/international, selective

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Attention local high school students interested science and engineering! Have you heard about BeaverDash?

  

  each year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). No previous ... students to explore the Institute through an engineering competition ... of Women Engineers would like to invite local high school students to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Post: Started From the Dorm Room Now We Here starting a startup while at MIT

  

  graduating with a CS degree. It was hard to go a day at the Institute without ... that could be found in almost every corner of the institution. Although ... to MIT, I wanted to be the first man on Mars--or even one of the nerdy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  . ''Usually a degree in engineering means you'll eventually be working on cars ... here's just one example of a) how hands on the class is, and b) how it focuses on using technology to solve problems in developing nations. We

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  Marilee was quoted. Here are those paragraphs: The director of undergraduate writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has also raised ... do our own correlation studies," said Marilee Jones, the dean of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  . How did this all start? The history of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Class Ring dates back to the spring of 1929. C. Brigham Allen ... To go along with Chris' entry about excitement for the unveiling of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  ?The history of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Class Ring dates back ... Following up on JKim's entry about excitement for the unveiling of the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  Having received my MIT degree in Management Science, I'm still on the mailing list of the Sloan Undergraduate Management Association, or (SUMA). I ... Sloan Trading Room, E52-010 (Basement of E52

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Maker) Women Rock We are what we celebrate

  

  As many of you know I am a FIRST Robotics nut and Kool-Aid drinking member of the Kult of Kamen. One of the (many) things Dean Kamen has said ... an issue I've written about before in other venues on the subject of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 23, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s in My Bag? My everyday carry!

  

  true that most people have a degree of choice in what they purchase or ... the clothes they’re wearing, or the things they buy. Of course, this ... personalities. This is in part why one of my favorite websites this year has been

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  (and on our windowsills, and underneath our sofa, and on top of our ... tenth grade, I put a similar lamp and mug on the floor of a dorm room ... forgot I owned, followed by the books I had no intention of revisiting

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning a hackathon for students and instructors connecting technology with education

  

  emerging challenges. Beyond the higher-level idea of bringing technology and ... award-winning makers of Snipmap, a Google Chrome extension made during the Festival of Learning Hackathon. Snipmap’s slogan can also apply to the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  Institute of Technology next year. In addition, he will play baseball ... , follows a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology students and one of ... and technological research and development also offers a wide range of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Anthony Rindone A local first generation college student.

  

  college, Rindone starts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this ... Tuesday, June 6, 2006 REVERE - Class of 2006 valedictorian Anthony Rindone ... our salvation," Rindone plans to remind his varied group of fellow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  of its peer institutions in accepting women, who also got to work in ... diversity throughout history. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Institute focused on recruiting international students, especially from China

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MIT and other summer programs Juniors may want to start thinking about summer programs including MITES, RSI, and WTP.

  

  's Technology Program (WTP) Programs open to out-of-state; largely regional ... entrepreneurship. The Research Science Institute (RSI), sponsored by the Center for ... engineering. The Women's Technology Program (WTP) is a four-week summer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2008