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  New York, New York

  

  one of the directors of undergraduate writing at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He did doctoral work on testing and develops writing ... writing habits. "It appeared to me that regardless of what a student wrote

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To RFID or not to RFID? That's not really the question, but it's kind of a cool title, no?

  

  MIT, both involving RFID technology (for those who aren't that tech savvy (like me), here's the wikipedia article on RFID). One of which is ... Consumers" where they talk about some new technology that's being developed by

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  . Matt Damon was too. Yes, when he got up on stage, one of the first things ... ’s just put that out there. I mean, I’ve seen the list of previous ... of the World Bank. President of the United States. And who did you get

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  sharing and appreciating passions, regardless of major and background. The Institute has far exceeded my expectations for social involvement, and in the limited example of my hall, I will do my best to explain how. On First East

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  So, usually I stay away from College Confidential, as it has a way of making me despair of the state of humanity on the rare occasions that I do ... , just to see what's happening in the exciting world of high schoolers and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  Whitehead Institute, Mike works under the auspices of Prof. Harvey Lodish and ... of free time thinking about possible experiments and troubleshooting ... on biology-related projects at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  proof of concept of technology; a "looks like" prototype should give a ... detect front and back foot taps with a fair degree of accuracy.  But you ... interest in design: “His Christmas gift to me would be one day of his time

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  have Star Wars technology, medeival institutions, and paleolithic ... Biology of Culture: Bridging Art and Science Straight from the scribbles in my notebook, a smattering of quotes, points and diagrams: "I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  through Seoul, and I'm holding it. This is not because of lack of access - I ... decrease the suspicion of the two other people in the emergency exit row with ... of the trip. What's wrong with her? I imagine they'd think, their

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  place with a new language. It's difficult. I'm envious of those ... fraction. And our institute often works with foreign research institutes. I'm reading a thesis of a friend; he could have written in English

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Beauty and the Geek Some of the greatest companies in the world recruit at MIT. Apparently, so do some…

  

  answer questions about the life of Manolo Blahnik and identify fake Louis ... this curious flyer outside of the Athena cluster in building 24 (aka "a ... television show. And believe me, my knowledge of reality television is pretty

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of ... As many of you know, there has been a lot of uncertainty in the ... and mission that unite us." One subject of uncertainty since the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  . Breathe. Your time at MIT isn't defined by the number of units you're taking. If you're the kind of person who can maintain your sanity or enjoys the light chaos of taking tons of classes, go for it, but the number of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  always liked the idea of reality TV - capturing real moments with real people. But most "reality" TV is fake nowadays and so we want to do something different. We want to take over the medium of reality TV and use it

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  surprise you. The core technology of impressive robots like those from Boston ... degrees. I had tried my best to make myself a sort of “senior engineer on ... importance of a particular task or technology, I’m more convinced I’m in the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020
• Blog / Events

  DATA FOR BLACK LIVES this weekend at the media lab

  

  talked about the the power of technology and data science to bring change ... critical lens to the algorithms and technologies of the present that we apply ... is a Black secret, a technology of resistance birthed as their lives

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 18, 2017
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Does MIT offer an online degree?

  MIT doesn't offer online degrees, but we have world-class educational opportunities available to everyone online for free through our programs administered by MIT Open Learning.
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  , but still managing to get through the questions with varying degrees of ... to come back to 40 degrees and rain. A great part of being a senior ... I never thought I'd say this, but I'm kind of bored. A combination of

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  Student Profiles from MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning Course 11 is a small major with a lot of breadth. It is cross ... visualization of MIT’s Department of Urban Studies & Planning. Here you can

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-ing the Weekend (Guest Entry) ...even though it is technically two days longer than a weekend.

  

  varying degrees of involvement in extracurricular activities. There was an ... activities that spanned the course of the four days. Have nothing to do? Look ... MIT campus sits on the side of the Charles River, and the sororities and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008