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  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  Infinite and include other Institute touchstones   Analog, organic, human ... now home to the admissions office and plays host to our visitors, I ... launched MIT Illuminations, a colorful lighting installation and introduction

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  craze how a blog gets born

  

  , inspiration strikes and fast   and it feels like the blog manifests itself through me as if it, itself, wants to get out into the world and I am simply only a vessel   and the worst part is, it happens all

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  nothing really matters or does everything? a tale of epiphanies and a crisis

  

  just someone who regurgitates facts and information about institutions ... A while back I gave a presentation at MIT called Three Epiphanies and ... now as an assistant director and talking about the main things I learned

  • by kellen manning
  • May 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  hope springs eternal a warm feeling

  

  years, the institutional memory of student groups and dorm culture fades ... It's a beautiful day today in Boston, and looking out the window at ... ,[/annotation] and it may be a few more weeks before we see leaves begin to return to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  After a not-so-brief hiatus, I'm back at the Institute! Over the ... her high school, Stuyvesant, and on the way there she pointed out the ... is designed to be super energy-efficient and requires 67% less energy

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  ), admitted by two (both local state schools), and waitlisted at one. I got off ... It's Pi Day. I woke up at 5:38AM (a nod to Nate Silver) and walked to work. It was dark, and a bit chilly, but it's a big day, and we have a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  the States, and I've been happily living at Berkeley, CA, for the last 2 ... sleep, eating many yummy things, and completed a 3000 piece puzzle. (sadly ... and more Cantonese words, haha - I have resolved to start learning

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  We Saw a Sea Turtle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  she made a complete 180 degree turn to face the shore. And as soon as ... This summer, we saw (and observed for two hours!) a real live SEA ... distance, and as we approach, we realized it was a sea turtle! Because we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  Program), and the adjustment back to home life has been, as usual, greater ... , but there are exceptions to every rule, and mine is not being bothered ... ? Sometimes you miss the freshman boy next door barging in and asking you what

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Graduation Some commencement pictures.

  

  ominous dark skies today and what was forecasted to be a partly cloudy to ... and the court gets all muddy and before you know it your pants are wet and your shoes turn into a disgusting lake that your feet are just

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  last assignment. I've got one pset (8.04), one paper (biophysics) and two finals (8.04 and 8.044) standing between me and two MIT degrees. I don ... What's up? Yeah, it's the end of term, and we're all hosed. The week

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  degrees from Berkeley and should be receiving his PhD from MIT in January ... Changing World Technologies, you take a turkey, cut off all the meat and ... a pot, grind it up, heat it up to 250 C and 40 atmospheres, dehydrate

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  . And tour groups in Killian Court looked at it as they went by. Hacks ... something like graduation. *grin* Brian '08, Antonio '02, and Laura '04 are ... Hurricane Harbor, the water park. I really love intense water rides, and this

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  parallel universe is living out each of a hundred different lives, and each ... my current life in this universe. and i suspect that having too much ... don't understand about birthdays and what they never tell you is that

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  i walk through campus and say stuff i cannot vlog to save my life

  

  .youtube.com/watch?v=ObQfChNMUvM I was bored and the weather outside was nice, so I thought I would go around MIT and take a video of myself staying stuff I guess. I’m surprised ... , shadowing two people give tours, and giving a practice tour of our own. And

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  up. In the past month, there have been moments when hope and joy have ... midst of everything which is horrible in the world, and it is odd that the ... moment, though, I try to keep that analysis in the background and cherish

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  Interactive Introduction to the Institute, can be found here). You read, and ... A lot of you have written me to tell me you've voted, and it ... Phone, Treo, Blackjack, etc.. It takes literally two clicks and you could make a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Important Information about your Financial Aid Application Track your status on MyMIT

  

  Financial Aid and that’s great! Applications are handled through the ... applicants and the comments will be closed. But we did want you to know a few ... aid after February 15th and it will not hurt your chances of receiving

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  , with each of us choosing a merger case and exploring its respective ... changes to the GIRs (General Institute Requirements). These are the sorts of ... opinions of all kinds about tradition and change. Today's MIT home page

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  (a holiday celebrated almost exclusively in Massachusetts and Maine ... minutes). Despite the extremely packed state on the trains, Kenmore Square is a nice place to watch the marathon because there’s so much space and

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011