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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  Summer is well under way, and no child’s vacation is complete without ... , doing arts and crafts, swimming in a lake- summer camp gives kids an ... University in 2000 as a project of Hillel at Stanford; since then, it has

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Prof. Acemoglu’s Clark Medal On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe, there's a story…

  

  Turkey's development lagged that of the United States and other ... contribution to economic thought and knowledge. Of the 29 Clark medalists to date ... during a tumultuous period of economic crises and political unrest, when

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  summer 2021 I worked at the Caltech Institute of Quantum Information and ... advice and self-help content, whether in the form of long-form blogs by wise and accomplished seniors, or anonymous forum posts from fellow

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  , and Chris M.!): M.I.T. Taking Student Blogs to Nth Degree By TAMAR LEWIN ... feels right at home at the institute — she loves the anime club, and that ... interactivity and creativity of those of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  chronicle this week's adventures and realized that I was about to write a blog entry that would exceed the length of The Old Man and the Sea, and so I ... , not Hemingway's novella. I tried to split The Old Man and the Sea into

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  the first one: Not the same few colleges: The State University of New ... As you know, I've been traveling frequently these days, and the trips ... . Recently books include Count Down (about the International Math Olympiad) and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  single, and I do not have to use the Saferide or MBTA. Yes, I am home. Today was my first day of work at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where I am working in the National Human Genome Research Institute. More

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Blog Action Day Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense?

  

  than lolcats...hopefully. This year's theme is poverty, and a couple of ... : Wow, great examples, Cristen and Laura, thanks so much for posting those. I visited MIT last month, and since then (even more than before), it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  Institute of MIT and Harvard was headed up by David Reich (also an assistant ... , startles, and really makes you think. On the train on the way back from a ... From Chimps?The split between the human and chimpanzee lineages may have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals away from finals Recharging on the other coast

  

  ride through 33-degree sleet and rain en route to Colorado Springs for ... and/or exams the last two weeks of classes.   Hardware for my ... final project state machine draft, top left. 6.031 exam crib sheet, top

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • June 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  undergraduates at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, was first used ... if you want a ring, too (provided you live in the United States and ... evidence, witness the burritob0t, one man's attempt to use technology and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  undergrad and masters' degrees in 5 years. Actually, MIT is the top graduate ... student's career in certain fields to get bachelors and masters degrees from ... -cultural medicine and issues of embodiment in post-traumatic stress disorder, is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2007: I Got Served, and It Felt Grrreat!! By: Seleeke, '11

  

  breakdancing competition at Tufts University and my little venture to Chinatown ... to trek over to Tufts University and catch a sweet breakdancing ... Chinatown (and I live in Minneapolis, the state's epicenter), so I HAD to make

  • by Bryan
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  on an extremely awesome and extremely top secret project: MIT: The ... and built by current MIT freshman Victor Hung '14, with music by ... education (burritos, roller coasters, and such) from the comfort of their own

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s happening at the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies?

  At the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, MIT, the Army, and ...  protection and survivability capabilities. Team members collaborate on basic research to create new materials, devices, processes, and systems, and on
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  United States is viewed by other countries, how tiny and insignificant my ... use by MISTI - MIT Science and Technology Initiative, an amazing program that sets you up with internships abroad and funds your entire trip - but

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  our society. I have asked John Dozier, our Institute Community and ... , current, and future students of the Institute will be able to work together ... normal day, we'd be gathered in Killian Court, and I'd be kneeling on the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Institute focused on recruiting international students, especially from China and Latin America (read more here). At the beginning of the 21st century ... other institutions to do the same (more here). I’ve also blogged about the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  generosity. One last thing -- Degree requirements for the SB in biology, and ... logical degree system)! Days like this make me glad for two things: 1) my ... days, and 2) my beautiful air conditioner which keeps me cool at home

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published! MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at…

  

  research going on at MIT and around the world. We publish four types of research: 1. News: Summaries of breakthroughs at MIT and beyond. -Some MIT ... Supply Chain Prophecies *Fusion Experiment Joins MIT and Columbia -Some

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 27, 2005