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  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 / 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 / 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 / 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’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
• 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 / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, but she was also accepted ... Over the Memorial Day Weekend I packed the family into the car and ... that fine university. Here is the story of one of the very first students

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• 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 / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  a master's degree have to write a master's thesis and are awarded a ... of recent papers from ACL and related groups at other institutions, and ... Somerville with my wife, whom I have lived with since January 2021, and whom I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• 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 / Extracurriculars

  Hogwarts Institute of Technology Except we have 11 houses instead of 4.

  

  (such as the authors of Hogwarts textbooks) and have an intense appreciation for The Marauders. I reread the individual books often, and just ... much my childhood! I went to all the book premiers and dressed up as a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  higher educational institutions? The short and easy answer is no. But since ... educational institution. According to who you choose to believe, Hispanic and ... mark it and move on to the next part of the application. For some though

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2018 Spring Welcome Events Come to Your Area Get a head start on meeting other members of the Class of 2018.

  

  Counselors and other great alumni to put together admitted student gatherings ... classmates, as well as MIT students and alumni. I still remember the one I ... MIT portal for the locations and times of these events, and for a comprehensive

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Match Game

  

  of interesting discussion after my last post, and lots of good ... science and technology. The Task Force on Student Life & Learning -- aka ... post) -- reaffirmed that mission, stating, "Today, the goal of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  3 Simple Steps for Making New Friends Guide to Meeting People

  

  you can come and go. You can do anything and you don’t have to do ... shutting down. After checking in and dropping my bags in a sea of other bags ... arrived a bit late, and it seemed like everyone in the room [annotation note

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  consists of two adjacent chiral buildings, 282 Massachusetts Avenue and 290 ... , and the roofdeck. Each building has its own four floors and its own ... was old and cracked and had handprints suspiciously close to the ceiling

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  don't get at the end of their time here - a degree. And so Paul had the ... 's done for me and the institute. We'll miss you, Ben. Best of luck. ... : 1) I learned the Latin word "vincimus", which means "We conquer" and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Varied states of the basement A roundabout trek to an underground level of Building 7 leads me into areas very…

  

  ... and arrive at one of my favorites -- I mean, just look at the pattern on ... , except it was late at night, and the sign was clearly no longer applicable ... through this outdoor driveway area connecting parking lots. Yes! Lo and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 20, 2005