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  Can You Save the World’s Oceans? Who, me? Yes, you.

  

  political will to do it." -Professor Boris Worm, Dalhousie University

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 8, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  time for women to devote to other enterprises), and the universal nut

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  MIT isn’t a political campus. Sure, it had its moments during the 1960s. In 1968, a coalition that included 48 MIT faculty members protested “the militarization of university research,” and in

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  It was about three weeks ago that I found myself standing outside the doors to Boston University’s Metcalf Hall. Along with the hundreds of others who were in line, I anxiously awaited the chance to hear

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-France: To The Observatory of Paris and Beyond The MISTI experience of Anjali T. '09.

  

  the universe. It's 'dark' because it cannot be seen on its own; we

  • by MISTI Program
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  world’s largest fire hose . . . ever . . . in the world . . . /universe

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Don’t feed the squirrels In which I work with gifted children.

  

  Spectrum duty desk in the lobby of McCulloch Hall at Northwestern University

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s like a bag of sand! I go on a quest to legally obtain music and movies.

  

  training for the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  Universal Championship Wrestling in Kentucky. Courses in CMS frequently take

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  what it would have been like if I went to a large public university with

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  here. They tried so hard to present their university as offering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  university where "Chang" takes up two entire pages of the campus phone

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  Mechanical Engineering faculty at the University of Utah are MIT ECs (!). I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  University professors are often portrayed as self-absorbed individuals that are too busy plotting their next breakthrough to pay any attention to their undergraduate students. While I have never encountered such

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!

  

  , they'll probably find room for you. But my universe tends toward disorder

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Quentin Smith Google Quentin Smith '10.

  

  already taken courses at Cornell University and at the Massachusetts

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  when they tackle the prestigious university this fall. No other school in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  universe. I'll try to read it before the end of the summer, but feel free to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  engineering seniors at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Later this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  doesn't have grade inflation like many other universities (I've heard

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006