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  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

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  case, universities) subsidize something that they are offering for free ... offer the good at a price of P=0. It's a weird kind of subsidy, but it ... the good, and a proportion lower than the social optimum will get the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• 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 / 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
• 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 / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  overrated and I think people should choose a different universe to immerse ... there is out there in the world. I read into my zodiac and stuff, not necessarily believing it, but just seeing if I relate. (I'm an Aquarius and a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020
• 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 / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  click on "How to accept or decline our offer of admission", and complete ... dance that happens between students and colleges where the power dynamic shifts back and forth several times; one courts the other, then the other

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  family friends and then we bought a duplicate for us. A non-institute ... My sophomore fall I took an STS (science, technology, and society) writing class with Sherry Turkle, STS.043 (Technology and Self: Science

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  ('22) and Wesley Block ('22) on the history of the Institute, spanning ... understanding of what it means to attend this institute, and what it's meant for ... footage to illustrate MIT's place in the world and its swift rise to the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Movies Emeritus out with the old, in with the older

  

  , which offers us a marvelous vintage tour of the Institute, was produced by ... Institute and its significance in the world of Science, Art and Engineering ... , and I thought I'd share them on the blog as well. MIT: The Motion

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 29, 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

  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
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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