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• Blog / Academics & Research

  News bites from the Institvte A taste of what's happening around campus.

  

  Solve Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: University Working To End Conflict In ... After a ridiculously awesome weekend in New York, I’m home for Spring ... chain In the near future, the presence of human colonies on the moon will

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 26, 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…

  

  , 11 have gone on to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. MIT Economics ... minimizes geography in formation of rich vs. poor nations By Robert Gavin, Globe Staff | June 15, 2005 CAMBRIDGE -- Daron Acemoglu grew up in Turkey

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.

  

  bottom. Here at MIT, it's rapidly coming down to the end. In a week and a ... +humid wave hitting me in the face already - the humidity is not so wonderful ... and Weinberg, both vanguards in their respective biological fields

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  Need help choosing a MISTI program? MIT-Germany alum Nina Sinatra advises incoming interns to keep an open mind

  

  of my workplace as well; while I have worked in several university and ... because there are many more internship opportunities there in my major - materials engineering - than in any other MISTI program. I encourage all

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  of the best. Twice a week, Richard Wurtman stands in front of 40 ... figure out how any one man can have that much information in his head ... these guys? We spent some time in class talking about neuroimaging studies

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  Today, some of our applicants learned conclusively that we will not be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2029. The comments on ... want to talk to us in the comments below, we’re here for you. We ask that

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist who ranked MIT but was not matched still apply for EA and/or RA?

  email in early December outlining the options available: You may use ... offer made up of grants and scholarships that will meet 100% of your
• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  Next House had to offer, I decided to remain in my temporary dorm for the ... life. In other words, the more catered Chipotle, rush burgers, or local pizza consumed, the higher one’s overall satisfaction with life in general

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  rand.random Random photos of 2016

  

  about, that we easily forget, that comprise the in-between points of time and space. But thanks to modern technology (particularly, in this case ... reason to share otherwise, and little captions of what was happening in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  University. In 1999, she received the National Academy of Sciences Troland ... Kanwisher received her Bachelor Of Science in Course 7 (Biology) from MIT in 1980, and her Ph.D. in Course 9 (Brain & Cognitive Sciences), also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  I made an AI write most of this post because I forgot I needed to post this week

  

  idea for a blog post. Unfortunately, I'm in the mood to post about very useless information that is applicable to nobody in the real world. The ... Consider Becoming a Pony in College! Reason #1: You will have a much better

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  -making and there's so much more happening that I wish I could participate in ... can throw a #sorrynotsorry at me.) One day a week, we meet in the ... class offerings that are really interesting: Heavy Metal 101 is turning

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Decisions 2013 Is it supposed to be waitlist, wait list, or wait-list? Oh never mind...

  

  at MIT (also known in admissions parlance as the " ... time in the last eight years that we have not been able to go to our wait ... on our wait list via email that we will not be able to offer them

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  I know it's late in the college application season--the deadline is ... offer advice/tutorials for younger students. Their ambition is "to become ... in order to learn how to win at high school, college applications, and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  Hi all, I am here in the office preparing the blogs for the post ... the same time. In the last two months - days, nights, weekends, whenever - I can't remember a time in which I was alone here. I hope that all of

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Business As Usual

  

  Virginia's scenic New River. And now it's starting to get cold here in ... a couple of construction projects in front of my door, which happens ... it is occasionally a problem. One guy is drilling holes in a glass

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  New Portlets? Just throwin' some ideas around.

  

  manage to sequester a few minutes of Quinton's schedule, you'll see them in ... media, customized to your preferences, right in your portal. #2 OCW Portlet OCW, or Open Courseware, has cataloged its offerings by subject. We

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  MIT students, and probably college students in general. Many do ... last undergraduate summer, we wanted to outline what we’ve done in each ... 't really on either of our minds. And we were lucky enough to be in a position

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  In May 2016, I wrote Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later, where I shared the story of a student we had denied in 2011, and how well he had done ... written, because it demonstrates in fact what, in our decisions day posts

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  more in my first year here. With the quote displayed on the giant screen ... been said. There was much to reflect on—in one hour, Professor Flowers ... broad discussion of the whole universe.  Professor Flowers’ model of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018