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  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  i mentioned joy in a blog post a few weeks ago, when she won the $50000 grand prize in the search for hidden figures contest. i've been a ... empower communities via tech education and highlight bias in algorithms. i

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  As many of you know, there has been a lot of uncertainty in the ... articulating and affirming values they share as educators. In President Reif ... that "Whatever may change in Washington... it will not change the values

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  ," taught by the inimitable Prof. Julie Shah. In aerospace (and lots of other places) lots of people place their trust in software--software that flies ... operate in social contexts and therefore have social responsibilities, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  , I realized that it would probably be in my best interest to take the ... in the tunnels with friends a few times before, but as a directionally ... importantly, in one piece. I immediately crashed when I got back. Snow is

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  For most people, sprinting a mile in under 5 minutes is physically ... ; ^ a non-metaphorical sprint, from a past weekend in Big Basin.   ... feels that way in the middle of a hell week - what's the point of having

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  you might find in a BuzzFeed headline. (I’ll do my best.) Since I ... though epiphanies were sitting fermenting in the heads of all classmates ... 70%. Or 90%.) In the beginning of this year, I suffered from a lot of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  interview. He suggested that we meet up during his short stay in the area, and ... we take for granted as residents of the East Side. In a similar ... . Apparently, when she attended college at a certain Ivy institution in New York

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  of four high school students from the Arizona desert, who in 2004 won ... of the winning team’s members were legally documented in the United States. I’d love to tell you that the film has a happy ending, in which

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  I will admit: I've been in a bit of a rut. Don't get me wrong. Life as an AeroAstro is amazing in a lot of respects. 9AM classes for ... win!) in Tucson next April. And late last week, the entire Aero

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  exhilarates because it means forward action, and not just in classes, but in ... missing my family intolerable. But then I arrived in Cambridge, walked past ... , and fell in love. I sit now between the columns that support the mighty

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  cut out in the middle. The hallways along the edges are lined with big ... are in many cases experienced MIT students. Lucas has been climbing ... Leatherman in your pocket?) and I supported the window with a knee and both

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  factors in the mysterious element of wind chill.  I was graciously accepted ... alums happy to talk about what they majored in, where they lived, and what ... good fit for MIT students (undergrads and graduate) who are interested in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All The World’s A Stage On theatre and artsy stuff

  

  rock band CDs and video game/TV/movie soundtracks. In high school, I ... ’s second nature now to check local theatres, in this case Broadway in Boston ... the show is so popular, though, you enter your name in a lottery from 5

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

    ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire ... Spiral of Doom? Never fear! It’s similar to what a lot of us used in high ... /listener subjects, academic warnings that do not show up in the transcript you send

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  of meat?  Toss a watermelon back and forth in some sort of deranged ... past few weeks in preparation for this weekend's events.  You can see the effects of the madness all over the courtyard and even in the basement. I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  ; Step 1 - CHECK-IN EARLY Before you can do anything else with this guide ... maximum comfort is checking in as soon as humanly possible. This is actually ... , or FR) NEVER TAKE THIS SEAT. I promise you the person in front of you

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Poetry we do that.

  

  great class—Poetry Workshop. This is a class in which we share our poems and criticize/ comment on them. We meet every Tuesday for three hours in ... assumptions for the benefit of the world, make up your past to fit in with the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  , and I figured I might as well try too. Since I knew I'd love to work in ... that I wanted to try and do a minor in course 20. I figured I'd start ... very slippery slope to go down. Every week, I'd spend 5 hours in lecture

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  I looked my interviewer in the eye, blinking away sweat from my ... into the cast iron chairs that were only bearable because they were in ... perks of living in the Bay Area, we reached a sudden lull. "So, do you

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  Boston for the summer. One fistfight later*, I landed in DC, fully resolved ... seconds to waste. *Not my own. While I waited for my connecting flight in New York, some guys decided to beat each other up in the main concourse

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012