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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  In a conversation I was having with my good buddy, Quinton, today about the current weather and the sudden drop in temperature from last week, he gently reminded me, "You chose to live here in Massachusetts

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  The POWER of a Mechanical Engineering

  

  In 2011, MIT Mechanical Engineering students went through MISTI to ... in Japan; research the potential of shale gas as an energy source at Iberdrola in Spain; conduct experimental investigations of rheological

  • by MISTI Program
  • December 7, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

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

  

  because there are many more internship opportunities there in my major - materials engineering - than in any other MISTI program. I encourage all students who are considering MISTI to think of the program both in terms of

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  any salmonella bacteria that might grow in it. Thus, you can actually ... naked in the Z Center. But yesterday I saw another professor naked in the ... 't say anything like, "Hi Professor, I really enjoyed your class in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• 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.

  

  up in April (sign up now)! Since I know you just can’t wait to meet ... opportunities for Admitted Students coming up in cities around the globe within ... around the world will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 20, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Multidimensional Showcasing an aspiring physicist with amazing musical talent

  

  Occasionally as I lie in bed at night puzzling over the hecticness ... math (courses 8 & 18). He's in my fraternity- Sigma Chi- so we live together in our chapter house on Beacon Street on the Boston side of the

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 9, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  lists, but one of them ranked the top 20 metropolitan areas in the United States in order of the percentage of workers in STEM (Science, Technology ... Bay. In second place was Boulder, Colorado. (Not) surprisingly

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  When I was in high school one of the most influential non ... of people in hundreds of different professions from hair dressers to ... human factors in what we bring to and need from our work. The one story

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Teacher of the Year MIT's notable alumni include amazing teachers.

  

  Bergen Record wrote: Nobody cuts Mr. Goodman's class. In Robert Goodman ... class a cool place. In recognition, he's been selected as the New Jersey ... graduating from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1975 with a bachelor

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  successful -- I cried at every single movie I saw in theatres in 2005. While ... in my form (to the lovely Jessie, I might add), I ran into my friend ... is getting his master's in course 6 (EECS) in June, and has accepted a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  We Stan Matt Parker i'll try not to mention the parker square

  

  In my junior year of high school, I started taking single ... student (at least, for a high school student). But I remember sitting in ... to multiply multiple-digit-numbers in elementary school, thinking to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part four) senior trinkets

  

  over the school year and that we stored in our memory mushroom. Here are the first, second, and third installments, in case you want to read them! As we described in those posts, memory mushroom is what we named this

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / Events

  beautiful moments i think too much

  

  's been harder to notice the nice and pretty things in life: sailing on the charles, noticing how the smallest shifts in seating rock the boat, the ... feel the strength of each personality taking up space in the conference

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for transgender students in light of the military ban and our ROTC program(s)

  

  In late August, the Trump Administration issued an executive order ... of uncertainty and consternation. I write today, as I have in the past ... eventually serve in the military or in the MIT ROTC program. MIT has a long

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  in a very mural-happy dorm, I can't paint to save my life. But I do like to photograph a lot, and in fact I've done quite a lot of it in the ... ) never touched film before. And that's where this post comes in. You see

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-India student interns at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

  

  I finished up my initial stay in Mumbai towards late December, and have been in Nepal since then. I am currently volunteering at a Buddhist ... in cooking, laundry, etc. I am having a great stay in South Asia, and I

  • by MISTI Program
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  I am currently in Washington, D.C., to attend my first Transportation ... due to the weather conditions in both Boston and DC; the first real snowstorm of the season in Boston, and an expected ice storm in DC (who ever

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  Take in the familiar sights, smells, and faces of your community. Can you bear to be without them? Can you imagine embarking on a journey in ... seeing the familiar sights, taking in the familiar smells, and forgetting

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  Media Projects in Haiti. The class was conceived fairly last minute after the earthquake hit in January, and is structured around weekly guest ... , we've been working in small groups to devise projects that we could

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  Though born in Massachusetts, I grew up in the wintry hinterlands of Vermont and New Hampshire. In Vermont, for instance, I lived in the ... , the difference between Burlington and Boston is that in Boston the snow

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009