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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  Amazingly, I've been an admissions blogger for a bit over twelve ... lasts for a week. What happens after that? Well, once an entry leaves the ... most individual entries have a relatively short half-life - that is, the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  social advice, it's not really a good topic for party-talk). Oh and I ... this morning, but we’ll ignore that for the sake of sensationalism). In case you aren't convinced of the collider's sinister intent, take a look

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  Brookline, MA on April 3rd for a book signing. I’m pretty bummed that I ... There are only a few authors whom I feel very strongly about, let ... excitement when I saw a poster advertising her upcoming MIT visit, which was

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  Late Night with Conan O'Brien. For the past month, Conan's show has been ... feud with Stephen Colbert (resolved in a battle royale), a German disco light shows, a visit to the doctor, a turtle race, and ring spinning. In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Noam Chomsky Talk in 26-100 i still have to send these pictures to amnesty

  

  question-answer: Thats all, thanks for looking. -lulu UPDATE! A video of ... Amnesty International's MIT Chapter, as a part of their lecture ... emotional bias with a scientific eye, and to daily question and reaffirm our

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Ali Khademhosseini: Building tissues, cell-by-cell Khademhosseini, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the joint MIT-Harvard Health Sciences and Technology Program,…

  

  The debate over nature versus nurture has raged on for decades, but ... . Just like humans, cells develop in response to their environment; a heart cannot be grown by simply placing stem cells in a Petri dish. However, Ali

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest! This week, the MIT Class of 2010 ... begins on Sunday, but for half of the class, they are already getting to know their classmates and MIT. Thre are more than a dozen different

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  a Navy scholarship to help pay for college. From there, I got a degree ... 's space flights have included MIT-educated astronauts, who have logged a ... the Lab for Manufacturing and Productivity, rowed for the Varsity Women

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  -- plus 18) to change the policy. :-P (For Karen, below: A legacy is an ... Science -- because what better place is there for two MIT grads to have ... sophomore year at a party at Baker, but I wasn't really aware of his existence

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Not an actual entry Warning: I am apparently in a run-on sentence/overuse of parenthetical statements mood today.

  

  *Warning: I am apparently in a run-on sentence/overuse of parenthetical statements mood today.* Although I'm back in Boston for the moment ... 'm still supposed to be leaving for Maine in 25 minutes. I haven't decided

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  , and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the ... nationwide. The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a concert venue on the Esplanade, a nice park along the Charles River, which separates Boston from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Alums Direct New OK Go Video OK Go always has the awesomest videos. Jeff and Eric don't disappoint.

  

  video (among many others)? OK Go has a new video for their song "End Love ... directed by MIT alums! The video for "Last Leaf" was done by Nadeem Mazen '06

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Match Our thoughts, and a request for current MIT students to weigh in.

  

  page on "The Match" has displayed the dreaded "coming soon" message for the better part of the fall. I apologize for this, and thanks to all of ... updated, and I think it's a good overview. I'm hoping, however, that current

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.

  

  held one question out for further inspection. Melissa had asked, "Do you ... graduation. Luckily, the situation at MIT is much better -- I spent a few hours ... the men). Let's take a closer look at a few departments. Nationally

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions Beginning To Arrive How are you guys doing?

  

  't seem to get anything done. I'm working on the big Q&A thread that I've been promising you for weeks. I also owe you my post-EA thoughts. Both will come this week. I know there are already many outlets for admitted

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Are Beginning To Arrive Some thoughts for everyone.

  

  A few of you are starting to receive your decisions. To those of you ... in, please continue to hold your heads up high. We didn't have room for ... this world that you are meant to do. For those of you on the waitlist

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What programs fall under the School of Architecture & Planning?

  and technology. Through recognition of architecture as a liberal ... Technology; the Center for Real Estate; and the Norman B. Leventhal Center for
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s MIT’s mission statement?

  intellectual stimulation of a diverse campus community. We seek to develop in each member of the MIT community the ability and passion for working wisely, creatively, and effectively for the betterment of humankind.
• Blog / Personal Travel

  childhood and disney world trips

  

  I've written in the past about my love for Disneyland. Growing up a ... sat and talked for a bit before heading back and sleeping at 1am, prepping for a 7am wake up for the next day. On Saturday, we were still all

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  online for over a year i’d have spent more time at in-person club meetings ... given information i never had access to. it took a while for me to realize ... particularly scientific reasons for thinking this — it’s just that i’m a big fan

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021