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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Untitled "The work is untitled because meaning is always changing in time and place." ⁃ Félix…

  

  This fall, I'm covering the 2011 Istanbul Biennial, titled "Untitled." Now more than ever, the divide has formed in contemporary art: those concerned with formal aesthetics and those concerned with the political. The

  • by ARTalk
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m so ill. like, in the bad way

  

  . so you're diseased. Being sick at MIT is no fun. Along with the obvious drawbacks of being sick, it's impossible to catch up during the ... yourself healthy. Take this advice from a hypocrite. At the end of freshman

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Things got poopy in Beijing and edible.

  

  other interns…as well the quirky side of Beijing. A few days ago, an article was passed around in a Beijing interns email thread, introducing the 10 weirdest restaurants in the city. Naturally, we started at the top

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Get It Done Keep On Keeping "On"

  

  hope you're enjoying it. The long weekend, that is (or normal ... be a pretty hectic time. During the October of my senior year, way back in the forgotten mists of 2004, I was editing the newspaper, the lead

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing! !!!!!!!

  

  Twelve hours ago, Mathura '12 and I had the following gchat ... , i just ran around the floor screaming me ... alive in ten minutes? Mathura: probs not, hes in the line of happiness

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  will.i.am: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston The Black Eyed Peas' frontman hangs out at MIT.

  

  I got an email the other day from Professor Patrick Henry Winston ’65 ... the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, wearable computing in the Media Lab, and miscellaneous cool stuff in the Precision

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photo Scavenger Hunt Let's give this a shot.

  

  's have a contest, who got out the latest for summer vacation? post your final day of school in the comments, graduation day doesn't count unless it was also the last day of school) My summer last year was laid

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? Prelude.

  

  Prelude. In light of the halfways, quarterways, three-quarters-ways done with MIT posts that have been popping up left and right and the all ... someone out there is reading, learning something, or just caring out of the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  THIS. IS. 18.02. "We will wield our triple integrals as one!"

  

  In case you haven’t been able to tell by the lack of bloggage across the board, people have been a little hosed here the last week and a half ... sort of wandered around the floor for a while trying to work some of it

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  like this: "You can tell what we care about by the way we introduce ... about most." As the freshmen arrive on campus, I find myself thinking more and more about my own freshman year - in particular, the choices I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  leadership, the office successfully completed the 2007-2008 admissions cycle ... . Hastings commended the search committee, chaired by Professor and MIT ... he was "deeply honored" to be given the chance to lead the office on a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  - like Sam, who does a beautiful Flight of the Conchords impression, or Nick, who was recently sued by Apple for defending free speech on the ... MIT student can sometimes make you feel like the only boy at Wellesley

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  nitrogen ice cream. CPW apparently is one of the best times of the year - as ... ... and a sense of loss of the warmth inside of me... blah, blah, blah." And while CPW will probably indeed fill you with a sense of warmth and the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  My Funny Valentine No kissing on Valentine's Day.

  

  Medlink. Enter Medlink, Mike. Medlink Mike: What seems to be the problem ... . Receptionist: What's the problem. Me: "Ugggtttthuuuu". Receptionist: Oh. There ... yes, "no kissing." Bryan walks to La Verde's in the Student Center to

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Think YOUR research is crazy? Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their…

  

  of the 20 Craziest Scientific Researches. Some of the Craziest ... Organization) It calculated the number of photographs you must take to (almost ... Thermoregulatory Responses and Thermal Comfort in the Cold» (1994) Presented by M. K

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  , News Office October 18, 2006 The Center for Bilingual/Bicultural Studies ... Oct. 23 in the Stata Center's Kirsch Auditorium at 7 p.m. Marjane ... Satrapi said something along the lines of: "We live in such a conservative

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  ADITL My wednesday.

  

  the weather. I actually wear flip flops until the first snow, so yes. 8:28 - 8:40 AM: Breakfast made to order, the wonders of having your own chef ... modelling of a new version of the device I'm working on in lab. 10:05 - 10

  • by Bryan
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Molly Pounds Chicagoland's Molly Pounds '10.

  

  admission to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - as a high school ... , one year early, and attend the prestigious science and technology school in the fall. "Some people are really into the high school thing," said

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  I just presented some intercultural communication challenges in the ... aspects of communication. The final report, some 33+ pages worth, is due ... changes to the GIRs (General Institute Requirements). These are the sorts of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  A few updates before the weekend... First, let me answer two FAQs ... , and to await the Next Big Mailing (NBM) in May. 2. Yes, I will be hosting an event at the International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006