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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FASAP [by Maggie Liu ‘12] T-ride + thought-provoking art piece + yummy free dinner afterwards.

  

  the college application process was over, all the complications in life would vanish. Not so. After I mailed in my deposit, I received an ... congregates people who are interested in the subject or are interested in

  • by ARTalk
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  people in civic that i work with, around, and next to. they are my honest ... in case you didn't know, it's currently independent activities period ... people take "externships" (short one-month internships) in industry or

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  admissions blogs is to humanize MIT. I hope that this video, in turn, humanizes ... treasury of comedic novelty photoshoot experience to pieing the bloggers in the face. The initial (terrible) script I spat out was heavily

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  with the six of us - relative novices in matters relating to the ... Professor Maier, teaching is not a one-way street. I believe she thinks that ... undergrads, are often so swamped with work from our technical classes that - I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published! MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at…

  

  news headlines include: *Macular Degeneration Induces Reorganization in ... , Say Researchers, Challenging Previous Theories *Compound in Carrots ... . 3. Features: Essays about controversial topics in research. *Hormone

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Crew Florida Takeover My last trip to play with the dolphins

  

  cooperate and we can get back on the water well in advance of spring break ... So usually in the beginning of January, Boston is under a solid layer ... Frisbee thrown in. But basically, a little different than the two-a-day, six

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  EA Decisions Some facts and figures to put it into perspective

  

  In a year of record early action applications, 590 students have been ... depth of the applicant pool – both in what students are doing inside ... record number of applications can be explained by MIT’s mission and

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  Great front page article in today's New York Times on the proposed ... it is being called for now, would be greater in scale than the Human ... different name, would determine the sequence of the DNA in at least 12

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  sciences department in between. But course 17 (Political Science), though seemingly only a science in a purely semantical sense, is a hidden gem here at the Institute. More importantly, in ways, it's a bit of an art, too

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  everywhere in between.   It’s been used to eat freeze ... . Today I used it to pry a Simmons window shut when the handle failed. My ... hundreds of disposable plastic utensils I'm not throwing into landfills

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  ¡Vámonos! An introduction to GRTs and the support system at MIT

  

  more valuable than ever. In the MIT dorms,  you have your friends ... -speak for RAs and they are the "grown up" figures in the house. (We're technically grown-ups too, but you know.) Anyways, I recently spoke with the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Having Trouble Reaching Your EC? Some advice on getting in touch with your interviewer.

  

  [Editor's note in 2017: This post contains outdated contact ... [email protected] or call the Admissions Office at 617-253-3400.]   I ... temporarily and unexpectedly unavailable. But there may be other reasons. I

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 31, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  From across the Web… Recent happenings across the Web.

  

  before settling into her own blog here in about a month.  I don ... Some random links I've been accumulating: The New York Times asks ... being done at both the Poverty Action Lab and the Program in Developmental

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Normalville

  

  ") for winning this year's Mystery Hunt! I really enjoyed the hunt, and our ... The Hunt kicks off in MIT's Lobby 7 at 12 noon, the Friday before Martin ... ...   Back at team "Lost in Space Waffle" headquarters, we came together

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mechanical Sense of Humor My Course 2 lab instructor is amazing.

  

  program for promoting women pursuing careers in engineering. Maybe I ... This will be short, because I'm about to start another 2.671 (Mechanical Engineering Institute Lab Class) experiment, but I had to share with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  boys do suck at dancing. In this case, however, I don't see the ... One thing I've been hearing from prefrosh at an alarming frequency ... instance, many people in Boston do like the Red Sox and say "ah" instead of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  are very close to my heart. Most recently, I was involved in an ... This fall, I'm covering the 2011 Istanbul Biennial, titled "Untitled." Now more than ever, the divide has formed in contemporary art: those

  • by ARTalk
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  /ladder constructions, and those in the trees. Niki '09 and I grabbed a bench. She ... night, and squeezing in doctor’s appointments wherever they fit. Helpful ... suggested biking to see the Battle of Lexington, I was THRILLED! We woke at

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Events

  V Storms the Senate One hack is not enough.

  

  already know, a little over a month ago, I decided to run for a seat in the ... that anything was amiss. I think you see where this is going. In fact ... represent and protect the goals and interests of all undergrads in an

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 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