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  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  of the Old English epic Beowulf, and in this class you will learn to read them. Besides being the language of Rohan in the novels of J ... , and lonely winters; of haunting beauty found in unexpected places; and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  . As I took my last midterms, handed in my last rounds of psets, and ... some ways, the end of this semester has been bittersweet. I have 3 ... our goodbyes and promises of keeping in touch and future reunions, it

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 3 i am starting to feel very old

  

  in terms of distance i can run. currently my peak is 9 miles. by the ... they fit the *vibe* of the playlist. that way i can curate them into ... put to very good use this quarantine, where i can run for hours in cold

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They’re not just regular artists… ...they're Artists in Residence.

  

  Artists in Residence, and has been bringing artists to Cambridge for more than 40 years. Some of the previous Artists in Residence have included ... ...they're Artists in Residence. Each year, MIT brings exciting and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  a department head, a dean, and on top of that, I'd often see him in ... well, but in the semester that you taught one of my classes, I learned ... someday with the same amount of joy that you had in teaching us. Perhaps I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / En Español

  Sloan MBA Adetayo Akisanya works at Volaris, a Mexican airline, on their Commercial Strategy team “I really gained a new perspective on the airline industry, on commercial strategy, on competition,…

  

  thought I was a good manager, and wanted to give it a try in a highly ... a list of things I didn’t learn!" Volaris From the ... airplane tires stacked on top of each other and covered in glass. Meeting

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  Hrabowski's incredible speech, after which Marilee and I went in search of a ... presentation. Finished at 3AM - I forget how productive I am in the wee hours of ... hysterical). I got up at 4:30AM on Thursday to make it to the airport in time

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  When Disaster Strikes About how we'll be flexible with applications, and a couple of benefit events.

  

  and Rita and the earthquake in Pakistan still very much on all of our ... unforeseen tragedies. Obviously, any of these things can make it hard to apply ... . Performers and guests will converge on campus in late October for a series of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  of Ecuador. Theories about why I was in Ecuador? Study ... crazy and do lots of work in exotic places during Independent Activities ... acceptable use of IAP! I turned my cell phone off, set up an auto-response on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  month ago, in the middle of one of our blogger check-ins, Kano asked the ... group. However, I proceeded to get lost in North Station because the MBTA ... . Gloria: I was actually awake since much earlier in the morning, but due to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  Piece of my Heart Hey, look, a Turkish internet cafe.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The proliferation of "standing cafes" in Germany was ... at least three bathrooms. Hey there. I'm in Leverkusen, Germany ... pretty well set up here--I opened a bank account, almost entirely in German

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  The past four weeks, in maps. 3 continents, 4 weeks, 11 planes, made comprehensible.

  

  my absence from the blogosphere explained, using a series of maps. I spent a substantial amount of time at each arrow tip. Where? In order ... Week 1: IAP Week 3: IAP Week 4: I spent a substantial amount of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  . Also, I wasn't too interested in the prize of a VIP card to any of Boston ... DID YOU KNOW? The melody of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's "I Don't Know ... same sequence of notes. There is so much I wanted to do for IAP for no

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I am a bad example but only for about twelve seconds.

  

  I walked through the front door of my local Barnes and Noble today ... of the series and stopped reading. "Oh, I hate those books," I say ... currently in print.) "I just think it's not very empowering, you know? It

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  that I am beyond grateful for. But in some of these lows, I grappled with ... lies ahead. I am in a bit of a corny mood tonight, so I want to leave one ... day and see all this magic? that I can learn more about the structure of

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  on mit’s mailing list culture update: tetazoo glounge

  

  've already squeezed out so much free time out of my week. i am in class 3 hours ... a single mailing list can mean so much to a lot of people, and i think ... a nice, comforting constant, that i can rest in the knowledge that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Startups in Dorm Room Fund a venture fund run by students for students

  

  invest in. I found out about them from one of my friends, Yasyf M. '17, who ... . What's interesting is that a lot of DRF backed startups in the Boston ... investment of $20,000 per new startup. DRF has invested in over 100 student

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 8, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  First Midterm of The Semester Here I go...

  

  can't take an exam without scrambled eggs in my stomach. I've been ... I have about 30 minutes before the first midterm of the semester. I just finished gulping down a breakfast burrito. Back in high school, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Day In The Life [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP, and…

  

  across the Harvard Bridge, and I sat down in front of the international ... squeezed in an hour-long workout. With the rest of my day, I will work in my ... , and I have accomplished more than the average MIT student does in an

  • by ROTC
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  . My love for food, this desire to cook — I found myself in the middle of ... wrapped in a microfiber cloth. Most of the media I consume explores food in ... bread scattered in my lap, the juice of a peach running down an arm…if I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023