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  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  explore the field is to get a UROP in one of the many labs that do nanotech ... powerful. We'll have more power in the volume of a sugar cube than exists in ... nanotechnology, it’s quite understandable that many students are interested in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  program, I spend a lot of time there. It's a research facility that specializes in projects that focus on interfaces, interactions, and ... a little overexcited, but I think that's the point. I know robot arms

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  cannot do so, because the context in which his works were formed is gone ... place in 2005), a parent asked me if/how MIT humanities classes were ... "Shake-shifting," a collaboration in which both artists and the Bard give

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship

  

  I am heartbroken to tell you that this morning we learned Gisel, a ... out. Earlier in my career, I remember once asking a senior colleague ... that you'd like to share, please feel free to do so respectfully in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 28, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about pandemics and plagues in history 21H.000: History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics

  

  Pandemic, a biology lecture series on the coronavirus that anyone in the ... future. We explore current events in a historical perspective from the ... available upon request. I've embedded a copy of the syllabus (PDF link) below

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  Because my roommate is in a sorority, she receives a whole slew of ... -on in the MIT community - so much so that I generally find out about ... my fellow freshmen and I when we arrived on campus in August, only to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  is coming up in just over a week, I've spent the past few days cycling ... I could come in and tinker with the stretchers a little bit. And thus ... I forgot that the webcam was there, absorbed as I was in reading the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  crazed gourmande. On Monday morning, I woke up on a friendly couch in New ... of the way through, I discover a strong desire to wash my face in the ... hours later, as I stood quagmired on a dingy Chinatown sidewalk in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Newest Member of Our Family What could possibly be more exciting than prefrosh?

  

  , everyone is outside building a fort. And I painted my door! And I painted a chalkboard on my wall! My door is currently bright pink. I ... !!! I did not get one (although I was very tempted to do so), but Kayla E

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Preview Weekend ...begins a week from today!

  

  CPW begins a week from today, and I'm really psyched. The weather is ... ), please do so ASAP! CPW is my favorite time of year, as I get to meet so ... -Center. There's a bunch of stuff I want to check out in the 5:00PM - 8:00PM slot

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  that I know who replied to my request for a profile =) As such, some non ... ; etc. In short, this is for you to get a sense of some seniors ... today on this blog, I also begin a weeklong celebration of our seniors. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Update: App Tracking & More All of the mail has been processed, and MyMIT Application Tracking is up-to-date.

  

  name. I know that the Midyear Report box is sitting there, unchecked. Don ... determined when the announcement will be made; it usually is about a week ... for EA applicants; the current status of your application is now shown

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  .03, though it's extremely obvious that I haven't taken a math class in a year ... interesting in that 90% of our grade is based on problem sets, 5% on participation, and the remaining 5% on some in-class assignment that is supposedly

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Recapping Trashion 2015 sustainable fashion == trashion

  

  a fun yet striking dress that is beautiful from a distance and up close. I hoped to achieve a look that seems like fabric from afar but up ... is a wedding dress partially made of books—both ideas associated in my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline Tomorrow Questions? I've got answers.

  

  Hello party people!  I know. November 1 is looming and you are ... today, I've been helping answer your calls and want you to know that ... teachers and schools. Your recommendations do not need to be in our office by

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 31, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  This is just a quick blog post to tell y'all that there is a new ... in brief, bold type that itself (through hyperlinks) serves as a ... ;wallpaper" in the background of results), and that we, as a team, decided to go

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A day without rain + pictures of yosemite

  

  , there is none. For the first month and a half I was here I did not see a ... work. I moved to a shared house in Los Altos Hills (subletting for a ... near a cafe in downtown Mountain View, I popped open my laptop leaned my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 18, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  small changes feeling big my winter in Armenia

  

  gremlin in me that's always eager to experience new places. Access to global experiences is one of the reasons I chose this MIT, especially because I didn ... . But, that's largely why I chose it. There was an allure: what was this

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 17, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians How many MIT graduates have been in the Olympics? No, not the Science Olympiad...

  

  thought I'd take a look back at MIT athletes who have participated in the Olympics. Now I know that many of you may be thinking that MIT is more ... of the 1896 Olympics in a column he wrote for MIT's alumni magazine

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

  2022 Ring Premiere! ring alert: it SHINY

  

  is a Brass Rat? Well, it's a ring that comes in gold, silver, or ... saw, that *some* of us were r e a l l y drunk. What all of this means is ... mockups so pretty? Personally, I think it's a really nice ring. I like that

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 3, 2020