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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  She came in through the bathroom window. The greatest construction project in the history of MIT--yes, even greater than Simmons Hall.

  

  ...but she won't have to do that anymore, now she can just go in the Infinite like the rest of campus. It's a historic summer at MIT, for facilities has finally decided to recognize the Institute's gender balance with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  ) bush has been popular in the United States since the 70s for its ... .42 kilodaltons of carbohydrate, 21.2 kilodaltons of protein) binds to the sweetness receptors of the tongue and activates them in response to acid, making sour

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oodles Of Doodles Chris Peterson once impersonated me as such: "Blah blah blah Irish people, cartoons blah blah…

  

  have a cold so that means it is the perfect time... TO BLOG. In honor of "Whoa 2010, way to peace out so fast like that" here are some doodles from last semester that I never got around to posting. From 6

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  Thanks to the carefree nature of my elementary and middle school ... to the Museum of Science, one to a theater production of "There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom," one to a ranch, and a few others I can't seem

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

  Career Fair Round 2 less shirts and more interviews.

  

  to me. 2) I was serious about getting an internship.   See ... off an indication that I was only there for free stuff. At first I brushed it right back off thinking to myself "Oh, no one get internships

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Have Your Cake & Drop Date Too The Baker House Piano Drop, and the Spring Weekend Concert.

  

  , where a national musical act performs on campus. The headliners for this ... 's pretty exciting to have an awesome concert a minute from your dorm ... classes can be added to your schedule in the first 5 weeks of the term, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Untitled Pigeon Post 🐦💕

  

  . I learned how to identify them based on their coos alone; for some ... .” Initially, I knew better than to trust a book written by a gas company. I tried holding out, but I was young and wanted to fit in, so peer pressure

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  film "Giant Leaps," produced for the Giant Leaps Symposium: It's pretty inspiring to see all those folks from the MIT Instrumentation Lab ... you want to try at home with your vacuum cleaner. Ours is very different

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Things just about get crazy-go-nuts.

  

  groups, it's a lot more interesting to cook for myself. By the way, I hate ... dorm, Burton-Conner, has a full kitchen and suite lounge for every 6 ... of a pyramid--larger blocks at the bottom, smaller ones on top. Try to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  I'm in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for my Seattle Central Meeting ... on a non-working day. Well, for me, I decided I'd go catch the film Garden State. Still having jet-lag, I woke up quite early so I wanted to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  interesting avenues to explore, as potential for future experimentation. That ... Not gonna lie, my happy-to-sad ratio is a little sad-heavy at the ... , when I make mistakes occur at lab, I mourn for about ten minutes, then

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week of work

  

  made very difficult, but we can earn back up to half the points we lost ... something to do with codes. Thursday: 9.71 midterm. I was pretty happy about ... 'm talking to another course 9 major, the usual response is "What?", so I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  Square, Coolidge Corner, Beacon Hill, the North End, just to name a few ... music: I love nearly all kinds of music, but if asked to name a few, I'd have to include Sting, Annie Lennox, Seal, Alison Kraus and Union Station

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Collection of Curious Creatures at the MIT Zoo terrasaurs, quetzals, and portal cows, oh my!

  

  appear that some hackers decided to turn the Infinite into a zoo, featuring ... student groups. I'm happy to report that -- arguably unlike regular zoos -- you will notice that these animals are allowed to freely roam the campus

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Roller Coasters and Dance Parties Sunday was the East Side party! Lots of loud music and prefrosh!! Still, no fun.

  

  East Side and prefrosh (now frosh!?!?)  from all around MIT came to see the fantastic roller coaster and fort for themselves.  Everything felt ... from the party, enjoy! I even got to go on a ride

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 25, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A…an…uh…a cappella concert? MIT's got non-Petri dish culture, too

  

  A cappella is one of those things that is really weird to type.  It's one phrase - "a cappella", Italian for "in the manner of the church ... 've missed (please direct all complaints to Chris Peterson.  thanks) And what

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Truth About Science comic-style.

  

  then, haha) My experiments are working! And as a result, I'm about to ... about the realities of science. I've edited out expletives, in order to make this a safe and enjoyable comic-viewing experience :) \ (Credit for

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You’re Still Our No.1 :) less than 2 days left!

  

  !) --- While we are on the subject of speeches - for all to-be valedictorians ... QUOTE(S): "If I have kids, I'm going to name the first one "Control ... whether I failed or passed. But I just know that I tried my hardest to fill

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 12, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  I started writing a brief response to some of the comments on Chris' post, but then it stopped being brief, so I decided to post it here ... , whatever. Anyway, I want to know - how hard is MIT? Because I keep hearing it

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choose my Halloween Costume!

  

  waiting for Prince Charming's white horse to get in gear) - a witch (even ... have no idea what to dress up as. In fact, I haven't actually dressed up ... week...bonus points given to awesome characters I haven't thought of (I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 25, 2008