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

  

  '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, with a special attachment to stick on top of a hose. Some background on

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

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

  

  Since everyone seems to have Olympic fever these days (Michael Phelps ... likely to be in the Science Olympiad or the International Math Olympiad ... traveled to Europe from the US by steamship Times in running events were

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

  FIRST Robotics Kickoff Things go into Overdrive at a reception at Dean Kamen's house.

  

  in Bedford, New Hampshire, home to inventor and FIRST founder Dean Kamen. Today is the kickoff to the FIRST Robotics season. And, as is the ... ...Heliport? Heliport? Did I read that correctly? Yes, Kamen has, in addition to a garage

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And term starts again…

  

  programming, game theory. My comments: The description sounded fun. I want to ... strengths and limitations of fMRI compared to other techniques, and the design ... high-level vision. Upon completion, students should be able to understand

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “The Flying Luxury Hotel of Tomorrow” The luxury cruise of tomorrow is sweet!

  

  additional lift to keep the behemoth and its 400-ton payload aloft while ... prototype and expects to have one completed by 2010. Pasternak says several ... as luxury staterooms, restaurants, even a casino. To minimize noise

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anna Teytelman: Japanese Hip-Hop Extraordinaire! Anna Teytelman studies Japanese hip-hop and culture at MIT's Hyperstudio.

  

  (Course 15) and Mathematics with Computer Science (Course 18C), showed up to ... at her and possibly send her to MIT Medical. Anna has every music lover ... Department and Comparative Media Studies, she is helping to lay the foundation

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventures in Math Conversations in the world of math.

  

  in the math community. A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to ... run the San Diego Math Circle, which I had a chance to visit. A Math ... plurality of whom where students in grades 6-10. I spoke briefly to the group

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Nerd movie update

  

  special effects blockbuster, you may want to check out this department. I also caught The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy recently. Though I was a ... unofficial MIT Hack Hotline spread the news to selected members of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  writing habits. "It appeared to me that regardless of what a student wrote ... the panel from the College Board disagreed. "He told me I was jumping to ... backed by data, I went to my hotel room, counted the words in those essays

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  , but then he was not admitted to the class of 2019. Here's his story ... cousin, and my best friend all made it in, so it was my turn to follow suit ... learned how to write about myself, how to create the froyo flavor that

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger

  

  to introduce myself. And because I'm bad at narrating my life, we'll go ... their lives and we headed over to Kansas. I've since lived in Kansas for ... I'd love to straighten out more semi-false stereotypes. Current

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  December Events

  

  ideas go to http://web.mit.edu/medlinks/www/contest.pdf When? Last ... Rajasthan, India, to attempt an understanding of the complex and multi ... film. Open to: the general public Sponsor(s): Center for Bilingual

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Odds & Ends Concerts (on & off campus), doors (on campus), and lectures (also on campus).

  

  minno.' I'll leave you guys to figure out what that means ; )" The inscription translation is now an open question to be answered by you, as is the ... . Also, earlier today as I was walking from my office to the subway, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…

  

  skated outdoors Went to [annotation note='during IAP with Concourse, a first-year learning community, to study Greek philosophy. growing up, I always dreamed of traveling to Europe, so I was really excited and couldn

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Class Projects

  Watch the “Wild” 2023 Final Presentations for 2.009: Product Engineering Processes something to watch while awaiting decisions

  

  From the website: 2.009, Product Design Processes, is intended to provide ... engineering experience. The class is intended to emulate what engineers might ...  Chris M. led the winning Pink Team and took a leave from MIT to become the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Guests on The Colbert Report All the MIT guests Stephen Colbert has had on his show.

  

  ) sent out an email with a link to a retweet by @cmsw_mit of a tweet by @MITListCenter of a link to an article on SPECTRVM which linked to Stephen ... media, on giving laptop computers to the poorest children in the most

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITSO Gone Wild! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] MITSO performs with Aardvark Jazz Orchestra!

  

  Department here at MIT. This was the first time I had ever been exposed to a modern piece, and boy, was it fascinating (and at times, difficult to learn ... , led by MIT Music and Arts Lecturer Mark Harvey. They treated us to a

  • by ARTalk
  • March 15, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  on writing!) to compare a bunch of genetic sequences. For three hours ... -jitsu lessons as a PE class. I'm really quite glad I decided to take jiu-jitsu, as I've been trying to pick up a martial art for quite some time - there

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I figured it would be cool to take ... Introduction to Astronomy Looking for Care of Magical Creatures, try 21H.909 ... to Weather Forecasting Looking for Ancient Runes, try 6.875J

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  delayed her trip to the hospital to give birth because she was so engrossed ... Short Stories Description: Introduction to the short story. Students write ... to narrative theory, and biographical and cultural backgrounds

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007