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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  , News Office October 18, 2006 The Center for Bilingual/Bicultural Studies ... about life and criticisms of American foreign policy. All in all, it was a ... Satrapi said something along the lines of: "We live in such a conservative

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? America's fastest competitive eater is Sonya Thomas, a ... , the company I'm working for in my UROP got into Discover Magazine again ... , Jefferson Tester, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT, says he

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Conversations with graders And other ramblings of a frosh...

  

  = verb for using the lathe to machine something) a pin for the pedalbox of ... As promised in my last entry, it has been quite a week! Tuesday ... my corny little flashlight: Now I can use a milling machine and a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  may not have heard, the Class of 1997 is throwing a "e^2" Reunion to ... style by throwing a "get out of the cold" party in South Beach the weekend of Feb 5!! Go to our website for more info: alumweb

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  Distance and Displacement "how are you swamped if it's only been a month?"

  

  what may be a world record for the longest five-foot fall in human ...   Let's review a concept taught in the lowest levels of ... slide a book across a table, its displacement is equal to the distance it

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 26, 2016
• Blog / Blog Projects

  10 Fun (and REAL) Facts About MIT! Incredibly Correct Facts about MIT!

  

  “Kendall Cube,” a popular area for MIT students to find summer internships ... When MIT Students Blew Up the Sun For a fun prank in 1992, MIT ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is globally renowned for

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 1, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  New year, new bloggers! introducing the new bloggers for fall 2019

  

  August, a committee of senior bloggers, recent bloggers, and a few staff ... Hampshire, an autodidact dancer (and dancing autodidact), proud author of a 200 page fanfiction about volleyball anime and survivor of a Snively

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  -- I made a point of eating at five Chipotle locations that I had not visited prior to this summer -- received a huge boost from 3D printing. As ... Facebook feed to find a ring that can replace my CharlieCard, an RFID

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Turkey Time MIT Admissions will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

  

  Wednesday afternoon, November 21 through Monday morning, November 26 for the ... MIT tracking shows a missing component, please fax it to 617-687-9184. Note that ... until a few days after the holiday. Please do not send multiple copies of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Punting

  

  Punting is a really relaxing and nice way to spend the afternoon if you’re not the punter. My name is Lucy and I’m a junior ... -MIT Exchange Program for the 2007-2008 academic year along with 24 other MIT

  • by Cambridge
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  McCormick: Girls Wanted Minh '10 shares her love of McCormick Hall.

  

  ’s only all-female dormitory. MIT women choose to live here for a variety of ... entries, but the short version of the story is that I’m currently a freshman ... Admissions has a really great picture of McCormick: (from Admission

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  selection, when it will be too late for them to make a difference ... Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the ... worry about this. In a case where we need to see a mid-year report and it

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAP, and trivia answers IAP begins tomorrow.

  

  )! IAP is one of the most fun times of the year. It is a time where ... an externship, some will learn a language, some will do research, some will build a Stirling Engine, among the many options. A couple IAP

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  qualified enough to get a job, and tried registering for extra classes only to ... schools we dreamed of, and tried to sign up for extra courses only to drop ... ’s also a bit upsetting, because we distinctly remember thinking we’d never

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  out a bit, so get ready. here’s a very basic walkthrough: for starters ... straight to the blacksmith to loot the chest for diamonds. after a while i ... across for their wool, and each day as the sun started to set, i built a

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Out of Context Quoteboard SFW for the blogs, unfortunately

  

  is just a synonym for horny." Bonus subcategory: Lesbians snaps ... whiteboard were a number of (SFW) out of context quotes. Well, as it happens ... that people say on a day to day basis, whether they are drunk or sober

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 25, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  us to Boston. I talked to the boy for a moment, running through the ... before (fast, especially for the South, speckled with laughter). He sat a ... student watched me awkwardly shove a swab up my nose for the first time. I

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Scootah Hockey a sport of tradition, friendship, and raw athleticism

  

  Hockey. Scootah Hockey, while rich in history and strategy, is a simple game to play. Each team has three to four players on at a time, each of whom rides on a noble steed--those scooters that you used to sit your

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 13, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Setbacks head hurty

  

  I’ve gotten a little better at planning. I use a Notion now like all ... way it fits me best. This is one of the pages I've made for myself ... Jebby's so productive"[/caption] Anyway, I'm not going to do a full tour

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  back in east campus jiggity jig

  

  hometown. mae's been gone for two years, and a lot has changed while she ... silly tradition, here is a picture of my old room. the move was ... carry over were the four books i was using as a laptop stand, so i went

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 13, 2021