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  A Tour of Phonology, Part 1 fənɛtɪks ɪz fʌn!

  

  ridge, where the roof of your mouth is at its highest point. [j] yes ... potion at the back of the roof of your mouth. [k] king - unvoiced [g] gain ... or unrounded by looking at the shape of the lips. A high, back, rounded

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 12, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT women Rockin' the two X chromosomes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  

  people are really interested in the experience of female students at MIT. I ... graduate school in biology at a time when a lot of my friends from high ... discarded because of my gender -- people at MIT just aren't like that. As long

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 20, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  of people. I've definitely succeeded in that goal, both at Senior ... stuff I'm studying. A lot of people, even at MIT, don't really ... last fall at the University of Cambridge through CME. (I'd describe

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  but posted a bunch of photos to Facebook so go look at them there ... of 2014 will join them as alumni of the Institute. The 148th Commencement will be webcast starting at 8 AM ET, with color commentary by our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  subtle undercurrent of rampant paranoia. At some level, nearly everyone ... diagrams at 2 AM in the morning*. I went to the office hours of multiple TA ... It's October. Cambridge is cozily snuggled into the cusp of a cold

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Dating Research A news story today looks at Media Lab research on dating.

  

  hold the answer. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... technology at a bar in Cambridge where a group of singles were "speed ... attraction at the end of the session. And, somewhat unbelievably, the Human

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  18, of Random Hall): "I'm working at Akamai, which is not all that ... House, formerly of Simmons): "Summer internship at NASA-Langley Research ... working at my local hospital and baking a lot of cookies this summer too

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  airport terminal). During one of those adventures, at a restaurant in Rome ... long alumni typically wear it – I’ve spotted it on the fingers of a few others my age – but it has been present in all aspects of my life ever

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  depressing if you always think of it as the sun is setting. Last week was Week 5 of Michaelmas term at Cambridge. Week 5 at MIT means Fifth week ... , get about 8-9 hours of sleep every night, even at MIT. But you

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tech is Hell we are happy, tech is hell

  

  . At the very end of his long effort measured by skyless space and time ... , that is the hour of consciousness. At each of those moments when he ... top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 13, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  Last Saturday was the first ever MIT Mini Maker Faire, and (at least ... of a success, but I gave it a shot. There have been tons of articles written already, even by people at Make Magazine, and I’m not sure I can do

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  On Greatness

  

  you find it. You'd be surprised at the number of people who've told me ... I get a ton* of emails from both applicants, newly accepted frosh ... : "MIT is full of amazing people, I don't think I'm all that amazing, how

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 11, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How Do You Mic A Stripper? [by Harrison Bralower '11] It's a great question when you really think about it.

  

  front of an audience of 200 they shouldn't be looking at a black box on ... commonplace nor a prominent feature of most of the shows done at MIT). It's a ... ) spring production of The Full Monty. It's a great question when you really

  • by ARTalk
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  , clubbing at some of Vegas' most fashionable nightspots, and just hanging out ... may not have heard, the Class of 1997 is throwing a "e^2" Reunion to commemorate the 7.4-year mark of our graduation, and we're doing it in grand

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

  Alcohol in College: Scotland and the US An MIT student from Scotland compares alcohol culture in the US and the UK in…

  

  , building a robot. I was in the middle of “freshman orientation week” at ... mechanical and ocean engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... In today's The Sunday Times, one of the United Kingdom's most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  Don’t Stop Believing you can take the east camper out of east campus but...

  

  Don't Stop Believing, the last song played at every EC party. Many of my ... some equipment finagling, they gave in. And someone at the front of the ... of my friends, all of whom I met (among other places) at EC. Hopefully

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Love, organically Mitra and I feel it in our fingers and feel it in our tosylates.

  

  software Picasa, unsurprisingly affiliated with Google? At the request of ... evaluation of every class she taught at MIT. She deserved a tribute video. And ... Mitra would secretly like to erase all evidence of her existence from the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  helped guide them in every aspect of life. Being a stay-at-home mom is an ... time off of work to spend more time at home? Who has influenced your ... through the NY Times, which MIT generously provides at no cost, I came

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…

  

  times smaller than the period at the end of this sentence, and are made ... chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer ... inserting beneficial DNA into the nucleus of a cell. The tough part is getting

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On the other side of CPW Being an MIT undergrad during CPW is definitely an interesting experience

  

  had been awhile since we had all (or at least most of us) hung out ... even sometimes sad being on the other side of CPW. I knew that it would ... me miss my own CPW so much, but so grateful of the opportunities and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 16, 2013