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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  In 1981, Gerald Fink was a professor at Cornell and a member of a visiting committee at MIT. At the time, MIT faculty and administration were ... 't expect them to do all of our work for us. Some people at MIT are

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Fryday on Sunday If you're looking for more apples, do not click this.

  

  rock on the outside of a meteor entering at 70 km/s. Conventionally ... the latest research exists in at least 29 states of matter, including ... published in next January's issue of Science. At some point, our lipid

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 22, 2008
• 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

  

  world can freely attend. One of my colleagues sent me a notice about another new class called 21H.000 History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics. It meets every ... across the country (and the world) will speak on various aspects of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  For Those About to Dew (Also eligible for salutations: those currently rocking, those about to rock)

  

  We salute you. They say sometimes about MIT that of sleeping ... everybody, certainly; at times rewarding, and at times quite painful. Eight hours or so until I'm done with this unhealthy week. My weapon of choice

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Results from the Photo Scavenger Hunt On the bright side, there's alt-text!

  

  seemed like a good idea at the time, but the results were sparse. The two ... Summer Glau. Speaking of winning, here are the winners:     So congratulations Elizabeth and Mohammed (respectively) you're the winners of the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Whatever, this week rocks MIT students gripe a lot about homework. It's not all they do though, thank god.

  

  experiment for the rest of the week. I went to the gym today, I'll probably go ... 'm in the second group stunt and the partner stunt and the top of the pyramid at the end) Last year at Lip Sync: (you may have seen this

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Want a bike? Get a fairly decent bike at the Next House bike auction

  

  I'm done with the MCAT! Well, at least for now (we'll see once I get ... those of you who are looking for one: "We will be running an annual bike auction for all abandoned bikes at Next House. It won't be until the 2nd or

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi from Cambridge

  

  I'm spending some time at MIT seeing friends. I've been on the east ... . :-) Today, I had lunch with Daniel and Ben at Anna's Taqueria, a quick ... I will continue with the series of photo entries -- they take some

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 29, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  How do I apply as a veteran?

  form at MIT, please know that we appreciate your interest and thank you ... our veterans page. MIT has a growing community of veterans on campus, which includes a dedicated Office of Student Veterans Success (SVS
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Emergency Morale Booster Night! One of my favorite e-mails of all time

  

  of Those Times of the semester) the French House social chair, Emma '14 ... resident Queen of Party, I've been getting the feeling that some of my party people are feeling a little down and/or exhausted at this point in the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  It's been another late night at work, but I wanted to at least post a ... , we are in the process of matching you to an MIT student host. If you have registered, you will have a host. (More on this soon) Speaking of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  alarmed at the complete lack of collaboration with residents in the process ... of the world quantitatively. And personally, I love being at MIT! but I ... involved, and an underlying sense of amazement at the dedication of the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  fighter planes flying over at the end of "The Star-Spangled Banner!" And ... you a puppy. I awoke from uneasy dreams on the morning of July 4th at 5 ... before) and gave Megan a call at around 5:15 AM. Much of what Megan says

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  Staying up all night while staring up at the stars, eating loads of ... summer camp, right? Not quite, it was part of sophomore Shaye Storm's summer UROP at Jim Elliott's MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory. As most

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  previous posts, I was heartbroken at some of the people we couldn't take. All of us in admissions were. But at the end of the day, we have x number ... 't get in? Will you look at my app and tell me what I did wrong? Why was I

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  . But the ensuing string of comments didn’t agree with me at all. Her own ... facebook and my two teenagers, I’d be hopelessly inept at water cooler conversation. Around the time of the Oscars a few months back, I was prowling

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  classes at the start of the semester (a total of 72 units) and ended up with ... ; That’s basically a whole February. I spent an entire February of this ... of the semester all the way until the end, recording the exact time

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the 149th commencement ceremony in the Institute's history. At and by way of the ceremony, 1,054 undergraduates and 1 ... , when i was at my lowest, i sat down with one of my former advisees and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Another Cat Post We have kittens and people are sad - thus, there shall be pictures of cats…

  

  This is a really difficult week for every single student at MIT. I do ... pictures of kittens and cats. I hope that you are okay, and that this helps a ... students, and everyone else who is a part of our community and more. And so

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  #funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF

  

  of the best things that's happened to me at MIT. “These are all ... It's easy to get overwhelmed at MIT.  From the pressure cooker of ... serious disease: Signs of Winter School addiction: (1) on Wednesdays at 11

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014