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  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  The Festival of Learning is an annual event organized by the MIT Office of Digital Learning around the idea that we need to bring technology ... . This post is the first of a series of three posts about the Festival. It

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  Biology of Culture: Bridging Art and Science Straight from the ... dull thing," and I think that he's kind of nutty. First of all, the ... appreciate the beauty of a flower. At the same time, I see much more about the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Systems and Light [by Miren Bamforth '15] Even MIT's art scene is a little nerdy.

  

  [By Miren Bamforth ‘15] On behalf of the four other freshmen ... state something: our advising seminar might be one of the coolest classes ever. Each week we spend the first hour or so of class learning about

  • by ARTalk
  • October 28, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  Another CPW has come and gone, and with it the throes of prefrosh ... for me, seeing all you guys excited to be here and the prospect of ... down in your work day in and day out. Of course, CPW brings out the best

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  day for the past week, probably because of the abundance of natural ... -the-fuck-out-of-my-house-and-find-a-UROP frenzy. I really like the work ... video that illustrates our different floor cultures, and I'm one of the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  them virtually via the webcast of President Obama's speech. The ... can watch a live webcast of the speech here: MIT President Obama Live ... Moniz, Director of the MIT Energy Initiative, will lead the President on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  For the first half of IAP, we were speed walking to prepare for the ... way! Look at the frozen river! and ducks! and geese! close up of frozen river! 2) We saw Mary and the Witch's Flower, the first movie of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Start of Something New Please forgive the High School Musical reference.

  

  bear vitamins, discovered the necessary evil of laundry, watched the sun ... stared out the window, as trees, jaywalkers, and Starbucks stores passed by. After what seemed like forever, I arrived on the MIT campus, duly

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Cancer Research The history and future of cancer research at MIT.

  

  school, for more than 30 years MIT has helped shape the field of cancer research, from the isolation of the first human cancer genes to the ... . Members of the MIT Center for Cancer Research have included five Nobel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  the night before, or knowing that you will be spending the rest of the ... Whitney-Johnson (’08) and I are among the Top 10 College Women of 2007 ... exactly she meant by “finalist” (= one of the top 10). Phone interviews with

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  thousand thirty-two hundred eighty semi-hours How do you measure the life of ... . Yesterday was the grand opening of the biggest Apple store in the US, and ... week ago - congratulations though, since one of the brakes on that bike

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  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 style by throwing a "get out of the cold" party in South Beach the weekend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  Remember what the first day of school was like in elementary school ... classes (Course 2) and filling in the rest of my schedule with classes in my ... the motion of polyatomic molecules) -Linda Griffith (a Biological

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  my summer internship

  

  the joys of signing an NDA.

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 26, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  established Davidson Academy, coming to Nevada residents courtesy of the folks ... some of the nation's most successful magnet schools -- but I am glad that the news of its opening gave the Times an excuse to write about gifted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  embarrass ourselves as we teach you about them on the spur of the moment ... night, I randomly pull up three of these prompts randomly, to practice the ... least"-->five minutes of improv. The prompts I received were so good

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Davidson Fellows scholarship program A great scholarship opportunity from the wonderful folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

  

  Development, the program provides scholarships of $50,000, $25,000 or $10,000 to ... creation in the fields of Science, Mathematics, Technology, Music, Literature ... 's research, outlined in her project "Characterization of the Secreted Aspartic

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Sidebar: Visiting MIT this summer

  

  below the timings for information sessions and campus tours at MIt & ... listed are for the information session, to be followed by a tour, unless ... & August additional tours offered prior to Info Session at 9am and 1

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  I have always been proud of the fact that there is a star and a minor ... result of a $54 check to the International Star Registry. Rather, Emily has gained international recognition for discovering three of the largest known

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  I'm at home now in Hampton Bays getting ready for the first of my ... using the wrong lures and jigs. Nevertheless, I had a lot of fun. It made ... only recall one fisherman (fisherperson?) from the thousands of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004