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  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  intellectual mancrushes of mine are as profound as the one I have for Professor ... ever written on the subject of Facebook privacy. So you can imagine my ... winners of the Hunt, he and his team created the challenges for this year

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Time Traveling and Teleporting

  

  The Time Traveler Convention keeps getting bigger and bigger. Now, three of the media outlets I most respect have covered it -- NPR, The Economist, and, this morning, the New York Times -- on page 1 of the national

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  considering many aspects of the early MIT education, including not only ... , there has been a special focus on the substance and purpose of the General ... ) compose the majority of the academic coursework taken in a student's first

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What does the D-Lab do?

  D-Lab is building a global network of innovators to design and disseminate technologies that meaningfully improve the lives of people living in poverty. The program’s mission is pursued through interdisciplinary courses
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Battle in The Bay a comic

  

  seeding cells and learning to increase throughput with the use of all kinds ... excited to wake up and make my way to work. The routine has it's own kind of ... adult" in the "real world", I've been able to spend a good amount of time

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  This is the first in a series of a couple of posts I wanted to do on ... first move in, one of the first steps in making East Campus your home is ... the most tangible example of this. One of the first things my roommate

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Howdy From The Middle Of RA Selection It's Sunday at lunchtime and we have a bit of a break, so I thought…

  

  : ...not a single person, the entire length of the corridor. It was a bit ... people DO sleep! One of the best parts of selection is the massive amount of food we get. Here's a picture of the corner of the selection room

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Results of My Summer cookies, web usability, and painting

  

  consist of Doritos? Will the effects of eating so many Doritos have a long ... bake dozens and dozens of cookies? The scintillating answer to those ... community that consisting of youth age 8-18 across the country and globe that

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Visit to the Museum of Fine Arts There's nothing like a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts to make you realize…

  

  I just checked off #34 on the list of "101 Things To Do Before You Graduate from MIT": Visit the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). The drawing class ... my interest in the arts, so I thought I would make the most of my day

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Weeks of Freedom What I'm doing for my last 4 weeks in the US!

  

  The arrival of September 1st signifies exactly 4 weeks until I board a flight to the U.K and embark on the second half of my college journey. And over the last 3 weeks most of the conversations I've had

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 2, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember, Remember, the 17th of December… things that happened

  

  according to Wikipedia: 546 – Gothic War: The Ostrogoths of King Totila ... excommunicates Henry VIII of England. 1777 – France formally recognizes the United States of America. 1790 – Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Signs of Life communication in a covid world

  

  interactions with strangers are at an all time low of impersonal. Gone are the days of awkward small talk over the counter at Target, or small smiles ... , the residents and business owners of [annotation note="a colloquial name

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  EA Blogger Application Decisions The results are in.

  

  I just want to say on behalf of the committee that we are truly impressed with all of the applications (and there are MANY). Your collective enthusiasm is a testament to the success of this project, and Admissions

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Funny pictures of me I wear a New Year's party hat. That's funny, right?

  

  consuming large amounts of junk food. Well, that was the plan, and we did in ... on one of the New Year's party hats that were decorated by the 6-year ... ...make a lot of noise. That's when my oldest cousin whipped out the silly

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MFA Boston A trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts

  

  last... This ship is part of the "Things I Love" collection, on loan ... 's website: "Founder of The Oxbow Group, one of the top 500 privately held ... benefactor of the Museum, Koch is also a passionate collector, described by The

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Secret Life Of Marilee Jones Sam is the funniest, though... BOTB and CPW Feedback.

  

  birthdays over Campus Preview Weekend, but the real show was during Battle of ... . Raffle of Guitar Hero An aside, if you will: Guitar Hero is one of the ... sometime. It's a good study break. Hey, he won a copy of the game, maybe

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Man of Many Hat(ches) Keyword: Free.

  

  So one of the best aspects of being in Boston for the summer is all of the free cultural events that you can avail yourself of. One of the ... , the India Association of Greater Boston came out and threw an awesome

  • by Bryan
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  : Eric Lander “has been one of the principal leaders of the Human Genome Project” and in 2003 “has been named 'Scientist of the Year' by the National Disease Research Interchange in recognition of his leadership in the field

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ides of March Among other things, I now have the power to kill Macbeth.

  

  Day celebrations, but I'd like you to join me in celebrating the birth of the woman from whose womb I was untimely ripped a mere twenty years

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  of waiting, we finally got our class rings! The brass rat isn't just any class token--it's one of the most recognizable rings out there. It ... . This Tuesday, the Class of 2019 got together to celebrate the time we

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017