So I just got this email:
Don Rawitsch, one ofthe original inventors ofthe Oregon Trail
computer game is coming to MIT and giving a talk about the game:
When: 5:30 pm this Friday (4/21)
Where: Dining room of
detection of inefficiencies, which is important in the manufacturing process ofthe cells. Specifically, I adapted an electroluminescence imaging system into a photoluminescence imaging system to analyze the benefits of
determine the DNA sequence of thousands of tumor samples, looking for ... different name, would determine the sequence ofthe DNA in at least 12 ... comparing the order ofthe letters ofthe genetic code in the tumor samples
predict changes in the global environment. Additionally, a variety of ... innovation toward climate science, including the Department of Earth ... of Global Change, and the MIT Energy Initiative.
Many thanks to the Global Grand Challeneges Summit staff for the photos, and to Ed McCann and Mark Murcko for some ofthe anecdotes and quotes ofthe scientists featured here.
One of my housemates here in Boston is a grad student at the MIT ... what I brazenly call The Birthplace of All Things Good and Awesome (I ... grasp, I've been following the Opera ofthe Future project with growing
'm proud to be blogging the debut of this year's Brass Rat to the rest ofthe ... that really disappointed me about the ring - its complete lack of ... , when the point of having all these quirky symbols is to defy tradition
days ofthe week: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
On Tuesday, I went on ... Braille Press in Boston. We started with a tour ofthe building. In the ... more stacks of paper when they were printing Harry Potter and the Half
6.046, Design and Analysis of Algorithms, is one ofthe most ... ’s Introduction to Algorithms class, and dives into the heart of designing and ... , especially in the context of limited resources. Limited memory, limited
tomorrow) on a bit of Media Lab research called the Jerk-O-Meter (?!), which comes out ofthe Human Dynamics Group, run by Prof. Sandy Pentland ... other end ofthe phone is really paying attention? The "Jerk-O-Meter" may
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Commentary: We watched this video the first day of lecture. Possibly one ofthe ... the physics and stochastic nature of manufacturing processes and systems ... friends of mine and I decided to see how long we were willing to wear the
political substance ofthe teacher's comments. Rather, I'm curious to know ... topic that I think is worthy of discussion. Normally I don't enter this sort of territory with my blog, but I think it's directly relevant to
Boston Public Library - Venue ofthe Class of 2020 Ring Delivery ... in front ofthe elevators. It's not shown in this picture, but this ... ? The initials ofthe five of us (me, Allan, Nia, Karen, and Katherine
became obsessed with the word consilience. I loved all of my classes ... - and was enamored by the possibility of doing research that bridged ... it's been collecting dust.
On Monday, at the beginning of my Chaucer
the Museum of Science in Boston this past Sunday. I love museums, and ... outside ofthe Museum of Science on a Boston Duck Tour before the tour guide ... .
When we got there, the first thing I noticed was that there were a lot of
Thanks to the organizational prowess ofthe Tau Beta Pi (engineering ... ceiling of Symphony Hall.
We sat at the same table as lovebirds Thomas '05 ... has composed scores for scores of major motion pictures, including the
," which allowed it to move to Cambridge and build the core ofthe contemporary campus.
This is not that story.
Instead, this is the story of how MIT almost became a pirate fortress in the middle ofthe Charles. Via
the rest ofthe admissions team. Not my favorite part ofthe job (I'm not the biggest fan of paper cuts) but it's rewarding in that it provides a bit of closure to an important part ofthe admissions cycle. It
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That's right -- the first completed folders ofthe year. The brown ... reading carefully every sheet of paper in your folder and summarizing the case on that summary card. Then, in a month, we'll bring all ofthe cases