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• Blog / Classes

  tick tock tick tock notes about sunrises and broken doors and unfinished endings

  

  the end of a semester at MIT is a time of juxtaposition. it is a time ... euphoria, of frivolity and sudden fatalism and jubilation alike. and so the ... gluttonous delight of all. and so the semester comes to an end. a handful of

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • December 27, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Lost Art of Hand-Lettering Lives at MIT hidden in plain sight

  

  :   What you probably don't know is that, since 1994, all of the ... the many people who pass through MIT don't. However, the School of ... ; and see, the next time you visit campus, that these small, acts of love

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skies over MacGregor Views of campus, Boston, and the Charles River from ten stories up.

  

  the summer. Specifically, he lived in B entry, which consists of the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth floors of the high rise and is broken up into ... floor, with colossal windows on two of the walls, and we also had a suite

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  tall and narrow, and she curled the ends of her letters so that each word ... fact that the kid in front of me is taking notes rapidly in LaTeX and it ... might understand why. On the first day of classes, I had Intro to Biology

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  take care of the boy from story who was put in water as a baby i am back to talk about moving the body again

  

  to think about something important: the type and form of the foot. now ... . part of this was because i was not walking in the best way, for several ... said that each time you walk, you should put the back of the foot down

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  statement, and the sharp crack of ice breaking in the horse trough signals the ... to the cozy warmth and twinkling lights of Boston's snow-covered brick ... 't just about picturesque scenes of snow and charming moments by the fire

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  , drippy weather at the time with hardly an ounce of sunlight to spare, and ... the entire infinity of a drizzly afternoon, feeling like an intruder on ... stuck in a lab for most of the day. I mean, I'm sure she was voluntarily

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick hello from Albuquerque I'm in New Mexico for ISEF.

  

  talked of making a "left turn at Albuquerque") (No sign of the High School ... ISEF finalists who are members of the MIT Class of 2011, then I'll get to ... . I'll post more news about the waitlist when things are official (as of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Latest Updates Updates about MyMIT and the EA interview deadline.

  

  so yet. The MyMIT hardware failure did not affect the data of the vast majority of applicants. We have personally contacted the small set of students who were affected by the problem. For those of you who are applying

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Former MIT Students on TV Two in a flattering way, one in a potentially embarassing way.

  

  up for a full run. One of the shows, WIRED Science, is co-hosted by an ... Sciences, or EAPS) and was a member of the a cappella group the Muses ... on the CW television network (home of one of my favorite shows

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  . Basically, the book is about a bunch of strangers coming together to live in ... series of puzzles for the heirs to solve. At the end of the book, after ... , actually), the fireworks go off over Lake Michigan, in celebration of America

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Another Type of Mens et MANUS There are 20 students in iHouse. We were in 17 countries this summer. Beat that.

  

  tremendous excitement about our ignorance, the wonderful potential of ignorance ... the Broad Institute, Co-Chair of Obama's President's Council on Science ... abroad during the summer or IAP can come back and present to the rest of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  on campus, apparently by one of the Marathon bombers. As of the time I write this (8:15am on April 19), one of the bombers is reportedly dead ... . The Office of Admissions is closed today, April 19, and our information

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the Deshpande Center?

  the marketplace. The center empowers some of MIT’s most talented ... technologies in the lab and bringing them to the marketplace in the form of ... The Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation provides grants and
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2009 Brass Rat My highly biased and personal opinions about Ring Premiere.

  

  Friday evening was the unveiling of the Class of 2009 Brass Rat. Ring Premiere, as its called, is one of the largest milestones of the MIT ... , or might even be in the process of picking one out right now. If yours

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Reunion Weekend MIT alumni return to campus.

  

  actually was out of town this weekend, so I can't blog about the Reunions ... Robert Goodman '75 - New Jersey Teacher of the YearBrewster Kahle '82 - founder of the Internet ArchiveGlen Fleisig '84 - "one of the best practicioners of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  of 5 games played by the MIT community. Playing the games was straightforward, but winning them was not. The top-ranked players of each game were ... response was determined by the collective responses of all the other players

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  Campus Preview Weekend (CPW), MIT hosted the inaugural "Taste of SHASS ... opportunities. The goal of the event was to help survey the kind of work done at ... fields with MIT; our co-identification with STEM is a core strength of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  diversity throughout history. At the beginning of the 20th century, the ... and Latin America (read more here). At the beginning of the 21st century ... fun parts of MIT culture from the late 1800s, showing how eerily similar

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert This year's concert: Jason Derülo and Janelle Monáe.

  

  Concert. Here is a somewhat complete list of the history of MIT Spring ... / Fishbone / Five Fingers of Funk 1997: Battle of the Bands (no headliner) 1996 ... Trick / 'til tuesday 1983: The Tubes 1982: The Ramones 1980: Battle of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2011