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  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  person, however, would recognize the tell-tale signs of a bad joke and wait ... , “Grass. I lied about the wheels. Ha!” It’s the epitome of the anti-joke: unexpected and irrational enough to elicit the obligatory chuckle of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  Campus to the Z-Center one day when my favorite song of the musical theatre genre came on ("Seasons of Love" from Rent). As I belted out the ways they ... first quantity that came to mind was distance and the easiest unit of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  Probably one of the most lucrative jobs on campus is that of the dorm ... last month I made the terrible mistake of taking one of the 8am-10am ... paper kind, not the computer kind), just because of the Prime membership

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Missy Cummings on The Colbert Report At the end of the interview, she and Stephen face off in Rock 'Em Sock…

  

  The Colbert Report. Professor Cummings was one of the US Navy's first ... Director of the Humans and Automation Lab, which hosts many Aero/Astro UROPs ... Colbert Report: it's important to understand the context of the program and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2011
• 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 silent sports. None requires a motor; none delivers the cheers of a crowd. In each sport, reward comes in the form of hard-won grace and moments

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two cakes and six cupcakes ...they may or may not resemble astronomical objects.

  

  I mentioned that I'm in the midst of a summer research program at the ... Array (of radio telescopes) in New Mexico. This is what the Whirlpool ... Array (of red velvet cupcakes) looked like: The cupcakes took

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s FPOPpin’ Whatchu know 'bout me?

  

  As the advent of another academic year approaches, I feel somewhat ... with excitement and wonder. Of course, the honeymoon didn't last forever ... the eyes of the torrent of 2015s that have descended upon campus in the

  • by Tom R. '14
  • September 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn in New England The trees explode with color.

  

  is a wonderful time of year; the air is crisp, the foliage is exploding with color. I'm not a great photographer, but I hope some of the below showcases the beauty of this region these days. As the "peak foliage" has not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  So over the past couple of days, our FPOP has done some pretty cool ... Institute where they sequenced part of the human genome. - we walked ... of the most exciting times of the year. There's just a lot of things

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? An Italian defender once said of Pele, after the 1970 World Cup finals, "I told myself before the game, he's made of skin and ... chromatograms at the drop of a hat. There will come a time when there are just no

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  ‘Til the Net Breaks Championship Szn

  

  championship, which is three games over the span of a week. In the NEWMAC ... the game like a crack of lightning, and you can instantly tell what type of game it will be. After a game of bicycle kicks, the most chef’s kiss

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  collected data about the number of steps I’ve taken and flights of stairs I ... . I’ve made a bar graph of my daily step counts. You might notice the ... /25 (28624 steps) This was the second to last day of “Discover Mechanical

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  . The buildings are built out of tasteful sandstone and, as a bonus ... half-day sample of the Stanford Experience. Being home briefly for summer ... the Land of Palm Trees and Californian Paradise. That satanist a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A recipe for disaster Behind the scenes of the "giant pie" video

  

  ’m excited to give you the full story of the complete mess that we made. Here ... sugar and flour, and 7 large cans of shortening. On the way back, Kristen ... everywhere (2:16). This dented a few of the cans and made a mess in the uhaul

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • March 11, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  We were all saddened by the news of Marilee Jones' resignation. In ... felt. The message of "being" vs. "doing," quality over quantity, and ... , members of the class of 2011) - that our admissions process is, and always

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  One last bit of advice Before all hell breaks loose

  

  't turn that sadness against the admissions office, the bloggers, or the admitted students. Things don't always work out the way we want, but I ... shooting stuff out of air cannons, doing a ridiculous physics problem, or

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Live from the Glass Lab! it's...tuesday afternoon??

  

  One of my favorite MIT organizations is the Glass Lab, where students ... they sent out the following blast: Dear Glass Lab followers, One of the ... scheduled, we have, thanks to the labors of Erik and Marty Demaine, installed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  review” of the semester – which means everybody presents their design ... after the review, because I’ve been neglecting certain parts of real (read ... know, the practical sides of architecture like foundations and insulation

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visualize this! My new UROP We've got some really cool stuff going on this semester

  

  Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab). Our work is at the intersection of ... Computing Group. The leader of our group is Zoya Bylinskii, a PhD student, and ... what the progress of each project is. That means everyone has the freedom

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Events

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

  

  On Friday, June 5th, the Class of 2015 graduated from the 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

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015