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• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  windows, and one of the windows was flapping around on its hinge. The woman was standing with an elderly man, and the two of them had been trying ... the bouldering wall. It was dark and drizzling. Out of nowhere, a guy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  close to the amount of brain-shocking work that your two math classes will ... remember from the Mario hack entry, I was friends with a bunch of people involved in the hack, so I knew all about it ahead of time. Last Saturday

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes and Casting and Birthdays, oh my! What are "Things That Wake Me Up at 9am"?

  

  rattle off mean. Here's a great explanation by a class of '13 about how the ... known for it's legendary professor Walter Lewin, 8.01 is the crux of ... name and 2 hour classes, table problems, and labs are the plays of the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 29, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  the story of one particular piece of art: the Story Wall. On its own ... feet pegboard, stretching away to the right of the Welcome Center ... stretch of blank tunnel wall on the east side of campus. Then they added

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  10 Fun (and REAL) Facts About MIT! Incredibly Correct Facts about MIT!

  

  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is globally renowned for its contributions to the fields of science and technology. But do you ... students to the "Way of the Beaver," a doctrine created by MIT students in

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  I competed in the Green Building Challenge as part of this year's Bad ... placing third, with a total of 103 climbs! I climbed the Green Building a ... climb on the team scoresheet. We then took our pick of the water, Gatorade

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  failures of the AC unit for the car leading to a few occurrences of smoke and ... cause of failures and redesign the part, but rather outline how the ... so difficult? We’ve all been in the position of trying to do a group

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  Being the first three-day weekend of the academic calendar, Columbus ... sleeping marathons. Per tradition, I partook in the first of the three, as ... , Mexico, Naples, Vienna, Belfast, and Lisbon are all names of towns in the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Random notes A little bit of this, a little bit of that.

  

  movie adaptation of the book about the MIT Blackjack Team. Kevin Spacey is ... Chairman of the American Conference on Diversity. I'll be answering more ... JKim's blog), the inventor of instant Ramen noodles died last week

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will host a reception at ISEF in Indianapolis.

  

  The MIT Office of Admissions will host a reception for participants in the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) on ... located above the intersection of Washington and Illinois streets in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  about one of these events that we were involved with and the experience of going to the final rehearsal in the last days of us being on campus ... Latino Cultural Center’s production of In the Heights, a musical written by

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  It's October. Cambridge is cozily snuggled into the cusp of a cold front, the air is crisp like tempura in the cracks of a deep-fried broccoli flower, and the crunchiness of autumn tingles with the sound of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Boston’s college mascots, placed into a Tree of Life a project that nobody asked for

  

  sure that I can claim the title of being the founder of mascot ... )[/caption] The initial idea I got the inspiration for this from one of my favorite ... mascots were going to have varying levels of accuracy based on the data

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 18, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  asleep and the story continued. Eventually, I’d be wrenched out of the world that the random firing of my neurons had created for me, but, for just a moment, I could extend my stay there. One of the skills which I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hip-Pop – Konnecting Souls Part of the MIT series "Hip-Pop in French: Contemporary Theater, Film, Dance, Comics and Graphic…

  

  Technologies: A Talk and Demonstration Part of the series Hip-Pop in French ... Cultural Services of the Consulate General of France in Boston A choreographer and composer, Franck II Louise is a pioneer of the French hip

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  staying on The 5th floor of The West parallel. And, I was at The MIT. It ... icebreakers Thursday night (he's the one in the gray sweatshirt). The three of ... physically possible, and to visit all of the dorms. And so, we began our

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Castle, a Jack, and a Beanstalk hacking culture @ MIT

  

  community (and sometimes even the rest of the world!).” On the sunny Saturday of Family Weekend 2014, a castle appeared on the skybridge connecting ... History of MIT Pranks and Hacks  Hacking the Admissions Tube  The

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  indoors from the rain. One of the classes I just finished taking is 8 ... problems that involve infinitely stacked carts, people running at 80% of the ... amusing excerpts with you. Enjoy! (The point of the problem was to show

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a college student’s life My life consists of library visits and pizza delivery, because I'm totally original and stuff.

  

  So the other day, I was totally out of food. Like, completely. I ... kind of creepy. The bar corresponding to what's currently going on with ... books checked out of the libraries- plus another 2 from the Boston Public

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  split over the idea of establishing an MIT-affiliated but independent ... idea," he whispered back. In 1982, Fink became a founding member of the ... program informed me of the existence of the James R. Killian, Jr. Faculty

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019