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  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  Staying up all night while staring up at the stars, eating loads of ... 'm told is currently a super hot topic in astronomy! The goal of the ... binaries to indicate the existence of a binary star system. So, when one

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  seven months, the notion of a new life and future along the Charles River has been firmly planted in the back of my mind. But sometimes, when you ... years to prepare for that. But I suppose you could say that in all of the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions mailed;

  

  At 3:08pm today, we completed the preparation of the decision mailing ... missed the photo of the postman coming to take away the letters. We have ... inspirational here that would make the hurt of not being admitted go away

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Killing Time…Not Really guest post by Sheila B.'21

  

  *written by Sheila B. '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of ... job at the US Consulate where my parents live for the first part of summer, and for the later part of summer managed to persuade Amber H. '11

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 15, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  journal. I anticipated that the next ten days in the epicenter of AIDs would ... there was a part of me that was always in South Africa. And through the ... from the Ragon Institute (aka the HIV hub of Cambridge) and Dr. Howard

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Photos of Freshman Spring 📸 My attempt to take a photo a day for an entire semester.

  

  The summer before college was my last summer of being 18, and thus my ... . They had little booklets at the front of the library for children to log ... comics. Spoiler alert: I didn’t win. Probably why the title of this blog is

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • October 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Am Excited a day in life of a student

  

  away from proving that the set of all real numbers (R) is uncountably ... Analysis homework contained only four distinct numbers in the statement of ... necessary to marvel at its results and review the pages of in-class proofs

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  month ago, in the middle of one of our blogger check-ins, Kano asked the ... and then over the rest of the weekend to catch the latest updates! The Journey Begins Why the commuter rail? Well as it turns out, many of us going

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photo Scavenger Hunt Let's give this a shot.

  

  final day of school in the comments, graduation day doesn't count unless it was also the last day of school) My summer last year was laid ... quite the opposite (except still a whole lot of fun). I've got at least

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 15, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s Your Future, Charlie Brown! Charlie Brown, Friendsgiving, and the Erosion of Deep Literacy

  

  , entertainment and media as an industry, and the power of a holiday special. I ... Mrs. Patterson had alluded to all week while we sat on the floor of her ... never seen this show, and was unimpressed by the vintage style of

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 20, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  were there for my dad's work) and chill on the beaches of Chalkidiki. I ... excuse to sit at one of the cafe tables and [annotation note="I was ... city between the hours of midnight and 5 AM. Of course, this was

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  weekend-long party centered around the overnight roasting of a steer in our courtyard and the subsequent feast. The following description is courtesy of a ... considerable number of alums bring their families to pit lighting and the feast

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Introduction To MIT World ...and my blog's first feature: Akamai, Clever and Cool!

  

  has changed the world, told by one of the founders of the company. Check ... delivers tens of billions of daily web interactions on the web, (including ... Akamai and a Professor of Applied Mathematics at MIT, tells it all - the

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tour of Phonology, Part 1 fənɛtɪks ɪz fʌn!

  

  give an overview of the IPA symbols that are used in English. By the time you're done here, you should be able to make out most of the above text ... , manner of articulation, and their voicing. A consonant is voiced if the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 12, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  issue of the MIT International Review at http ... , Paul and Karen, are among the authors. Here's a picture of the cover so ... series. Next, keep your eyes peeled for profiles of the one and only Melis

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  deconstruction end-of-semester atmospheres

  

  at the clover food truck on the way. i saw lots of real people, shopping and eating lunch. i saw the verizon employees on strike in front of the verizon store, and i saw a farmer's market, and lots of tourists

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  Want a Warhol in your dorm room? This is exhibition week of the ... for the entire academic year one of more than 400 noted pieces of ... beginning next week. Any winnings not collected by the end of the week are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  'm talking about the MIT 150 convocation! The subject of several recent entries ... 'm a little less excited about the art as a whole because every piece of ... hand: the circus! My way of saying that ceremonial robes look silly

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  . * Super Mario Brothers 3. * The death of Richard Feynman (abdominal cancer). * The time it took for Billy Mitchell, father of three and president of a ... . * The image of a benzene ring. * "Price is Right" model Janice Pennington

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Normalville

  

  Fellowship Of The Duck Cookie Monster Dogs Playing Poker An Ax to Grind ... to start solving the puzzles...   We had a wall full of ... ? The honor and privilege of writing Mystery Hunt 2006. I hope to see you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2005