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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  disobedience for the benefit of society. We’re seeking both expected and ... who exposed the poisoning of the waters of Flint, Michigan -- were ... installation at the List center   Massive mural in the 6th floor of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello applicants, i don’t know what to say but i can try

  

  i guess this would usually be the time of year that there’d be blog ... wouldn’t know. as soon as i got deferred the thought of reading the blogs ... lot of time thinking about you over the next few days. i wonder how all

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 13, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  McCormick: Girls Wanted Minh '10 shares her love of McCormick Hall.

  

  of the name. Some of you may have read about me in Melis’ previous entries, but the short version of the story is that I’m currently a freshman ... Chi Omega. Anyway, the point of this entry was to introduce you to yet

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 24, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Remembering Woodie Flowers they say don't meet your heroes, but some exceed your expectations

  

  died after medical complications. He was 75, and one of the finest men I ... introduction: to the tens of thousands of FIRST participants around the world, and to the decades of MIT students he taught in Mechanical Engineering

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  friend, and then a neighbor, and then another neighbor, and by the end of the semester, I had spent a lot of time and energy on making sure the ... the people around me are okay? The answer here, is, of course, yes. It

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Large Format Photography [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Please, please let there be no light-leaks.

  

  a marathon. Why? I’m now the owner of an 8x10 view camera. In my last post, I mentioned that I was in the process of building an 8x10 ... , polishing the brass and oiling the cherry, with the hope of having the camera

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 3) notes from the third day

  

  here at the foot of the Rockies. There’s snow on the tracks, and the ... giving it some thought, I answered: “to make the most of this last year of ... five minutes late listening to: the sarcastic commentary of the train

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 13, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventure Time at MIT We went on a hiking and camping adventure!

  

  the top of the Ridge Cars 3 and 4, led by Jackie S. '14 and Cappie P ... Hampshire, to camp outside of the MITOC (MIT Outdoors Club) Camelot Cabin.  I ... of us tetazoans (and some friends) set up camp, we gathered around the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 22, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  of the Patriots Monday Night Football game by myself this week). But my ... about fifty pounds of muscle. However, Eric pulled out the upset, as Alex ... . Here's the aftermath of their meal, with Eric's friend Amat looking on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  students reprieve and respite from the constant deluge of problem sets, essays, and tests so commonly found throughout the dread halls of the ... , ranging from ever-welcome three-day weekends to (most beloved of all) the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes—Fall 05

  

  , the author of the class textbook!!) format: two 1.5 hour lectures a week ... externalities (which "arise whenever the actions of one party make another party ... receives the benefits of doing so") like acid rain, global warming, smoking

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun with Legos A photo journal of THE coolest room I've ever seen.

  

  sometimes takes place in the form of an advising seminar, where 7 or 8 ... doors. Here is the first glimpse you get of the Lego Learning Lab: And ... thing that's cut off to the left of the photo- that's a phone booth. For

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the HASS Requirement?

  100% of MIT undergraduates study the humanities, arts, and social sciences. At MIT, we consider the humanities, arts, and social sciences ... disciplinary areas and encourages the development of sensibilities and skills
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

  

  , faculty, new and returning students are all excited by the start of the new academic school year and the possibility of a New England World Series ... process, coming soon... Something New... The Class of 2011 has descended

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Lesson Planning When in doubt, get Legos involved

  

  ELLs take a lot of behind-the-scenes planning. ELLs are two ... ELL, with most of the work happening in our weekly GEL 2 meetings on ... adjustments, but the end of the semester features a student-planned ELL that

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  crumbles a little bit more, but then everything gets kind of settled in the ... add water, you're compromising the thickness of the sorbet and just ... bit that the crumbles of fruit are going to melt before they emulsify

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  Making money: my campus job "Hello, MIT Computing Help Desk, this is Laura, how may I help you?"

  

  all. You can browse some of them here, on the financial aid website ... ), I've worked at the Computing Help Desk, which is part of Information ... bureaucracy.) So what does all that mean? Well, IS&T runs all of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  [/annotation] of the weekend: inauguration. Here's a cluster of weird and very ... asking if they can search us. Confused, I said yes as one of the workers ... a line of security blocking off the backroom, and we officially

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  With almost no effort, the three of us were able to venture out into the ... all necessary transfers and the track numbers of all the trains, so ... our way to three separate landmarks within the space of two hours. The

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Letters Are In The Mail You are an incredible group of people, both academically and personally.

  

  academically and personally. You are the best of the best. I wish we had enough room in the Institute for all of you, I really do. I'm off to enjoy a ... Well, you heard it here first. The letters are in the mail. For the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2004