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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  hue of morpho butterflies, the super water-resistant Lotus leaf, the highly maneuverable fins of the Bluegill sunfish: all of these natural ... . The initial discovery of the science behind the gecko’s stickiness

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? One of the sister cities of Hiroshima, Japan is my hometown of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The title is taken from a short story ... couldn't be all bad. MORAL OF THE ENTRY: Read Everything is Illuminated by

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

  

  “The muscles of my soul, longing for the opportunity to feel and fear ... about the college experience that drew me. Fresh out of high school, with ... . I craved excitement, wanted my life to take the shape of any proper

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 18, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  the weight of. there's a distinct lack of permanence when it comes to ... records in central square has a few cases of $1 records at the entrance, but ... binder full of cds and dvds and a player that would strap to the passenger

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Chocolate!!! The MIT student group The Laboratory for Chocolate Science is featured in today's Boston Globe.

  

  One of my favorite of MIT's 500+ student groups is called the ... (LCS) is a student club dedicated to spreading the appreciation of ... , appreciation of, and indulgence in our favorite substance to the community.  

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2009
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  with me tonight voices the entirety of her internal monologue aloud even ... ’m trying to be polite, hence being curled on the sofa outside of our room. I ... , cereal, and toast, and the little plastic squares of jam that remind me of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  , according to the program bio, "Music Director of both the Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the ... Gramophone Hall of Fame, has won a gazillion awards, is in the Royal Swedish

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Untitled "The work is untitled because meaning is always changing in time and place." ⁃ Félix…

  

  work of Félix González-Torres stands at the intersection of ... identity lends itself to a political identity: the idea of a blank passport ... stacks of blank paper. But that's the beauty of the untitled. Its

  • by ARTalk
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m so ill. like, in the bad way

  

  obvious drawbacks of being sick, it's impossible to catch up during the ... yourself healthy. Take this advice from a hypocrite. At the end of freshman year, I somehow managed to come down with a strain of the flu that left

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? Prelude.

  

  Prelude. In light of the halfways, quarterways, three ... someone out there is reading, learning something, or just caring out of the ... announcement that I'm throwing my hat into the ring with the rest of them. Nobody

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  of the easiest. MIT's 27 fraternities stand alongside the dorms as a ... and the same triumphs - both of which can be found in abundance at MIT ... or more, ranging from as simple as who sits at the head of the dinner

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  17 Ridiculously Useful Tips Every Blogger Should Know i am the entire circus

  

  to write good blog posts; you only need to have the appearance of ... table of contents, which tells your readers what the sections of your post ... idea of section Three?" you can reply with "I intended for the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2023
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What career services are available?

  that can help. Approximately 44% of graduates go directly to employment, and 49% of the Class of 2024 went directly to grad school. The average starting salary for an MIT undergraduate—regardless of major—is $126
• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  of my room at home, to the point where I started stashing away cards ... ."]toaster.[/annotation] At the risk of seeming unhinged, I will admit that this one also comes ... the set as some sort of bucket list for places to visit. I bought the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  called "Hidden Treasures at MIT"(HT@MIT) that take some of the hidden ... afternoons were the highlight of every week. But why I enjoyed it so much was a ... enjoyable. Eventually the quarter ended and I was swept up into the world of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  Essay -  this is one of the two classes I'm taking "for fun". I don ... . We're trying to understand science, tech, design in the context of the ... should be taking this class. 15.567 - The Economics of Information

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading.

  

  Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading. :-) I know there are a lot of questions in the comments and I'll definitely get to ... harder for air. It's the first time I've been that scared for one of my

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  guess I’ll come out and say it: I skipped the first week of classes ... Israel was only the last piece of my IAP this year. I spent the first week ... great time to bond with teammates and get some sun in the middle of a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.

  

  Registration Day for MIT students (the official start of the new academic year) I ... opportunity to help people discover the MIT that I know. Those of you who are ... at MIT, I wish you the best of luck. It's a fabulous place, and I hope

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  wrote down "computer science" on the line of my application indicating my ... has one of the nation's top undergrad business schools, and I could even ... of shaping new developments in the world's train networks were starting

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005