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• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  , we must attend to some newly uncovered facts from our past. A distinguished member of our history faculty, Professor Craig Steven Wilder is the leading authority on how the emergence and growth of American colleges and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I-Rop, U-Rop my contribution to the future of medicine

  

  accordingly, I do have an MIT alert. About a month ago, I was chilling in my ... our "Liver-on-a-Chip" project. Our research project is partially funded ... into the project has been very valuable. In a nutshell, what our

  • by Bryan
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  ? The answer, simply put, is no. However, I do say this in retrospect. I ... 've heard in a while, so for every person who got in, there had to be a reason ... This entry is meant to complement the one I wrote prior about being

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Let’s see those cell phones up in the air” cause every little thing's gonna be alright

  

  behind highway overpasses, cars, random trees - in a phrase: see but can ... , a "skybridge" did. (In retrospect, I should've expected it; a "skybridge" over the highways is just so China). Linked Hybrid looked still

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  -crushing death is sitting somewhere with me in the toddler basket of a supermarket ... leaning against the back doorway of a warehouse in a cigarette-break tableau ... naked velocity. It's dark and the asphalt is a gooey chocolatey blur

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Introduction To ROTC At MIT A new guest-author blog in response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC programs at…

  

  this past spring. In response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC, it's my pleasure to introduce a new guest-author blog that will help ... our country. A scholarship usually accompanies involvement in ROTC

  • by ROTC
  • August 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  watched Pitch Perfect, a film in which freshmen know what they want to do ... found a calling in rap. Soon the first three tracks of our (yet unreleased ... before release. (on that note, here is a VIDEO on DNA replication by our

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk? creative furniture

  

  it's sunny in my room right now. yeah, i use a standing desk ... 's a closer look at the bookshelf in the corner: my room was missing ... cyber-utopianism: a naive belief in the emancipatory nature of online

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  -of-the-art trading room ever built on a university campus. Identical in every detail to ... not only a realistic proving ground where we can work closely with ... emerging from our research, it is also a classroom for teaching the people

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  How to Build an LED Acrylic Sign Your Complete Beginners Guide

  

  to my friend Ty who is a senior in the house that was more experienced ... Acrylic in a 60 Watt Universal Systems Free Standing CO2 Laser Cutter Laser ... [annotation note=" Cypress Engineering Design Studio which is a maker space here

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A new semester but if I give you my daily schedule here, what will I fill my Facebook…

  

  physics, grade a few papers, and in exchange I get to say I helped teach a ... prom, is "Electrical Engineering and Computer Science", and 6.01 is a ... programming. I've got a background in programming, but they use Python whereas I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Summer

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  science in an effort to document my journey through this twisty and windy ... new things that I just didn't know about into a MarkDown file in order ... each day I gain a little bit more confidence in my skills, as I know that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 23, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  There are only a few authors whom I feel very strongly about, let alone love, and Jhumpa Lahiri is one of them. The Pulitzer Prize winning ... and I have a class in the Longwood Medical Area (a 15-minute drive from

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  our own aspirations in life. It is in a way, my job to not blend or fit ... jolts you from both sides and you realize again, that this is not a place ... shame you thought you would only feel as a child while learning what is

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  a thoughtful and intentional approach.  In my mind, there is a ... is important and what you would like for a reader to know. Student: Oh ... insight that is personal?  Keep in mind that your application and

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  is “a pioneer in cancer research most widely known for his discoveries ... choose to participate in a variety of musical clubs, French or German plays ... Institute focused on recruiting international students, especially from China

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / Events

  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  is what led Tony Eng, a course VI senior lecturer, to organize the ... Child was a cook, not a chef. She grew up in Pasadena, CA, went to Smith ... ,” which is one of my favorite books, and added a conclusion to tie things

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  Georgia Military College, in Milledgeville, Georgia. Etta is a straight-A ... thrive at MIT. So if you have straight A's in challenging coursework, is ... ) Learning = to acquire knowledge or skills and (Δ) Delta = a change in some

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  the author of Beaver Scope Almost a year ago I stumbled upon an ... . Even if I described my own dorm, a lot of people would probably disagree ... on the admissions website. What I will do, however, is let the dorms

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

  

  This year I read 20 books. Here they are in a tier list, ranked based ... it standing right there at the shelf for two hours. Fun Home is a ... whether a piece of writing is beautiful or not) is derived from that first

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 13, 2025