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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy 4th of July! Glorious red, white, and blue

  

  , but in a few minutes I will watch the Germany vs. Italy semifinal match ... Dortmund. And, speaking of pasta, I was memorizing information about bacteria this morning (for the MCATs, of course), and I noticed that the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  the ten hundred most used words. I told them they can write about ... It is a New Year now and I hope it is good for you. Ten years ago ... students who went to this school in the past and used to write for us, could

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I hurt myself again And again and again and again.

  

  on one (1) set of steps in front of Senior Haus and nearly hitting myself in the face on the railing, skidding across six (6) feet of ice-covered sidewalk and falling flat on my butt in front of a group of construction

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 9, 2009
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Are the Arts active on campus?

  immersed in arts courses or the creative community. Students of any major can ... More than 50 percent of incoming first-years have prior training in the arts, and more than half of all MIT undergrads enroll in arts
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  semester (although I haven't had the chance to build most of them... yet). Tetrahedron I think we can all agree that the triangle is the pinnacle of ... a metal pipe hitting the ground? Rockin’ in the Wind is a set of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  One of the coolest parts of my job is that I actually get to spend a ... community what it is!   Hey there MIT Blogs! I’m Taylor, and I work in ... ). I also wanted to say a huge a welcome to the Class of 2024! This

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. In terms of my personal excitement level, I ... shape the perception of fantasy and science fiction in popular culture ... one of us was still sitting in his hotel room at 4:45, still scribbling

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  was on a huge social high. I was let loose in a candy shop of ... again. Over winter break I lost two of my good friendships in pretty quick ... up the friend circle I never had in high school. What I didn't realize

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT hacks Caltech

  

  website. :) In honor of the cannon's transport, it was given a class of 2006 Brass Rat: Another view of the Brass Rat: I heard someone ask ... Some of you may remember last year, when Caltech students came to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  conference at Princeton, I read two articles in today's New York Times which ... professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School) and Nick Patterson (the first author) was published in this week's issue of the journal

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  Qualified (I can jump from perfectly good aircraft while in flight), in high school I participated in a program called Youth in Government and (to my ... college/MIT: (Time for me to be serious) I have 3 points: 1. Put a lot of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Richard III: Behind-the-scenes [by Grace Kane '11, Guest Blogger] What does it take to put on Shakespeare at…

  

  on a series of fantastic shows each term. This term I've been ... . When most people think of Shakespeare they imagine old English men in ... —written about a fifteenth-century civil war—in an alternate version of

  • by ARTalk
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  can be. Check out this interactive visualization of the course here ... of cook-alongs. One week, Dr. Dagmar Jaegar, a Lecturer in German ... everyone about the history and culture of bento in Japan before leading us in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  him for his brains. Few local graduates in the class of 2009 were as ... and psychology -- 10 in all. His straight-A record made him one of six ... right now is that efficiencies are low," Zinser says. "I'm one of those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIA No More Why I haven't blogged in 23 days.

  

  can't help but wonder if I've been taking advantage of this opportunity ... the paper in front of me. So now, I'm thinking of combining these ... else seems to be posting screenshots of their calendars, I'm going to do

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  code of ethics in financial institutions. After that, I would eat dinner ... work-heavy, which can obviously be used later in life. Also the community ... of a ton of athletes.” Men’s basketball student-athlete: “I have

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

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

  

  . But in and of itself, little bits of fruit are nice too. I wouldn't hate ... once it’s frozen, you throw it in a food processor with a bit of lemon ... simple it is. I make it every week or so for my family in the evenings and

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  a Real and Cool form of making. I can speak on Metropolis/The Deep ... frame. But for now I hope I can share with you the joy of melty metal ... 're proud of. I hope I can block more time during IAP/next spring to take

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taste of the Middle Ages

  

  Cooking." You can read more about it here (MIT News Office) I'm very sorry I missed it -- it looks delicious. I'll have to settle for visiting ... My 21H.927: Economic History of Work and Family teacher, Professor

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What it’s like being back

  

  School is back in session, and I know the question burning in the ... and their effect in the English language would have you believe, I ... , since my last post about my time in California for LiveScribe, I've flown

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2009