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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Professorial Help Thanks to the faculty.

  

  in the Boston Globe a week ago. Check it out: ...Sadoway, a professor ... help the world transition from a fossil-fuel-powered world to an ... ," he said. His latest attempt to help people through science lies on a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We, the people

  

  , the theater was packed. The last empty seat in the house went to MIT ... 't get a chance to talk with him, but as he was leaving I heard his one-line summary of the film: "It was a geeky, MIT-type of film." In many ways, he

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  marshaled and launched a B1 and conducted engine tests. In addition to our ... opportunity to attend a 3 week base visit called "Ops Air Force" during the ... Development Training (PDT) program designed to give cadets a better view of Air

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  you have to be a minority to glean wisdom from, or participate in, this ... will not hesitate to throw your two cents in to any and all conversations ... to blog a little more than a year ago I wrote the following: My blog

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  a fearless innovator with “new and insightful ways to tackle ... has tinkered with bacteria to make them produce a petroleum-like fuel ... in the special sauce that makes MIT such a mecca of talent, but it

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  to be in this massive chat, and you get a pretty accurate view of what ... and see my family, and there was nobody I wanted to see more after a week of grueling exams. However, during this time I decided to take a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel

  

  Labs, a program that gives MIT students the chance to teach students in ... to be checked in, I watched the TV in the lobby. A woman reached into the desert to pick up a rock formation, the sand falling in streams over

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 18, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Hayden Christensen Comes to MIT, Looks Pretty Pictures of the top of Hayden Christensen's head inside!

  

  is like a year in Hollywood time, so it's like going back in time for ... fell in love with the movie. CLIP 2: (DAVEY robs a bank. Lots of money ... 3: (HAYDEN gets beaten to a pulp by SAMUEL L. JACKSON) MALE AND

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  winged mechanical beast that brought me to a new world, and I rode in the ... If you've never played two truths and a lie before, all you have to do is guess which of the three things I'm about to say is a lie: 1. I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Too busy to write a blog, check out my playlist instead stuff I listen to when I code

  

  [caption id="attachment_88319" align="aligncenter" width="768"] (not by me)[/caption] https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7gPMHAyVIzQRXAkjHDbxty?si=d3d2d64a8f1d48bb Explicit lyrics. Don't play this in front of your

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 14, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  Storm, an M.I.T.-trained scientist who specializes in genetic research... Of course, it's nothing new for a film or other work of fiction to ... film "Fantastic Four" (it got a "thumbs down"), and one plot point caught

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  airport, a rhapsody in grey shattered once by an outburst of sunrise over ... , throwing out a yam, giving a spontaneous tour of Random hall to otherworldly ... (incorrect) arrows for a few J-pop-filled hours in the Random Hall basement

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Quick Update My neighbors are celebrating by firing guns in the air which is not conducive to…

  

  , good luck, and feel free to email me at the address in the banner. Have a ... New year's eve here in Karachi. Assault rifle fire is really loud. I can hear the pings of bullets landing in the street. As long as the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  rider in motion, but I did get a picture of this rider who was about to ... . In this case, a picture really is worth a thousand words, so I'll let ... from right after Dorm Rush ended. We had a picnic in the courtyard, and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  chronicle of a snowstorm foretold only a week late ;-;

  

  a hybrid schedule, are generally expected to work their regularly scheduled hours, without regard to a closure. More detail can be found in ... be around 0.90 inches, corresponding to a snowfall of around 14 inches

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • February 4, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  school, a mile from the old city plaza. In the days leading up to Christmas ... Scene: Monday night in a green boarding house. Poetry books, cookie ... lively murmur and a beat in the background. IAP is one week in. I spent

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / CPW

  the two sides of CPW CPW as told by a prefrosh and an upperclassman

  

  food itself (I admit to eating chocolate-dipped Oreos alone in a corner ... and have a burger, and we try to wake as many people up in the mornings ... the workshop confirmed that I have a lot to look forward to in fall

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 24, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  Some parents wrote to me and asked me to contribute my opinions to a ... enough to post it here as well: As with most of my posts in the parents' forum, I'll try to respond both as an MIT adcom and also as a parent. This

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  (or going to college) in the Boston area is a real luxury because the ocean is only a short train ride or drive away. In fact, many of ... affordable and you don't need a car. If you want to stay closer to MIT, though

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  , anyway. The interview is simply a way for you to tell us in person. Some ... I wanted to offer a few more comments on the interview. While we have ... are also a good chance for you to learn more about MIT from someone who

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006