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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  contemporary campus. This is not that story. Instead, this is the story of how ... the water,” says MIT Professor Mark Jarzombek PhD ’86. One argument for ... Cambridge, now, but I am sort of mad that the MIT Pirate's Certificate is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016
• 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 ... described:   Founded in 2003, the MIT Laboratory for Chocolate Science (LCS) is a student club dedicated to spreading the appreciation of

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

  New MIT Viewbook Is a viewbook as useful to you as it might have been for my (pre-internet)…

  

  that has come before you. I'm wondering how your affinity for the web ... redesign/updating of the MIT viewbook, a process that will take almost a year from beginning to end. We'll choose a firm in the next few days, and the

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  greeted by a screen like this: Click It is then up for you, the student ... THIRTY SECONDS. What is the formula for escape velocity?! Zach: AHHH it ... well-being. Now the question is, which do I enjoy more, blogging or 18

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Interview Deadline Approaching! It's time for applicants to contact their local MIT representative.

  

  Next Saturday, October 20th, is the deadline for Early Action ... to ask. Remember that the interview is not only a way for us to get to ... Admissions, the interview is an important part of the process. The interviews

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  't colorful, but the rest are! 1) Ethernet Jack Burton-Conner is getting an ... surprise when I saw this in the hallway. As exciting as it is to have an Ethernet jack in the hallway, um, why? Why is it there, why is it up by the

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Banditos Misteriosos Everybody enjoys a ghoul dance party!

  

  A huge perk to living at MIT is living right across the river from ... for a follow-the-leader style dance! Music: On Friday, Oct. 24th, we will post on our website the song file for the event. Download it onto an

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Very, Very Important News That title is written to tantalize your RSS readers.

  

  that has been on my mind for the last half hour and will probably consume me for the rest of the night... Seth and Summer are back together ... Hi folks, Today was the 8th day in a row of selection committee

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 24, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a February Updates & Notes Form (FUN)?

  The February Updates & Notes Form (FUN) is required for Early ... , students who have graduated, and international applicants. The form will be ... as soon as possible after completion of the fall semester or after
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  joined the rest of the MIT cycling team for training camp in Borrego ... and settled into their seats for the 80 mile drive from the airport, preparing mentally for the arduous rides ahead. After a particularly hilarious

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Events

  LSC – It Doesn’t Suck! Reject digital, return to 35 mm analogue

  

  projectionist for the club. After all, I reasoned, college is a time to try out ... [/caption] For some reason, time is represented in two different ways in the ... on 35 mm projection for the Spirited Away screening that weekend and

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  Photographic Resource Center (PRC) at Boston University. This is *the* place for ... on forever). I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the ... : the Student Center. This is where the magic happens. The fourth floor of

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hip-Pop – Konnecting Souls Part of the MIT series "Hip-Pop in French: Contemporary Theater, Film, Dance, Comics and Graphic…

  

  choreographer and composer, Franck II Louise is a pioneer of the French hip ... musicality of movement lies at the heart of his work. He is presently ... musical instruments. The usual process of dance / music creation is turned

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Y U NO HAVE ROLLERCOASTER this is why

  

  .) For the record, the current weather is gorgeous. This year, it's all a bit less glorious, because the city of Cambridge decreed, for the first ... lounge is only one story tall instead of two. The traditional merry

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  the night. When is a good time for it? I have yet to know. That project ... . Now the sun is on the brink of rising. So I must hide in my bed for ... The 3D Lounge Experience For this part, I ask you to settle in a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / Events

  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  to enter the other eye. There are two common systems for doing this: Red/Green or Red/Blue Although the red/green or red/blue system is now ... separation, so the image quality is not nearly as good as with the polarized

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  giving the talk. Except, of course, for the many posters I see advertising ... is my definitive ranking of all of the thesis defense posters I've seen ... be mean. This is ultimately why I chose to black the names out

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  letter, tΞp is the co-ed fraternity formerly known as t ... Ξp is what it sounds like: a week dedicated to working on the house.  t ... there is great value in giving twenty-something-year-olds the right to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  anybody for creating your own location-based games. I think the project is ... understandable to completely and utterly incomprehensible. For the entire last half ... while I was studying for the final, though. Even though I wasn’t fully

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  My new job @ admissions like nick saban, but for nerds

  

  role and responsibilities in the office. This is a problem, but unlike ... the blogs, for the office. And I'm still helping Kris out with them and ... achievements. I'm new to the position, but the role it plays in our office is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 9, 2014