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  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  solar-powered biodiesel station. Their goal is to have the system ... tool, since MIT students will be responsible for implementing the plan ... operations, and I feel the level of support for this project from the students

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  week, we will be selling carnations and irises to raise money for the ... I just returned from a retreat for my sorority, Alpha Chi Omega. We spent the past 24 hours at the Endicott House , an MIT owned mansion in a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Embarrassing One Minute everything that can go wrong...will find a worse way to manifest itself

  

  . For instance, GR1 is about defining the problem statement, identifying ... . But for now, GR1 is a thing of the past. The staff let us use the ... In the tale that is my Junior Spring Semester, two exciting and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lesson in the feminine arts aka mfa boston and a rant on enjoying art

  

  into the Monet room for too long and just stared. My favorite part is ... [caption id="attachment_104066" align="aligncenter" width="252"] This is the ... find it weird to take photos of a piece that is meant to represent the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 30, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  basement gym, but I kinda like it. The paint is peeling off the walls. Thick dust gathers in the corners. The equipment is shaky and old, and there ... . The gym is usually empty when I come down, however, so the lack of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Chalk of the Week chalk art at the welcome center

  

  . Is it blessed or cursed? I can't say for sure, but now it's on the ... wheels on them so you can roll them out into the lobby for visitors to see ... slapped a π on the deck because I figured it would be on-brand for MIT. And

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in New York! where chicken and rice is so good.

  

  I think one of the greatest things about going to college is the ... ? ;) This is the obligatory "oh-wow-I-can't-believe-how-fast-time-is ... in the entire Expo - UK - this is what it actually looks like! (read

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  's true for biology is pretty true for all of the natural sciences). First ... verbal is harder. The GRE really isn't all that critical for getting into ... a pretty good sign -- it means the department is excited about your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  .01: Calculus (single-variable) This is the standard introductory math course for ... idea behind freshman advising seminars is one of the student and advisor ... is the standard introductory physics course offered to freshmen at MIT

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  about the culture I live in is that many alunmi stay involved for years ... . Schuyler is also the Rush Chair for all of DormCon! Vogt is the EC Desk ... delivery, but we'd never been to the restaurant, which is near Boston

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First UROP Initiating a Life of Research

  

  the Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics, and it is actually ... working with. My research is concerned in a few different things. For ... applications in capacitors! It is quite the multidisciplinary project! What I

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 14, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  More CPW Pix

  

  's photos Rob's photos Ash's photos Eric's photos CPW is a crazy time for us, as we finally get to put the face with the application. Sometimes, it's just as we thought -- for example, Kiersten, who's as sweet as you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  He Zigs, He Zags MIT's new video podcast.

  

  ! Hosting is harder than it looks! I have a newfound respect for Jon Stewart ... four episodes into its trial run, "ZigZag is a periodic video magazine featuring stories that capture and communicate the richness and diversity of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  die is when you add that to the normal stresses of MIT life. Not a lot ... : On each daily webpage there is a summary of the day's material. These ... think the karma started. Now, I could be totally wrong here, but this is

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The career fair and emerging pop stars Thinking about life after MIT at the Career Fair...and then watching a fellow blogger transform…

  

  . While the fair was specifically tailored to graduating seniors looking for ... way through the maze of prospective employers. Some were looking for a ... has always been the dinner banquet, organized by the Society for Women

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “…being a geek works out…” A UROP at the Center for Sports Innovation.

  

  streamlined gear. Not all of Cote's work is for the business world. An avid ... researcher at the MIT Center for Sports Innovation, has an impressive list of ... his freshman year, he became the bike specialist for the Center for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  everybody else is doing at the end. Talking about people behind their backs ... summer? Astrophysics UROP Where? The Kavli Institute for Space Research in (Building 37) Details: I'm working with a group that is involved in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  the pace of the content that was being fed to me. Turns out, (for me ... something all of the time. One thing that's vital to learn how to do is to ... studying and go to sleep. Getting all your work done is for sure a priority

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  How I lost aura points i confess my sins

  

  ] Daylight Saving Time For some reason, the shift in daylight savings threw my ... [caption id="attachment_105508" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The state that I have been reduced to[/caption] For people who aren't caught

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 14, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  to watch out for rainstorms in the spring (or any time, for that matter ... ! One of the big things I learned about Cambridge springs is that there is ... If there's one thing I learned about Cambridge in the spring, is that

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012