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• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? All the giant robot fighting clips in Mighty Morphin ... saying that at the beginning of basically every single blog entry in recent memory. Anyway, I learned in high school that excuses are like dirty

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Your Intuition It will lead you in the direction of Central Square

  

  in Boston, conveniently 4 stops down on the red line from MIT, that ... concert. There was some tie-in with Verizon's release of a newer ... plumbing thing, and the crowd went WILD. Well, not everyone in the crowd

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Look at Unified Engineering and the Aero/Astro Department Back in business.

  

  You can't take any other classes in the Aero/Astro department until ... 'Are you sure?' (Read more about the trials of the course in the intro ... in which the student body revealed most obstinately, "Yes, indeed, we

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 30, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Has Been Found! Mystery Hunt 2007 is quasi-over.

  

  "At 2:14am on Sunday January 14th Dr. Awkward managed to defeat the devil and regain their immortal soul (in coin form)." This means Mystery ... where they go over some hunt statistics etc. If you're still interested in

  • by Bryan
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ‘Twas the night before Christmas Happy holidays to everyone!

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas Eve, Santa visits our annual family gathering, with dozens of McGanns in attendance. Last night, my parents, my brother and I gathered for our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  best-known biomedical engineers in the world. He holds 500 issued and pending patents and is in the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his research in drug delivery that has revolutionized cancer therapy. As the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Looking ahead to IAP My favorite MIT event...period.

  

  I got this email in my inbox: ------------------------------ Hi Eveyrone! I know it's hard to believe but IAP is fast approaching and, along ... , January 12th at 12pm in Lobby 7. Thanks! Jennifer for The Evil Midnight

  • by Bryan
  • November 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Break and Study of Cities Abroad Students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning enjoy a subsidized spring break abroad…

  

  , highlighting differences in city design and planning between the two locales. While in Scandinavia last spring break, a few of us met up with the 11.027 class in Copenhagen. Ian '06, Andrew '07 and Ruth '07 MCP '08 are shown

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week of work

  

  .311 is the continuous version). In this class, the tests are deliberately ... -10 page (it ended up being 8 pages) paper due in 17.405, which is Politics and Conflict in the Middle East. My paper was on the relationship

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  RA Blogger Applications Due Wednesday 9/6 At Noon Extended deadline...

  

  As stated in the original post, they were actually due on 8/31, but I forgot to remind you, so I've extended the deadline. :-) If you wish to be considered, please get your application in on time! We will try to make

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 1 The first winning entry in the photo contest. What a view!

  

  Iran. This photo was taken from Arya's 15th floor room in the dormitory ... half. What a view! (Click on the photo for a zoomed-in view)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam sells out The most valuable blog entry of all time.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? This weekend is a tax holiday in Massachusetts. I sure ... advertising school in the United States. Because of that, I'm thinking of ... Verizon Wireless in my head. Why? Because Verizon Wireless is, in my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Sulinya Ramanan Sulinya Ramanan '10, "hometown hero"

  

  , but she has accomplished more in her 17 years than many people do in a ... individuals in the community who have had an uncommon impact on the lives of others. In Ramanan's case, the Red Cross is honoring one of its own. She

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Another Fab Four Sarah Dupuis '10, Zachary Bjornson-Hooper '10 Emily Houston '10, and Renaldo Webb '10.

  

  talented peers from 49 countries as partners in learning. Talent and accomplishment are already evident in the class: Sarah Dupuis of New Preston, Conn ... advisor and his work on airplane water quality has appeared in more than 100

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Howdy Where are you guys going to live? Etc.

  

  . :-) I just saw Omar '10 in the Infinite and he mentioned that housing ... for an entry to this effect in the next couple of days.

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common, but more EXTREME! You even see a bunch of people swimming in it all the time. So it was seriously hot on our second day in München. Thus, with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

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

  

  ... that's cheerleadery, isn't it? Jess '08 Well-- I'm in Italy studying architecture in the Veneto Area (around Venice)... mainly the work of Carlo ... are you doing this summer? Interning at JPMorgan in Investment Banking

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  last minute changes, and then submit your final registration in Dupont ... through it myself, but the basic idea is that your advising group lives in ... students in seminar based advising, but typically your advisor comes to your

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Vindicated! And the summer of FREEdom begins. (Pictures added)

  

  I'm in Boston until the end of next week for some meetings for the Committee on Academic Performance, but guess what, NO PROBLEM SETS! And thus ... concerts? Tomorrow, a local radio station here in Boston is sponsoring a free

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Varsity Blogging As mentioned in a previous entry, I made some end-of-year presents for my bloggers -…

  

  As mentioned in a previous entry, I made some end-of-year presents for my bloggers - but I couldn't show you a picture until they'd been distributed. Now that I'm no longer in danger of ruining the surprise, check

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 26, 2006