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• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  , Helfant lived in Burton-Conner, the same dorm that currently is home to Laura, Jess, Snively, and Shannon. He majored in Materials Science and Engineering, earning his degree in just three and a half years. After MIT, he

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  This will default to miscellaneous Finishing this blog entry was my biggest accomplishment today

  

  When the most stressful thing in your life is having repetitive ... . Things like rearranging the plates and cups in our cabinet in an artistic ... . Then I took a nap. After my nap I fixed a rip in my pants, hooked up some

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  ” is October 24th, which is when the first paragraph was conceived in a ... for an entire 12 hours. Cambridge was wrapped in a wet blanket of cold ... the hotel failed to serve bagels in the morning. I did a campus tour

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Dah noo-loo Hey kah ay-ay u-nye

  

  their "talk to people not from MIT" routines. It's funny, MIT is in a bubble in that, as an MIT student, you start to forget what the outside ... actually were given a 15 minute talk in the bus about how to behave while not

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  more and more about my own freshman year - in particular, the choices I ... freshman was choosing to join a fraternity. It was, in retrospect, also one ... other Greek men, I have a great deal of pride in not only my own

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Crotchets and Quavers The evensong tradition

  

  ). In reality, only one college (King's) manages to do it every day, but ... all the pretense of being a real Trinity student and sat down in one of ... candle lit. The choir process in in two neat rows, followed by the dean and

  • by Cambridge
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  us in addition to the many activities they're planning for Campus Preview Weekend in April. We brainstormed, made charts and graphs, and after ... thing is about 2.5 hours in length, and not quite as life-changing as the

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thomas Friedman on Energy & MIT A NY Times article highlights MIT's innovative energy solutions

  

  our future. MIT has been very active in developing solutions to energy ... in May 2005. Since then, MIT undergrads have done wonders through ... Vehicle Team, and the Solar Decathlon (read more in the Spring 2007 issue of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 2, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Virginia Tech’s Commencement

  

  use about moving on. Closure has become an amazingly overused word in ... what others should do in the face of tragedy. Whether thinking about ... word shows up constantly in our language. But perhaps closure is the

  • by Laurie Everett
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  in the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) on ... ) to me (in the comments or via email). I hope you can join us! MIT ISEF ... (rescheduled from 1pm) Ruidoso Room In a session designed specifically for ISEF

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Message From Ben And Matt ...regarding the recent news of Marilee's resignation.

  

  , and especially for our office. We'll write more about it in a few days ... 're really in a state of shock at the loss of our leader. To make a long story ... credentials on her resume 28 years ago in 1979, when she applied for her first

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  Massachusetts to Malaysia) will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2011. If there's one in your area, you should check ... , in the home of my friend Kristie '03! Sunday Orange County, California

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  For pi are cubed. There can only be one winner.

  

  Jewish." But there's not, so this will go in Miscellaneous. From: Irving ... Center in w11. Join MIT Hillel for an evening packed to the brim with pi ... it because I was running 3 miles on a treadmill in the Burton

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  Hockfield recently wrote an op-ed in the Boston Globe entitled A Model For ... , with many faculty and students invested in finding energy solutions ... -competitors from the annual international solar car race to collaborate in designing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi, I’m Lulu ...a different kind of blogger; I take pictures.

  

  basic things you need to know about me and this blog you can read about in my biography, but here's a little more! I was born in China, grew up there in a valley between the mountains, moved to the outskirts of DC when

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Solicitation You've got questions. I'll have answers tomorrow night.

  

  fixing all the links in all the blog entries ever written... turns out that ... thing that's happened to me in the last few days is that Adam and I went ... . In my defense, I'll say that I'm a lot less of a drama queen than I was

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Molly Pounds Chicagoland's Molly Pounds '10.

  

  prompted her to study hard and earn good grades. That hard work paid off in ... junior. Pounds will graduate from Crystal Lake South High School in June ... in the fall. "Some people are really into the high school thing," said

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  . 1. If you send in your reply form to MIT telling us that you're coming (and if you have decided to come, please do send it in!), we will reply ... , and to await the Next Big Mailing (NBM) in May. 2. Yes, I will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Answers, and live updates Live from a lecture by architect Steven Holl.

  

  majoring in Course 4: Architecture at MIT (as you know, I eventually received my degree in Management Science). Famous architects like Holl get to ... completely new cities in China. Holl has begun talking about Simmons Hall

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  film for numerous uses in the typical laboratory including the typical ... time, no possibility for the making of the product in any other thickness ... pretty much ubiquitous in every research laboratory worldwide. Just among

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006