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• Blog / MIT Life

  Let it snow What I did today instead of sleep for 29 straight hours.

  

  debt that I've accumulated over the course of my entire life

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Boris Alexeev: Solving Graph Theory Problems Boris Alexeev spent five months working on a math UROP with Prof. Daniel Kleitman.

  

  I met sophomores Boris Alexeev and Shaye Storm three years ago at a week-long program for Intel Science Talent Search finalists. As part of the program, we spent two days…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading.

  

  Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading. :-) I know there are a lot of questions in the comments and I’ll definitely get to those…

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jugal Shah- Improving the technique of High Resolution Quantitative Autoradiography Sophomore Jugal Shah is improving a boron imaging technique that may potentially enhance a promising…

  

  Most universities aim to attract well-rounded individuals with varied interests and sophomore Jugal Shah is living proof of MIT’s success. Jugal is double majoring in Nuclear Engineering (Course 22) and…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  “It’s just so effortless!” Apples and ziti and pies, oh my!

  

  Sam already told you about AppleBake, but I figured I could throw in some pictures too. As Sam mentioned, our floor, Conner 2, goes kind of insane about AppleBake. We’re…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anna Teytelman: Japanese Hip-Hop Extraordinaire! Anna Teytelman studies Japanese hip-hop and culture at MIT's Hyperstudio.

  

  When most people say they have a UROP, you can immediately imagine them sitting at a lab bench while wearing a white lab coat, safety glasses, and gloves. If Anna…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Go White Sox! I'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had…

  I grew up in Elgin, IL and I’m a huge White Sox fan (sorry Astro fans). Even though Elgin is northwest of Chicago (and most northsiders are Cubs fans), my…

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Novartis

  

  Today, I went on a tour of the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR), which is located just down the road from MIT! I pass this spiffy new building every…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bryan Owens: Developing bioreactors An interview with fellow blogger, Bryan Owens, to find out more about his awesome UROP…

  

  Drug discovery is a difficult and expensive process. The approximate average Research & Development cost of one drug is around $850 million. Pharmaceutical companies are facing enormous pressure to cut…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  there! Ciao! Dan Kirsch Residential Life Associate Usuaully you have to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The real O.C. Travels in Southern California.

  

  life of an admissions officer on the road can be hectic, and sadly we do ... , life on the road can be hectic), I hopped back in the car around the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  I realized the other day that, despite the fact that most of you are probably at least dimly aware that I’m a cheerleader, I never write anything about cheerleading. (To…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ming-fai Fong- Designing an intelligent walking “toddler” robot After learning to sit, bend their knees, squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the…

  

  Parents always eagerly anticipate their child’s first steps and cherish the memory for the rest of their lives. Senior Ming-fai Fong, a Mechanical Engineering student with a concentration in Artificial…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Hacks and meta-hacks

  

  A few nights ago, I was walking down the Infinite Corridor with two of my hall’s freshmen, when one of them noticed something odd in the Guide to Facilities for…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  I’m a little exhausted from answering questions right now, so this is going to be brief — the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are all excited and…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  So summer kind of comes to an end today. Orientation starts next week, and then comes Rush and classes. Now, I will say this, I had an absolute blast this…

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  I have always been proud of the fact that there is a star and a minor planet (a.k.a. an asteroid, but minor planet sounds substantially more impressive) bearing my name.…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  Summer Motto #456-1A: Rock the free stuff, always. So following that charge, my friends and I were able to score free tickets to the New England Aquarium to check out…

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  Billie Holiday said it best, “Them that’s got shall get, Them that’s not shall lose… God bless the child that’s got his own.” If knowledge is power, then good blogs…

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sun off a beach The one where it rains. I mean, another one where it rains.

  

  rain cloud above my head (see my life as a cloud) and bring horrible

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 31, 2005