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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Introduction To MIT World ...and my blog's first feature: Akamai, Clever and Cool!

  

  My first blog entry! Let me begin by introducing you to MIT World, a free and open on-demand video streaming web site that features public lectures at MIT. MIT World…

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  As you know, MIT is embarking on a mission to tackle the world’s energy and environment problems. Today, I’ve got two pieces of media to check out relating to this…

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

  Be Our Guest Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  I have had the good fortune to hear several excellent guest speakers recently. 1. Steven Levitt (author of Freakonomics and MIT PhD) came to campus on Monday and spent two…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  myself having answered that question. So more updates about my life in general and MIT life in general a bit later this long, wonderful weekend. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  rest of my life. So why not try to hedge my bets and try to do everything ... college life afforded me. I was what some people call a "workaholic." I

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Democrats, Republicans, sportsmanship, books The unbearable awesomeness of literature at MIT.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The combined weight of all the termites in the world is 10 times the combined weight of all the humans in the world. Confused thanks to Ariel…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stocking Up Completely random but fun.

  

  Three hallmates and I piled into a Zipcar the other night for a trip to a warehouse club in the area. The house manager just delivered a brand new refrigerator…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  one of the most interesting science experiments of my entire life. Three

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Preview Of My Summer Project Screenshots of the new admissions site.

  

  So here’s a sneak peek at what I’ve been working on all summer… the new admissions site. I can’t wait for this baby to launch! IMAGE #1: the new homepage.…

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Half-Century of Hacking MIT's original hackers are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short…

  

  If you don’t go to MIT, when you think about “hacking,” you probably think of nefarious nerds tapping away at Internet terminals, fueled by caffeinated soda and delivery pizza. If…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures of me

  

  One of the requested entries a while back was for me to post some pictures of myself. I don’t have that many pictures of myself, and most of them are…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Class of 2010 Excels: from Rifle Champion to Water Quality Researcher From the MIT Alumni Association’s New & Noteworthy When the 1,005-strong Class of 2010 steps on campus next fall,…

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

  The LiveJournal Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part three.

  

  Mid-summer frivolity, part three… THREE NAMES YOU GO BY: – Ben – Ben-o – Jones THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF: – I’m creative – I care about people –…

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Call Me, Emeril BAM!

  

  So summertime brings me to a crossroads in life, my fraternity's chef gets a summer vacation, I'm morally opposed to eating Top Ramen or hot dogs as a college student, and I just am a fan of more spice in my life

  • by Bryan
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  I just presented some intercultural communication challenges in the IBM/Lenovo merger for class. It was a team project on mergers as a whole, with each of us choosing a merger…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  In my past entry, a few students commented with the request that I post a biography of myself. I wrote a list of things I do and don’t like (Amelie…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Greek Way What I did for a Klondike Bar, caesar salad, chicken florentine, mushroom ravioli, chocolate torte,…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? MIT developed the first college undergraduate programs in Chemical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, and Nuclear Engineering. Today I decided to do start doing things the Greek way as…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Letting the days go by Fish finders, the Apprentice, and techie fashion.

  

  my time at MIT. TT: Did MIT teach you any values or lessons in life? RP

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  I have been incredibly busy so far this month. I’m taking hours away from French homework to sit down and write to you, but I think it’s time. Class has…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAP, and trivia answers IAP begins tomorrow.

  

  Tomorrow is the beginning of MIT’s Independent Activities Period (IAP)! IAP is one of the most fun times of the year. It is a time where students have lots of…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2006