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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Noam Chomsky and the humanities at MIT Chomsky gives a talk on Iraq on May 23

  

  is to focus on direct relief to its victims.” Present at the lecture was a boy named Omar and his father. You can click on the link to watch ... , including his thoughts on the current presidential candidates (to negotiate or

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 25, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  distinguishes the Institute from any other university that I know. On one level ... 's faculty - and what's actually here on the website is only a small sample of ... -doctoral student named Sandeep, who is actually the person who hired me; so on one

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  “Exactly” the Same We're not being too critical! We're MIT students!

  

  were working on) got together, read it, and started solving it. Puzzles ... spelled differently based on where they are found." "Maybe Latin names ... . Character Witness Dan Sauza '11 and I were working on misc. puzzles at around

  • by Snively '11
  • January 28, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Ducks vs. Army Men! Remember the good old days when you used to play in the sandbox?

  

  should get on that. Anyway, the point of this entry is the tables. I just ... minutes. We decided we needed more toys. So we called on Snively, of course ... glowstick). The battle rages on. The ducks receive surprise reinforcement

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  . Depending on your subject and which year you're in, you can have anywhere from ... before your supervision, that not only have you not started on Example Paper #2, you still have questions on Example Paper #1. This is very sad

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  the Houses of Parliament on November 5, 1605. Though their plot was ... celebrates "Guy Fawkes Night" on November 5 by building bonfires, lighting ... contained a number of pictures, which I am more than happy to pass on to you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  there?” “Why not solve global warming on the continent that ... come here from that moment on. Over the past three years, he’s ... investing in other companies that focus on sustainable development. But he

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come Together What do you believe in?

  

  at MIT, he was extended an invitation to speak on campus, which he ... sure you back up your assertions with reliable sources. Me on the ... awareness and send prayers for peace in Burma. The event was held on October 3

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 9, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  revoke your admission or diploma (jk) The t-shirt I was planning on ... book is on sale!!! So my friend Diana and I were terrified of ... dieselsweeties made me laugh: ... so we quickly dashed on the bus and hurried

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  Jackman on MSNBC about "the physics of Van Helsing" where he said something ... then he can throw them!" 3. On that note, the bad science didn't bother ... Juggernaut, b****!" Also, there was a preview for Snakes on a Plane. Between

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christina Royce: Analyzing Re-entry Systems Christina Royce, a senior double majoring in Mechanical Engineering, with a concentration in Manufacturing through…

  

  Economics, is doing her senior thesis project on re-entry systems through the ... . Stanley Gershwin, who literally wrote the book on manufacturing systems ... calculate the probability that a certain machine will be working on a given

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of The Bands takes over Bryan’s Blog Hostile takeover of Bryan's blog for the night.

  

  the band lineup for this year. Yuan: Sweet! I hope Polski FIAT is on ... radio...the list goes on. Yuan: So are we gonna post the band lineup or ... admission. All proceeds to benefit Children's Hospital Boston. Shaye: Rock on

  • by Bryan
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “The Flying Luxury Hotel of Tomorrow” The luxury cruise of tomorrow is sweet!

  

  -management system will serve the same purpose as trim on an airplane, allowing for ... year's worth of supplies to an offshore oil rig. "You can land on the snow, you can land on the water," Pasternak says. "It's a new vision of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  ten-year olds (and even staring at the pretty graphs on his poster), I ... , explain that he worked on a graph theory problem about the coloring of ... starring on Shaye's radio show. Aspiring mathematicians are in luck, as MIT

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

  Mystery Hunt 2006 announced

  

  ultimate goal of finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in ... on Friday, January 13, 2006. Team registration is now open. Like in the ... ). Our "map" of Normalville kept the team up-to-date on our progress. This

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford Part 1 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  Overall, a good first day on the road. Woke up early, packed for the ... included discussions on everything from admissions to the point at which ... booked). I'd relied on the past few years' Hartford numbers - less than

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  on its way to those who replied to us before the deadline. One of the ... , you add me to your list of friends on Thefacebook ;) Your important ... . Back in the fall of 1996 (we had to wait until we were on campus to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  O’Reilly Primes?

  

  totally list that as a talent on your application). Number theory is fun ... this up to one of my housemates, Josh, who was on the winning 2003 ... for going off on a large Mystery Hunt tangent without talking in depth

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  for me, as I spent all four years of college playing D3 soccer on MIT ... in touch with MIT – updating the coach on my SAT/ ACT scores, letting ... the right place for me. Five months later, I was on campus stepping onto

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

  . If you're right, you get points; if you're wrong, no one else on your ... specific characteristics. High school quizbowl in Canada is focused on our ... drove two hours to New Haven on the morning of and two hours back the same

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018