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  A recipe for disaster Behind the scenes of the "giant pie" video

  

  the concrete blocks we were going to stack on top of it. We couldn ... the people, credited and uncredited on the video, who helped with this ... peaches so Petey had Costco put them all on a pallet and forklift it into

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • March 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jenny Hu- Adapting to Artifical Gravity Junior Jenny Hu worked in the MIT Man Vehicle Laboratory to study if people can…

  

  Manned space exploration has been limited to fairly short missions to ... learn to adapt to living in artificial gravity. Jenny simulated this ... subject laid in while it was spun at high speeds. Her research focused on

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Valentine’s Day Eve Day. What? Also. BEN FOLDS.

  

  belief right now. But okay, so that was exciting news today on campus, but ... , which is this week long celebration of Greek life on campus, which is kind ... middle of all that awesomeness is the awesomeness that is Ben Folds on

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Can You Become Back at MIT, with excitement and pictures

  

  burrito, I had 81 cents left on my card. After dinner, I went to La ... had 47 cents left on my card. You know me, living on the edge. My room ... in Boston. On the hallway thingy that connects the plane to the airport

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  Working for Veterans Affairs It’s 7am on a Tuesday, and I need to get ... !); second, smile, because the word “snoozed” looks funny on the phone screen ... ’ve discovered that multiple small tasks are more taxing on the brain than several

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  i saw you four ways to follow MIT students

  

  embarrassingly MIT? we're lucky to have some people share their good news. there ... ; 2) isawyou  isawyou is not as prolific as it once was, and today it ... company) based on humans of new york. it's lucky to share uniquely intimate

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  're googling themselves -- hi professors, I really do like you!) So my big news ... today. Apparently she asks five or six students to eat lunch with her ... -day extension on a paper for 21A.100 that was supposed to be due yesterday, so I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  for my brain to remember things, as I'll tend to ramble on and on like ... month or so. Let's get started. I got a 100% on my first MIT test ... , but the disambiguation would be helpful. Lesson to be learned from this

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  ways and have trouble admitting that I'm wrong. Today, I found out that I was totally wrong about bikes on campus. I've always walked to class and lab, which is really kind of stupid if you live on the far west end

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  nice moments on campus things are okay, actually

  

  It's April. I’ve been on campus for close to two months now. It ... , though! Just today it was like [annotation note="24 celsius for the normal ... nothing productive today, and that's okay. I'm giving myself the day off

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 10, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  . USA Today's All-USA Academic Team. "Team" members are judged on their ... . Scholarships are nice. They provide you money for college (offsetting your Self-Help ... still open. Today, I'll highlight a couple programs whose deadline have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  147 classes have graduated from MIT in its history; today, the Class ... very own Matt McGann. You can follow the commencement on Twitter, on Storify, or via #MIT2014 on your social media system of choice. I must

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  (Sean) and thank him for giving such a helpful presentation at the AAAS ... on Capitol Hill for two days. Two days were enough to learn that things here unfold on VERY SHORT TIMESCALES. Yesterday, for example, we learned

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  kitchen, the TV in the living room is left on channel 4 (NBC) which ... typically the biggest travel days in the U.S. Why? Because that day (today ... which is located on 34th street in New York City. (Hence the movie title

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  you graduate and are living on your own. Banks, cell phone carriers ... on facts than on the larger questions. They might help some people, but ... I sold several old textbooks back to the Coop, sold a few more on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  explore. Certainly, what is defined by "fun" depends on who you are, but I ... , particularly where I live... I have not known boredom since moving here. There ... students' lives that they've been around like-minded peers. And yes, the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Get The Scoop The dish on ice cream around MIT.

  

  . A USA Today article on Ice Cream Joke (post your answer as a comment ... few blocks away in any direction. First off, there's Toscanini's about

  • by Bryan
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is going to pump you up! A bit about a cool new fitness program called getfit@mit

  

  engineering, but I thought that today I’d focus on a great idea by MIT Medical ... long bike rides to clear your mind and “ah-ha” moments while chatting ... comprised of five to eight people, and teams compete based on the average

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  chat this: HELL. FUCKING. YES. For those of you who don't know me ... movie on Netflix at least 14 times over, if not more, and read the first ... me feel very bougie. In the Lyft, we excitedly chatted about classes

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  should I be doing right now? Schedule the interview now (today is the ... where we have interviewers (if you're living in, for example, Crescent ... them once again for helping you with your college process. If they need a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004