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• Blog / Community Projects

  A Picture is Worth a Thousand Balloons Literally. One thousand. Like, a one with 3 zeros. One times ten to the third.…

  

  , free-for-all balloon-popping extravaganza. They popped all the balloons ... , decided to welcome her return with a nice poster:   And a few ballons ... inventive with a PC power supply. You can’t make this stuff up

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Just 5 Days Left! Mystery Hunt begins in 5 days.

  

  are promptly eaten with a side of salad. Otherwise, they are set free ... of them survive with a foolproof strategy? If you're interested in remotely joining our team, just email me at [email protected]. Ciao for now

  • by Bryan
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  classes with the student and sign the student's registration card. A ... to mention, are copious sources of free food. Advising for ... advisors. Double the fun for everyone -- and double the number of people who

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  throughout the country for the past year, with intermittent internet shutdowns ... Ethiopia has only been alive for twenty years? I compare it with the early ... , he would call up Milton with an idea, and they would work on it for a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  just staring at computer screens trying to solve puzzles for “fun.” Last ... Modernist poetry; writing vocal arrangements and plays for your friends to ... to be as fun as the time I spent with Brian? I didn't know. I had a gut

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  This past Wednesday found me with blistered palms, swollen shoulders ... you can imagine, an EMT that can't handle a stretcher with someone on it ... I could come in and tinker with the stretchers a little bit. And thus

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights and Sounds Only at MIT.

  

  time, the sole thought running through my head was, "Hey, this is free. Wait, it's free?! I'm getting one ASAP." And thus, it was decided that I would sacrifice an afternoon nap for a one-mile walk across the Harvard

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 5, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exhibitions@MIT [by Leah Brunetto '12] Something different amidst displays of scientific progress.

  

  programs and activities, for-credit visual arts/music/theater arts classes, non-credit Student Art Association classes, and opportunities for cross ... sampling of seventeen paintings in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery, located

  • by ARTalk
  • May 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  Tomorrow morning I fly back to MIT, and I'm writing to you with ... siesta, and have left me to use only my eyebrows for expressions (I don't have very expressive eyebrows; for the past half hour I've been mostly

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  notes and posting them after, leaving three (3) different files for notes for every lecture, all with different amounts of material. On top of ... sitting across MIT's campus struggling to write for more than 30 minutes

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  , asking me to sign petitions, fight for some cause, or complain about the ... went over like a bag of rocks with the MIT administration. Long story ... agreed to do so. The problem with the post was that it was undoubtedly

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  semester 4, take 2 positivity edition!

  

  my advisor to let me sign up for three humanities classes and one ... future a void. But maybe for this blog post we could pretend? We could ... backfired when I ended up with a bunch of Zoom meetings every day, as opposed

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  puffs.” We tried the vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry cream puffs, with and without chocolate on top. They fill the puffs with your choice of ... wedding cakes I’ve ever seen! We sampled 6 desserts, pictured below

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tribute This is not the best joke in the world... actually, maybe it is.

  

  was covered in the Boston Globe and slashdotted, MTG had quite a larger ... entire production was glorious, but beyond the "Amadeus," "Top Gun" and ... , lightsabers, trap doors, and moving AT-AT legs, beyond "Don't Cry For Me

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  papurgatory I am demolishing my print budget and my solitary working habits

  

  credit for free every year, and each page is 10 cents. we can refill it if ... that I don’t like thinking about making mice poop with lasers. I signed ... papers for [annotation note="seminar in advanced undergraduate research"]6

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  the event justice in this blog because of my general inexperience with STEM maker culture (although I’ve had plenty of immersion with the arts). I’ve been to county fairs with craft exhibition booths and ventured to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 11, 2014
• Blog / Events

  I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany

  

  stories. “Not every day” for me was a few weeks ago when I landed in this ... the MIT community. No really, why? Because of the free stuff, obviously ... far. A statement button: For those into feminist think pieces as well

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  Cannon Hack The famous tale of the Caltech Cannon Hack.

  

  hacking history comes to a close. I, for one, was quite impressed with the ... only contracted to move the cannon here for CPW, and we respect the speed with which Fleming has responded. In their honor, we wish to afford them

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Admitted Students The Class of 2011 directory.

  

  Beginning today, admitted students can log into MyMIT for the Class of 2011 guestbook directory (post your picture!). And also, feel free to use this entry's fresh comments space for more admitted students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Admitted Students A quick update.

  

  Beginning today, admitted students can log into their MyMIT portal for new content, including a Class of 2010 guestbook directory (post your picture!). And also, feel free to use this fresh comments space for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005