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  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  today, Catherine circulated an announcement (and syllabus) for a new class ... credits Urban Science for Public Good: Gender and Racial Equity in ... the Media Lab/Center for Civic Media back in 2014 and have been thinking

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  mostly closed for the holidays and not accepting emails or answering phone ... resting up in preparation for all of your RA applications! We will be back ... deferred or those of you still finishing up your RA applications in time for

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  Guest post today from Mark F. '15, who was working on this essay for ... to do for the rest of your life. For some, this moment appears ... guidance, and guidance you’ll receive. Hope: A Guide for the Hopeless and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  [Guest Post] Things to do while waiting for decisions by emily '22, alison '23, felix '23

  

  and Japan you will visit for sure one day Clean that clothes chair u ... backpack for a week Try to get over your fear of how ugly the titans are and ... random WikiHow (with pictures) articles for 3 hours Crochet yourself a smol

  • by kellen manning
  • February 1, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  people haven’t noticed. To be fair, he’s a name rather than a face for ... Congress, now the US Representative for New Jersey’s 12th congressional ... science and engineering organizations, waiting for Rep. Holt to give a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  doesn't love me back. Yesterday, for example, I was trying to get a ... a slightly different permutation in order to get a nice figure for our ... get it over with. The gel ran for about two hours, then I set it up to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  All applicants are requested to fill out the application with their current citizen status. In our first-year admissions process, you’re considered an international applicant if you’re not a United States…
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  . Rhythms were broken, routine thrown for a loop (or many loops), and I spent ... scheduled for Wednesday, and classes were cancelled in anticipation of ... whole, asking for volunteers. I needed grills. I needed people who knew

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  so much for taking the time to meet with us. My name is Anna Ho, and I ... in Maryland, building cameras for telescopes. The woman to my right does research on the sun at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  my STORY of helping Wyoming students shoot for the STARS get it? do u get it??

  

  planner for the Wyoming stop, I was excited to bring the college fair ... special for me. Jackson Hole High School was gracious to host us, and as the ... from over 200 miles all across Wyoming, here for what they called “a once

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i used a selfie stick for good and other things i did in 6.811

  

  a client that was looking for a way to use his iPhone to take steady ... the popular grip shutter for iPhones is just the little circuit you see ... to maneuver his phone and did not need a giant robot arm to do it for

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 4, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  name for a 5th East-er, if you couldn't figure that out) because of ... Canyon that you went down on your back, which started out slow for the ... major roller coasters at the park, except for the newest one. Different

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  have known me for a few weeks]. Who should I ask to write letters on my ...  when they should have taught you. It is indeed very common for letters to come from ... as the norm. However, it is not uncommon for us to receive letters from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  it gets cold every year, to Miami for New Year’s and a Green Christmas and to Myrtle Beach for Thanksgiving and Hanukkah. My parents drove down ... ). Thanksgiving for me is the beach, yoga classes twice a day, and almost absolutely

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  our standing policy for any applicants around the world whose timely and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  , and I encourage you to Google and PubMed for updates (and please post what you found in the comments for the rest of us to see). I hope you ... love for frogs to amphibians in general. My favorite amphibian today is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I swear this isn’t an ad for Google But Bard is so much more fun than ChatGPT

  

  like GPT-4 for not knowing basic facts you can find via a quick Google ... for that. (Although ironically, this answer is a lot less funny now ... everything else is wrong. For example, Chemical Engineering was (and still is

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  Ambitious Adventures, a reality TV show following innovative cities around the U.S. and it’s entrepreneurs, will be premiering next year. I always liked the idea of reality TV – capturing…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  we do some memeing around these parts memes i've made so far on campus

  

  I love memes. I can't help it—I'm a Gen Z'er, so I grew up on the Internet with meme classics like Nyan Cat and Gangnam Style. Memes play a vital part in my communication toolbox. I also draw and [annotation note

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  , how did no one notice Yugi grew 2 feet every time he played cards?!), to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011