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• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  Shout out to the MIT VPN for helping me climb the Great Firewall. Facebook and google are banned, but for some reason Facebook Messenger still ... summer--researching at the Media Lab and going to Ethiopia for the water

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  -minute multimillion-dollar gift from an anonymous individual known for years only as "Mr. Smith ... the water,” says MIT Professor Mark Jarzombek PhD ’86. One argument for ... island sketch with a space for MIT’s new campus. I am glad we are in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentations Live Webcast Project Engineering Processes aka The Most Fun A Course 2 Major Can Have Without Their…

  

  'm so excited to work on my 6.005 final project for probably the next ... on projects unified by a theme (see the theme gallery for themes of ... this project.....but for now, 6.005 (sigh).  Enjoy the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 7, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  Hackapult Sieges The Dome

  

  to pranks of years past".   I stood outside admiring the hack for ...         Onlookers pose for pictures with the ... same for the cows. Those tender, tender cows.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cows, Cheese, and Myristic Acid, Oh My! (Almost) everything I learned about fat (and educational videos), I learned from 7.S390.

  

  experimental, part-edX class called Creating Digital Learning Materials for ... in East Campus for free, bond with Ceri R. ‘16, who was also taking 7.S ... . ‘16 made an episode for and which Elizabeth C. ‘13 runs! They make all

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 19, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  junior fall (now). In the summer, for Elizabeth C. 13's Science Out Loud ... shows you where I work-- at the wonderful Whitehead Institute for ... @mit.edu. Huge thank you and shout out to Science Out Loud for this great

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  class that I wake up thinking about and work late into the night for, not ... finding people who share my passion for design - who see it as so much more ... 've taken have been invaluable for this. They've given me the confidence to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story Of @MITStudents as told by the person behind it

  

  Kellen Manning, Communications Coordinator for MIT's Division of Student ... me an explanation of what DSL is trying to do with it (and, for that ... communicate what life is like for MIT students: the good, the bad, and the meh

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So @mitblogs_ebooks exists 'as you might know, i am a full time internet'

  

  (sometimes) funny. A few months ago I decided I wanted to make one for the ... to scripts, a free hosting service operated by MIT students for the MIT ... group of friends were executed for treason — мιтα∂мιѕѕισηѕ (@mitblogs

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  I owe you an explanation for my absence (and you'll get WAY more ... : After my last final on December 20, I flew home to London for winter break. On January 2, I flew to DC for a huge astronomy conference. There, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Classes of Semesters Past, Present, and Future since you asked.

  

  officially registered for 8.01, but took special seminars and the 8.012 final ... .05.) 21W.778 Science Journalism (I won $350 from the writing department for ... Beethoven to Mahler: 1800-1910 (SO excited for this) 21L.??? Old English (OLD

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  hacking tools to make a guide for sales engineers but what I found was a 10 ... put out by the powerful hackers who do this for a living. Script Kiddies ... . Writing Test Tools The last week and a half has been writing test tools for

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  hello again ヽ( ´¬`)ノ

  

  Allow me to (re)introduce myself. My name is Chris Peterson. For ... rewarding of my life. I spent almost every day at the Center for Civic Media ... here. And I look forward to what comes next. More to come soon. But for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 19, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Associate Advising and the MedLinks Program I'm sick of unpacking, so here's a blog post

  

  collection of these for a while, and will start leaking them out) MIT Student ... New House to run events for, and mentor, freshmen within our dorm who ... advisees to register for classes! In the meantime, back to unpacking.

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  't finish our toy 10 minutes before we had to be there for presentations ... end for the PLAYsentations. It was incredibly wonderful. Looking ... , thanks for one the most unforgettable experiences of my freshman year!

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  .013 (Senior Civil and Environmental Engineering Design, for those not yet versed ... to use for our bridge. We have a pretty simple design (a truss bridge ... very light, making it ideal for emergency situations where aid might be

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  624 Hours: Columbia, MO or, Things I Made While I Was Home

  

  the Show-Me State, Columbia is a lively college town, except for the ... magazine. [*Just got to say that I have a poop-ton of respect for housewives ... Housewifeformer™ and churned out three outfits for our new dog, Scooter (who

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  . “This line is for the Melancholia film screening. It’s by ... , Antichrist) based the idea for his newest movie from a depressive episode he ... instead of seeing, for example, how the president will react to these

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  example for a lot of arguments either, but he's an engineer for NASA. He ... suit to be a superhero. No "baby I was born this way" origin story for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT IreneCam tracking the storm - here and on the web.

  

  I've decamped from the Boston area northwards to New Hampshire for ... power for some time because it is surrounded by an intricate interweaving ... ;   One final note: for those of you who already have students here at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 28, 2011