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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Founder’s Letter A historical perspective.

  

  for only a short letter. Much occupation before the Committee of the ... importuned for a word, which was characteristic, as usual. I was urged to speak ... be drawn for the present so as to place them with the seceders. Still

  • by William Barton Rogers
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  scientific community convened for the first time at the University of Chicago ... . Professor Wasserman went for a more mathematical approach to defend the merits ... .) Closing arguments for the hamentaschen supporters were handed to Professor

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  my mind reeled to remember the name for it. Then all of a sudden I ... .) I immediately gained a new appreciation for why we all wore helmets ... . Easier said then done. I was mentally prepared for it, and I unfastened

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Snowy Birthday Party the #IAParty2011 is just beginning

  

  lined up for the next few months. The committee has been working for ... around it. But for me, coming from the deep south, this is a unique

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • January 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  3D Ping Pong Quantum Mechanics (Or why the sciences here are even better than you may think)

  

  glasses to wear for the upcoming experience. You pass through another ... structure. As for this class...well, I'm sure there was some learning done ... department at MIT is notorious for their (Stuffed) Monkey and a Gun demo, which

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  discovered several parts of the brain that are very specialized for particular ... Saxe has even discovered a brain region that is specialized for thinking ... , and how they arise in development--as well as looking for other special

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  grandparents' flat was torn down to make more room for roads. I've gone to school ... ideas. A restlessness that keeps me searching. And above all a love for ... all this for Arecibo or if I just copied and pasted from some college

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  . Parents are usually easy to spot for a couple of reasons. First, they all ... say magic, but we actually had to go through the proof for this and I ... you make it through a hellish week here. That hellish week for me is

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  advice courtesy of Sara Ferry '11. It's time for some more Boston advice ... ," not like "coh-opp." Now for places around Boston: Copley Square ... for y'all in case you aren't motivated enough to make your own. More

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2007: I Got Served, and It Felt Grrreat!! By: Seleeke, '11

  

  made my way down to Chinatown, where I went shopping crazy for my peeps back home. I brought home a Chinese newspaper and a few gifts for my special lady in Minnesota, along with a couple of trinkets for my family. My

  • by Bryan
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  atop my mini-fridge for a long, suspenseful day before its first chance ... we head for Briggs Field where everything was coming to a head. On our ... rocket do, Jesse? For those that are interested, this is our official

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  , Caltech's cannon appeared at MIT for CPW, complete with intricately machined ... the party so that I could pretend to sleep for half an hour before getting ready for class. I'm glad I was there. It's one of those things

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  grumbling for part of them because of having to wake up at 7am. ;-) April 21st is the deadline for freshmen to declare a major. Technically, it ... Sloan faculty heard the desires of the MIT community for a recognized

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Hello from Palo Alto My California not-so-vacation.

  

  day, then I'm catching the redeye to Boston at 10 PM. Look for me to answer a bunch of questions later today. For right now, I just want to be a little lazy and watch TV -- I've been talking to people almost nonstop for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  how 18.01 is a prereq and 18.02 is a co-requsitie for 8.02. Since I ... , here's a shout out to the Lego Lab for being cool enough to work with ... you could all decide for yourselves about the MIT campus: Coming Soon

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Rush and Hall Rush

  

  Early Warning", which I think is a great name for a party. At the East ... (or burning, for that matter), there was just a lot of evaporating ... dorms (yay for people making the most of Rush!). And there was Hall Rush

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  event for you as best I can. The ceremony took place in Killian Court. It ... , Paul Gray, and Chuck Vest. Finally, the moment we'd all been waiting for ... day." It's a new era for MIT. And a very exciting one. Anyway, that

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Nibble of Music

  

  the Last Dance For Me. I must say that I do like the crooners. (Michael ... course, a big reason for the it being named that, aside from the popularity ... ), This One Jazz Bar. A freshman yelled at me this year for supporting women

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Atomic Friends a comic

  

  in-between of novels and movies. Novels allow for endless words ... more on its pictures to tell story rather than its dialogue. For our first assignment of the class, we were challenged to write a script for a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

  soft-spoken. Be docile. I did this every weekend for the first 17 years ... woke up the next day and laid in bed for 15 minutes, feeling sparkly. I ... vindication I felt, being able to root for her, was strangely freeing. I wonder

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022