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  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  printed to my screen. In a reckless, rash, and intuitive leap-of-faith, I ... >?  I just have no idea - there's to much exciting and wonderful in the ... undergrads who would love the opportunity to do research and learn about their

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  slipping into a lab coat. In high school I was fortunate enough to spend two ... siRNAs to prevent and treat influenza virus infection in mice. If all ... strains. My role in the project is to figure out how to deliver these si

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  works. In some respects that's tricky to answer, but I can give it a shot ... getting your big packet in March you come to CPW and get to explore all the ... , you get to choose your dorm. You rank all of the dorms in order that you

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Infinite Magazine [joint post with Kidist A.]

  

  loved fashion, and in recent years, as other hobbies have fallen to the ... desire to meet cool new people in a virtual semester, led me to apply for a ... photography and grew enough confidence to become a spread lead in the fall for

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 27, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  amongst the stars a comic

  

  in NYC.  In an attempt to get back part of my soul after what ... and am currently languishing in isolation. While I suddenly have so much free time, I don't feel like doing anything other than admire the art in

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  to find the Beehive Cluster using a map (that I read in red lamplight ... Dear current and future MIT students, There is a class you need to ... observing: sketching, assembling a telescope, using a telescope and a map to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  to: 2) keep it civil - in tone, in subject matter, etc. we're all ... prepare to send decisions out in ~12 hours. I may close comments later today ... Decisions come out in 36 hours, and I know a lot of you may be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  The ‘Game’ Supporting inter-collegiate relations.

  

  . (Disclaimer: These photos are in no way intended to discourage you from applying ... So last week, I made a trek out to the school down the street for The Game. This was my first time in all four years that I'd been at MIT that

  • by Bryan
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  in the arts faculty that I finally decided to check it out and squeeze ... !). In addition to staging performances, Central Square Theater works ... creation of plays about science in addition to discussing the cultural impact

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wonder ecclesiastes 1:9

  

  a city, in contrast to the wide open fields and sparse buildings I saw ... to go to a museum. It was in BGC, which was maybe twelve or so ... to qualify for ISEF a few months later, which that year was in LA. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Itinerary: IAP 2017 4 weeks in a suitcase and carry on

  

  . "Normal," meaning not going to bed at 3am and waking up just in time for ... Jersey to log in some more training.   LGA -> MCI Right now, on ... train back to Boston immediately after work, just in time to compete in

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  . I'm currently working in the Space Systems Laboratory helping to ... to develop and test these sorts of things in an environment where if ... work. I applied to this UROP because I wanted to work in a Real Science

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Finals Week…A Different View ...Or why I got up way too early this morning...

  

  . I lived in Baker House, often referred to in those days as the largest ... play a similar role to that of the Graduate Residence Tutor (GRT) in the dormitories. We're there to offer advice, make sure there is soda in the pop

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • May 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  , as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone ... journalists to spend nine months immersed in MIT science classes) - Gita Dayal ... science journalist. I went there just to get a feel for what a career in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week

  

  Boston. It was a miracle that I ever made it to the airport in time. Then ... left living right next door to some of my closest friends. 84 hours left to stare out at a skyline that looks back at me. 84 hours left of what

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  worth it. ES.200 ESG Teaching Seminar - 6 Units A requirement to TA in ESG ... With another add date passing and classes in full swing, I thought I'd take a moment to tell you guys what I'm up to for the semester. This

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  ://www.training.nih.gov/student/) with links to student programs. After sending in the Summer Internship ... to be placed in a laboratory. I thought it was just because of my lack ... , and desire to learn. Once you are in MIT, you can use the Institute

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime and the living is slightly less difficult than usual MIT = Masochists in Training

  

  , I took the GRE in July, and the majority of my free time prior to the ... to write essays about what you do in your free time -- they really don ... you want to research in grad school, and how seriously you're committed

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  nice moments on campus things are okay, actually

  

  really don’t want to do much of anything except maybe lie in bed and stare ... majority of it outside. My friends and I biked to Newbury street in Boston to ... even in covid times. Knowing that at the end of the week I'll be able to

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

  Doctor Who?

  

  to his thesis defense in full uniform: Doesn't Professor Tester (my ... can see exactly what our soldiers actually get to eat out in the desert ... summer, where she gets to "work from home" one day a week and sit in her

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005