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  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  post throughout the day to add pictures and videos).  Today, Friday, June 7th, the Class of 2019 graduates from MIT. They were admitted ... belong to the world.  The commencement address will be given today by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  In this blog post, I’ll share the saga of the Class of 2022’s Ring ... classes’ Ring Deliveries (2022 and 2023), which I had the opportunity to ... class ring tradition just under a century ago in 1927. The nickname “Brass

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  Life on Campus? remastered 2021

  

  my teeth, and stumbled across Memorial Drive to the boathouse. At 6 ... teammates to start warming up. By 6:50, I would be perched in the coxswain seat of a rowing boat, and we would be gliding away from the dock

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of the 2.009 Final Presentations rough, tough, messy!

  

  Hello! The 2.009 final presentations were two weeks ago, and it was AMAZING. If you haven't seen the 2.009 intro video please do, it's beautiful ... &A. From interactive climbing to portable AEDs, I felt that all the products

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • December 26, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  know about the MIT alumna who is known as the "Mother of the Internet ... Sun Microsystems, inventor of the spanning tree algorithm (!). Check ... earlier this year. (And, for the record, I think in the picture at right she

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Wandering through the Infinite 3.5ish years of wandering MIT, squeezed into like one month

  

  At some point during the semester, when walking to quarantine lunch in the Stud, I realized that there were a lot of cool things on the walls of the Infinite that I hadn't actually bothered to stop and read. In

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 22, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Mechanics of Blogging How do I do it?

  

  One of the biggest things that bugged me about MIT before I got here ... was the provider? Where did they check their e-mail? Bloggers blogged ... on the Internet did MIT hide all of its goodies? I'd like to shed light

  • by Snively '11
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble This ain't your AP English class's Shakespeare.

  

  that "no one" at the Institute appreciates, let alone participates, in the humanities or the fine arts. Well, I don't know about No One, maybe he doesn't like the arts - but the truth of the matter is that MIT

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  Boston from my hometown. I was soaked from the weather, completely unable ... glee and sugar in the elevator to the fifth floor. The chocolate and peanut butter ice cream with eleven toppings I ate at the dorm probably

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  a world where they were the BEST and always got A's and never had to ask anybody for help. As you might imagine, sticking 1000 of the brightest kids in the world on a single college campus means that not all of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The New MIT Viewbook! Last week, after a year of intense introspection (and a ton of work) we saw…

  

  of work) we saw the first proofs for the final book. I was blown away. It seriously gave me the chills. We'll see edits tomorrow and then the final proofs next week - and then it's off to the presses! I can't wait to

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT in the news MIT research and hacks in Time Magazine & The Economist. (P.S. Bono visits!)

  

  First up, The Economist profiled Professor Gruber's research on ... that its persons of the year are Bill and Melinda Gates and U2's Bono. In the photo essay that accompanied the article, they showed a picture

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Dance ‘Til You Drop 53rd planning a 53-year old party i've never even been to

  

  living group, the Burton Third Bombers, on [annotation note="the weekend of the Boston Marathon"]the Sunday of Patriot's Day weekend.[/annotation] The party is open to the entire MIT campus and features a hack and a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 3, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

  cast sharp shadows across the road, cutting gashes of total darkness. Bushes extended branches onto the sidewalk like long, skinny fingers about ... you who are applying to MIT EA, the deadline tomorrow is probably one of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains. We need to paint with all the colors of the wind. — Pocahontas from Pocahontas I ... the ear buds. Dimmed cabin lights are perfect for introspection. My

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  Trivia: What is the name of MIT's literary magazine, and which MIT Admissions blogger is its Editor-in-Chief? [answer at the end of the entry ... "a new magazine" which "spotlights exemplary writing from the first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  Here's the skinny on my summer. I got a fellowship from the MIT Public Service Center to intern with a non-profit in Hawaii on the Big ... and July). Now, for the meat-n-bread of what I’m doing, check out this

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

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  So, here it is, the inaugural post in my new book review blog idea. The whole idea was in fact inspired by one of my random "pick a book off the shelf because it looks kind of cool" library trips. Linguistics is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Putting The Pieces Together: Hacking at MakeMIT in which four biological engineers spend 16 straight hours making something

  

  butterfly that chugs along the top of a giant golden cardboard stag head ... the world of “making” by signing up for MakeMIT, even though they had no ... create to their hearts’ content for 16 straight hours. Hosted in the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 12, 2017
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2019 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  As a part of MIT's unconventional housing assignment process, the ... the assistance of the MIT guide to residences. One major component of this process are the so-called Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2019