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  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  : The weather on campus turned beauuuutiful this week (just in time for ... lovely springy pictures. This was drawn on one of the public ... the dome decoration is here.) It must have taken a lot of work and it

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  handle. Now, I realize that these are the days when we become the kind of person we're going to be for the next stage of our lives. I felt like I ... , but I didn't know what venture capital was or what the startup landscape

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  The first speech I ever gave in my life was to the 1000 of you who attended the CPW Welcome event Thursday night. It was a 5 minute, 5 step ... it:     At the time, I actually didn’t know that there

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  with her. Scrolling through the original message, I saw a comment that ... told me that I should meet Ashley at MIT's Kresge Auditorium. The theater ... , according to the program bio, "Music Director of both the Simón Bolivar

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  opportunity to mortify their loved ones. Three student performance groups - the Logarhythms, the Muses, and the Shakespeare Ensemble - can be hired to burst ... . Last year, the Logs burst into my Quantum Lecture, and sang to a boy in the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Congrats Jenn Lai ‘11, Rhodes Scholar This blog entry does not contain video of Jenn playing "Rhapsody in Blue" with the…

  

  Today, the Rhodes Trust announced the 32 Americans who have won the 2010 Rhodes Scholarships. The Rhodes Scholarship, described as "the ... Jennifer Lai '11 has won the Rhodes Scholarship. This brings MIT's count to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  What I acquired from the MIT Career fair last Thursday: 29 pens ... the floor space in my room. It’s now in cups on the desk, hanging from a carabiner on a nail, displayed on the ledge around my room, hidden in a desk

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gustavo Dudamel Conducts MITSO! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Because we are THAT good.

  

  [by Shelby Heinecke '13] THE Gustavo Dudamel, you know, the hip, vivacious, and inspiring Venezuelan conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, visited MIT last Friday to receive the 2010 Eugene McDermott Award in the

  • by ARTalk
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Start shaping up in January! I like.

  

  Despite the constant intrusion of multivariable calculus, I think I’m in love with IAP. The recurring theme seems to be: Things get thrown ... tomorrow! OK – not really true. But the sense of freedom and spontaneity, the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  I'm the type of person who never wins the lottery. Were this a ... ) prior to Monday, I was under the legal lottery ticket purchase age, (2) nobody in my family has ever won the lottery, suggesting that my otherwise

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  [EDIT: It has been noted that the photos in this entry don't show up in Internet Explorer. I'll try to fix this soon, but in the meantime, I ... endorsement of Firefox still holds, though.] For the first time since August

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  term will just have to wait. It's not like I'm leaving you out in the ... living groups - they've been mentioned on the blogs before, but as none of the current or former bloggers have lived in ILGs, they haven't really

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Monday Actually, I think I just made it to Tuesday.

  

  7:39 PM: It's Sunday night. I have four exams in the next week. Hey ... potentials inside charged cubes. Erons is the type of person who carries all ... . Incidentally, the set of such people that I know contains one member: namely

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Give Me Liberty . . . Or Give Me a Towel!!!

  

  to provide the chance to participate in random, spontaneous, fun events ... Revolutionary War recreation, was bound to be one of the more epic moments of my summer. I checked out the Banditos Misteriosos website for the details. The

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  Have you ever heard of The Game? I've referenced it several times in ... succinct description (borrowed from the official Lose The Game website): Rule 1: You are playing The Game. Rule 2: Whenever you think about The

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It All Started with a Sound Board… [By Harrison Bralower '11] I was pleased to find that MIT had a very strong…

  

  in eighth grade my class went to the local high school to see a production of Man of La Mancha and I got seated right behind the sound board. The show was fantastic but I couldn't take my eyes off the two guys

  • by ARTalk
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  A month and a half ago, I posted the first part of my series ... drafting 2 weeks ago. At which time I wrote the following before I gave up ... to nothing. The IAP tide has crept ashore and I've been simply floating

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of rich men reclining on comfy couches while drinking and battling wits. The ... the beautiful new conference center at Harvard Medical School, the New

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  , so basically, applying technology to the analysis and optimization of ... trains and the sorts of performance aspects one would be concerned with in the freight industry. It's all new to me, coming from the passenger side

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing Two New MIT Students… ...classes of 2026 and 2028 respectively.

  

  Nance made his way to the world on January 11, 2006 at 10:40 pm. My wife ... length, lets just say I've never been so happy to hear the words Caesarean ... ecstatic to hear, "Your Epidural is in." Upon seeing Miles for the first time

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 14, 2006