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• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Ends 522 EA admits, Snively, molecular jewelry, and Evan Broder's holiday card - more random than…

  

  speculation all over the web about the reasons behind our increasing the number ... no plans to increase the class size, nor are we abandoning the ... changes in the early application policies of some of our peer institutions

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  the 1960s. In 1968, a coalition that included 48 MIT faculty members protested “the militarization of university research,” and in November of the following year, another group chanted, “We won’t

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  , to say the least. I've also been out of town quite a bit thanks to the Navy. The good news is that I now know what I'm doing after I graduate ... tell you about today? ICE. And I don't mean solid water. From the subject

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  hands on some power tools- of the large variety. One of the principle machine shops on campus is Pappalardo Lab. This is the lab space used by ... resources. The primary component is the shop area- but nearby are also several

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m still alive And I missed entry #2000 by one! Blargh!

  

  the O'Connor Lab, guaranteeing me the shortest commute to work I'll ever have to make. (Yeah, you know I used Paint.) The round trip is less ... needed to be posted on the blogs. Expect a real post from me this weekend

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Message From Ben And Matt ...regarding the recent news of Marilee's resignation.

  

  Hi friends, This story will likely be all over the news soon, so we ... when we've had the chance to digest it further, but right now we're really in a state of shock at the loss of our leader. To make a long story

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Entrepreneurship invasion I love it when students start useful companies.

  

  student who I haven't seen in a long time stops by my office. In the process ... devote himself fully to the start-up. And he's trying to get a freshman I know to join the team, too, at least for the summer. The company is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life as a Talent Scout I could be the next Randy Jackson.

  

  , Battle of the Bands, I went to check out a potential band for the competition. So on the way there, I stopped at Burger King on the way and tried the Cheesy Tots. I don't even want to know how many years of my life I

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  NM – u? Sometimes there just isn't that much crazy in my life. Splish splash.

  

  interesting things about which I can't wait to blog. The rest of the weeks ... , so I curled up in Hayden with Moll Flanders. I usually sit up on the second floor, near the M-Z section of "Current Periodicals" so I can treat

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus, version 2.0 More pictures!

  

  of Hanna, Dorota, and Jake, all fellow frosh. Here are some from the fourth floor: This is the door to GRT Vikash's room - The 4th HNC lounge Some of the Haus frosh hanging out in one of our suites: In the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Introduction To MIT World ...and my blog's first feature: Akamai, Clever and Cool!

  

  on the MIT home page under Education — click on "video"). This primary ... one to be the first one to reflect on in this new forum. So, I thought ... has changed the world, told by one of the founders of the company. Check

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  just under a day, and we are staying in a guesthouse near the capital for the next 5 days or so. We hope to meet with 3 students from the University of Zambia (UNZA) before we begin our trip to the community of Mwape

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.

  

  Today is the beginning of IAP! IAP, or the Independent Activities ... activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long ... more puzzles), with the ultimate goal of finding a coin hidden somewhere

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  As you know, MIT is embarking on a mission to tackle the world ... Hockfield recently wrote an op-ed in the Boston Globe entitled A Model For Tackling The Energy Challenge. Here's a snippet, beginning with her speaking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  Time Magazine's Person of the Year. It's you. The person reading ... summary of the article- lots of things happened in 2006, but one of the biggest was the general explosion of user-created on-line content. You

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  Boston. P.F. Chang's was packed, but we zipped to the front of the line ... from Panama. The Altar Boyz played at the Colonial Theatre to a very ... the first row of the mezzanine. Afterward, it was time for some fine

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Preparations First my birthday, then halloween!

  

  now the ripe age of 20 years old, after a weekend of birthday ... a glorious 2 extra hours on the tracks, right outside of New Haven. I made the most of my time by studying for my neuroanatomy exam, but I was

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Apple Sculptures The Caltech Cannon and soft core porn

  

  I'll admit it -- the "soft core porn" reference in the excerpt for ... of the sculpture entries for Burton Conner (my dorm)'s annunal Apple ... Resident Tutor (GRT) Chris. An apple-and-peanut-butter elephant. The

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  My Wednesday: 9:00 AM -- Swim Test at the Zesiger (Z) Center. For some reason, I waited until senior year to take the mandatory swim test ... -- Attend 15.501: Corporate Accounting lecture 2:30 PM -- Volunteer at the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  RA Blogger Applications Due Wednesday 9/6 At Noon Extended deadline...

  

  As stated in the original post, they were actually due on 8/31, but I forgot to remind you, so I've extended the deadline. :-) If you wish to be ... decisions by early next week, but the first priority is launching the new site

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 4, 2006