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• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 1 The first winning entry in the photo contest. What a view!

  

  The Orientation photo contest is off to a great start. The first ... Iran. This photo was taken from Arya's 15th floor room in the dormitory MacGregor House, just before sunset. The left half of the picture is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Thirteen Theses on Wide Tim In a world which really is topsy-turvy, the true is a moment of the false.

  

  But certainly for the present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, representation to reality, the appearance to the essence... illusion only is sacred, truth profane. Nay

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Here Comes the Sun @ MIT A Photographic Journey

  

  are some images I've collected over the course of the month. Enjoy! :) Messages in the Sky over Kresge Auditorium: The Light between Building 18 and the Infinite Corridor: MIT's Main Entrance: Lobby 7 aka 77

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Biological Engineering major

  

  (S.B.) in Biological Engineering Moved, that the Faculty approves the proposal of the Biological Engineering Division to offer an S.B. program that will lead to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Fabulous Festivities & Fireworks for the Fourth The annual Boston Pops concert and fireworks show.

  

  Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the ... nationwide (10pm et/pt on CBS). The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  The Great Dome, Marriage Equality, and a Proud Hack Better yet, all three in one picture!

  

  For those of you who didn't notice, the Supreme Court of the United States voted to legalize same-sex marriage yesterday. MIT noticed. The Great Dome is one of the most iconic pieces of architecture on campus, and

  • by Joel G. '18
  • June 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  It's finally spring in Boston! And unlike the occasional t ... my PE requirement in the last 6 weeks of college makes me "that senior ... to the West side of campus twice, even though it is only a 10-minute

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on DesigNerds DesigNerds: Product Design TV

  

  decided to email the grad student behind the project, Barry Kudrowitz. From ... actually in the process of pitching the concept to the discovery channel." cool, eh? There's no website yet for the project, but you can check out

  • by Bryan
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston’s 4th of July Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has…

  

  Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the ... nationwide (10pm et/pt on CBS). The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  the next step. (and for those that think I'm too verbose, please just ... . I realize that I'm posting this in conjunction with the Admitted blog ... wrote this on Saturday night, after the decisions came out. Different

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Quick Guide to Adobe Illustrator The very basics, for people who have never used it

  

  images, and make files to laser cut. Setting up your document The first ... +s after the document is made to choose a directory, save, and rename if you ... can add or remove Artboards after the document is created. I also like

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • February 19, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  The fourth Thursday of November and the few days before and after are typically the biggest travel days in the U.S. Why? Because that day (today!) is Thanksgiving day, which is a BIG DEAL in the U.S. Considering the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  from the MIT homepage yesterday, the final day of voting. According to the site, the online voters will "make the final choice, which will be honored in the strip." The strip has not yet run, but as of 12:58am this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd A different kind of pumpkin drop (by Lauren H. '16!)

  

  have the dangerous dual combination of both being full of awesome project ideas and being really, astoundingly good at the whole art thing. She's got a blog of her own, The Fullerene Incident, where she documents her

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT salutes Harry Potter ...the best way we know how, with hacks!

  

  Tomorrow night, the final Harry Potter movie will be relased.  Here in Boston, the two biggest movie theaters, the Boston Common 19 and ... many, this is the end of an era that started with the release of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  My fellow readers of the MIT Admissions blogs, a great tragedy has befallen us today. The favorite dining spot of hundreds of students on campus has been closed down. Yes, that's right: the Subway in the Student

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers With today's next post, I'll begin a summer-long occasional series introducing you to the MIT…

  

  introducing you to the Admissions Officers for the 2005-2006 school year. Some of us you already know through the blogs and other means. Some of the ... . We'll be gaining four new Admissions Officers, though, over the next

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the Deshpande Center?

  The Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation provides grants and resources to help MIT faculty and students move their ideas from the lab to the marketplace. The center empowers some of MIT’s most talented
• Blog / Blog Projects

  slow burn you and the void

  

  cw: gore ?  # The void is calling to you. You speak to the machines. You rose closer with the sun today, shivered on the way to lab, the morning pale and grey. There are jobs that need doing in the basement by the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 6, 2023
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What programs fall under the School of Architecture & Planning?

  Architecture was one of the four original departments at MIT, and it was the first signal that MIT would not be narrowly defined in science ... discipline, the department has long contributed to learning in the arts and