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  A Morning With Sir Tim Berners-Lee This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the guy…

  

  -Lee, the guy who invented the world wide web. (That sentence alone is pretty ... site to learn more about him. My favortite page is the one on which he answers questions for kids. I particularly like his answer to the last

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Activities Midway Each year, MIT exhibits its 300+ student activities. Friday, I checked them out for you.

  

  Friday was the annual Activities Midway, a hugely popular Orientation ... were on hand for the event. You can click here to view the entire list of MIT student activities, courtesy the Association of Student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter

  

  (where the sidewalk ends), I'm from Bethesda, MD (a suburb of Washington ... just got back from my second visit to the beautiful town of Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. I went with my family and we stayed at a French

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  Today, I'm back in the office (but only for a day) after doing three ... the College Night at the Bronx High School of Science. Fellow alum/interviewer Mark, who graduated from Bronx Science back in the day, joined me in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  the runaround a star-studded event twenty years in the making.

  

  birthday, I rarely ever have the opportunity to celebrate my birthday with my friends, so clearly since I had the opportunity to do so this year, I ... @MIT, you could grab a bite to eat before the performance begins. After

  • by Bryan
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Summer With Tulip Interfaces, Inc guest post by Sharon L. '21

  

  *written by Sharon L. '21 as a part of the 8,726,500 Seconds of ... devices in between. Regardless of your role within the factory, whether it ... the factory workbench, along with the Tulip gateway and platform setup

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Augmented Reality in Action one step before holograms

  

  objects onto the real world. And it's pretty freaking cool. I've been following augmented reality and virtual reality closely since the beginning of 2016, but it wasn't until the AR in Action conference last week at the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 26, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Look At Stagecraft [by Susan Shepherd '11] And axes!

  

  [by Susan Shepherd '11] As some of you might already know, the MIT ... does not disappoint. The play follows three story lines that frequently blend together and influence one another. First, there is the love plot of

  • by ARTalk
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  the word "football" means a sport played neither with feet nor anything resembling a normally shaped ball. But, to the rest of the world, football is what we call soccer. And to Europe, it's been the focus of everyone

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  CRACKED [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Part art-support group, part studio, part community, and part activist.

  

  [by Sadie Scheffer '10] For the final art blog of the school year, I ... from MIT and Wellesley, as well as faculty from the Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS, cavs.mit.edu) and local artists. The open forum we

  • by ARTalk
  • May 29, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  Despite the fact that I've lived in the Boston area for the past four years, I've actually never walked the Freedom Trail, the red brick path winding through the city which connects many of the historical sites for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The CrimZone. there are 2 impostors at harvard

  

  anxiety shoot up, but the lady at the counter was pretty nice to me the entire time. Because the campus center was closed by the time my appointment ended, I had to go the next day to pick up my card. Fatima, who also

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  [Guest Post] The Alleyway by Isabella Y. '24

  

  During the storms of May, the Charles rages toward the ocean while ... sprint across the dark streets in soaked socks, rain tickling their tongues as they laugh at the sheer amount of water pouring from the sky. I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  , listening to the Prince of Egypt soundtrack (Hans Zimmer AND Stephen Schwartz. Oh my goodness.) The couple to my left don't speak much English, but seem very nice; the lady offered me one of her crackers. We're flying

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the MIT Interview keep b r e a t h i n g

  

  ). A description of the current interview process is posted here.  0 ... :16 How much does the interview matter?? 4:16 What if I bomb the interview???? 5:41 Quick tips for the interview

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 6, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  towards the Midwest region but was really open to anyone. Basically, I sat ... ’s pretty awesome!) answered the hard questions about applications and ... remember the sailing, you might have been thinking, “Hmm, it sounds like Kate

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully this post will be quite helpful! How does the waitlist work? We are ... estimates of the percentage of admitted students who will attend (known as the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ‘Twas the night before Christmas Happy holidays to everyone!

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas ... traditional decorating of the tree. Just a few miles from my house is the famous Big Duck, which always gets all gussied up for the holidays. It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  ... Thursday 12/1: The day I'd set aside to catch up on email, blogging, work ... committee. That night I edit 50 pages of copy for the new viewbook in preparation for a meeting the next morning. (Lunch: Mass Ave food truck

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas with the McGanns

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. Two nights ago we did our traditional decorating of the tree. Just 2.8 miles from my house (according to Yahoo! Maps) is the famous Big Duck, which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2004