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  MIT Econ Prof Wins Nobel Prize (with video) A pretty exciting week as Peter Diamond PhD '63 is the latest MIT professor to…

  

  D '63 was awarded the Nobel memorial prize in Economics. For MIT, this ... Robert Solow) and 9 alumni (including Diamond and Merton) who have won the ... are the highlights: You can watch the full press conference at MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  keeping up with her inbox, she is naturally well-informed about the goings-on in the MIT community - so much so that I generally find out about ... find MIT's Great Dome shrouded in white wrappings and the hubbub of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  activities for the past two weeks have been working during the day, working at ... suggested biking to see the Battle of Lexington, I was THRILLED! We woke at ... just we cyclists, and we soared over the pavement, thrilled to use

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Today is a Super Important Day This is kind of a big deal.

  

  Today is an important day. The end of an era, the beginning of a new ... almost a year. Today marks the beginning of a change we can believe in. Today, we celebrate the power of democracy and the power of the human

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  0 Days Since Last Fire Alarm Oh noes! Simmons Hall on fire!

  

  myself outside in the snow or in the rain, waiting for the strobe lights to stop blinking before heading back into the dorm to resume whatever I was ... alarms since orientation, one of which was a drill. Simmons, on the other

  • by Snively '11
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  Oftentimes the best way to learn something is to teach it. I ... 't really care, stay for the pretty pictures, mmmk? Mmmk. Alright here's the ... rest at the top of a hill of height h. What is the angular velocity of

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

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  the sucky-ness of being home, but rather, I'll reminisce on the good ... one of the students that matriculated before coming to CPW; so I came to ... for this weekend. I received my CPW folder (which included the Bible

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW, via Video Experience (or relive) Campus Preview Weekend through online videos.

  

  of you who attended CPW -- it was great to meet you! Here are the videos, compiled from the great people at MIT TechTV and (of course) YouTube. President's Welcome & Faculty Keynote Lecture This was the official CPW

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Global warming? ...or just a weather anomaly?

  

  The acronym “IAP” usually evokes several feelings, including ... ’ve always wanted to learn, hang out with friends, or do research in the lab - Dread…knowing that January is the coldest month of the year, with an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thomas Friedman on Energy & MIT A NY Times article highlights MIT's innovative energy solutions

  

  We’re all aware of climate change and the impact that it will have on ... challenges, and President Susan Hockfield established the MIT energy initiative ... student groups like Biodiesel@MIT, the MIT Energy Club, the Solar Electric

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cambridge Traditions and 5 Course Meals

  

  process in which you are formally admitted into the university and your college. I think all of the colleges has a matriculation ceremony on the first day of the term where all the first year students to the university

  • by Cambridge
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  I hate New England. No really, I do. Ask anyone who's had the misfortune to be around me the last few weeks. All I do is complain about the weather. Granted, the weather is not all that different in New Jersey

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Another Fab Four Sarah Dupuis '10, Zachary Bjornson-Hooper '10 Emily Houston '10, and Renaldo Webb '10.

  

  From the MIT Alumni Association's New & Noteworthy When the 1,005-strong ... accomplishment are already evident in the class: Sarah Dupuis of New Preston, Conn ... will change the world. Hailing from Moraga, Calif., Bjornson-Hooper is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  Staying up all night while staring up at the stars, eating loads of candy, and playing puzzles when clouds obscure the view -- sounds like ... would meet at the lab and if the sky was clear, they would drive up to MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  nearing the tail end of your paperwork. If you're applying regular action ... of idealized MIT. The more I read, the more I learned, the more I wanted to live here and study here. Who wouldn't want to be in the center

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  travelling.] For months, I've been looking forward to the day I'd be leaving ... seven months, the notion of a new life and future along the Charles River has been firmly planted in the back of my mind. But sometimes, when you

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…

  

  (IBD), which causes inflammation of the digestion tract and leads to painful cramping, chronic diarrhea, and reduced appetite. As if the symptoms weren't bad enough, IBD increases the risk of developing colon cancer and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  hey hey HAYMARKET slicing and dicing all over the place.

  

  During the warmer months, every Friday and Saturday, Haymarket, a farmer's market near the Government Center T-Stop comes to life. Saturday ... to see what kind of deals we could find. Trekking down the Infinite

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions mailed;

  

  At 3:08pm today, we completed the preparation of the decision mailing, and at a quarter to five, the mailman came to post the letters. Sadly, I missed the photo of the postman coming to take away the letters. We have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  litigation practices, an amicus brief —  from the Latin for friend, also known as ‘friend-of-the-court’ —  is filed by entities not themselves parties to the lawsuit in question, but that have a stake or insight into the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022