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  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  ="alignnone" width="220"] Celtic harp, traditionally played with fingernails (though playing with the fingers was popularized over a century ago ... free but also can be read during the semester, I checked out some more

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  . In the dorms at MIT, we work adjacent to each other like parallel play ... ’t realize what people are doing in your life, what roles they’re playing ... free time, and I have a rewarding job doing research that is going to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  both my FPOP and REX were beyond incredibly awesome.) Between playing the ... eating way too much free food, I had no time to pine over being away from ... the work of psets replaced the play of REX, some melancholy would start

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  would have time to write, read, play music, be with myself, and be with a ... . Understand the roles they play and weigh them all when making a decision. You ... senior year.  I spent a good part of my free time setting up home servers

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  . -Discover Mech. Engineering concluded with a Battle Royale of home-made soccer-playing ... also consumed my remaining free time for breakfast. To the unending ... mirrors. Snapping these shots was like playing Twister with the act of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Lost Art of Hand-Lettering Lives at MIT hidden in plain sight

  

  letters on all of these doors have been hand-lettered by one man, Glenn ... Engineering just posted a short video about Glenn and his time and contributions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  of machine and computer tool use so all the Mechanical Engineering ... taking us around the machine shop and giving a boring explanation on how to use each machine, we get to learn by making a spiffy Stirling engine

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  -changing activity) "Institutional Practice" (the play about a man whose foot is ... storytelling ability I felt I lacked. As I began writing plays, I struggled to ... more plays, I changed the way I observe and listen. I focused on a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  of 3.5 years of hard work in our 2.009 Product Engineering Process ... hours. You ready? [annotation note='Tickets sold out within 3 minutes ... funny story This year’s theme is balance. Ironically, because of my brain

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  seats in Congress, lead only 15 Fortune 500 companies, and hold a mere 3

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What it’s like to work at NASA and a few other things

  

  basic tools I've learned at MIT - SolidWorks, machining, and rapid ... talks from NASA engineers. Oh, we got to see Morgan Freeman and video chat ... -blowingly incredible sushi I've ever had: I had to wait almost 3 hours at the Tsukiji

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 1, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  from being relieved of having to work on a 10+ year old sun machine ... able to do any work at all. Also, we have a totally sweet new 3-axis ... Friday came final projects showcases in dance class. I'll post videos

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  ever leaving a ~0.04 km^2 area. dis boi long, so buckle up (and feel free ... in lecture. 1.57 - 2.54 pm: i have a UROP meeting at 3 in stata, so ... week. shrug emoji Location: Stata Center 2.58 - 3.15 pm: my

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  , they trade 8 hour-days of working on rush projects in exchange for free ... week…) The idea was to build a platform 3.5 inches off the ground (because a 2 by 4? The actual dimensions are 1.5 by 3.5 inches! These are

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  you're faced with design decisions, big scary machine tools that you ... video, "keep your centers of gravity low and your coefficients of friction ... final design; I also lower my entire chassis and use a 3D printed fixture

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Michael Stipe played an ice cream man on one episode of ... to call you Spam all the time now! Ha ha ha, SPAMMY! Ha ha ha! Oh, man ... one day (this man works with uranium), that "Alcohol is bad for you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  thought you might want it.” So I got a free cup of coffee. But the coffee ... and asked me if I wanted a free coffee, I stayed for four more hours to

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  freshmen guys-- free steak and lobster dinners, boat cruises, trips to Fenway park, rides on Segways, free F-1 go cart racing and adventures to sandy

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  , what you do in your free time or if you have any free time at all. They

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  the dorm. For about a week, the pile is a free-for-all; any student can take anything they want from it, for free. After everyone's moved out of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008