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  Resolved: MIT Rocks Even the Senate thinks so

  

  I came across a news article on a friend’s Facebook page the other day. The U.S. Senate congratulated MIT on its 150th anniversary in ... to: S. Res. 195 Whereas when the Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  today’s traditional funding structures. Too often, researchers design ... of our core economic and social institutions. He believes it’s time the ... will help people self-organize to solve social problems. He’s

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Maker) Women Rock We are what we celebrate

  

  hardware pioneer Limor 'Ladyada' Fried is on April’s WIRED cover. This is the first female engineer to appear WIRED’s cover (as well as the first female ... devices from operating within a user’s personal space. By building

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 23, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  RainbowFloor@MIT Because at MIT, if it doesn’t have a mailing list, it doesn’t exist. Fact.

  

  talk about was MIT’s Rainbow Floor, which I honest-to-god stumbled upon ... ; More information can be found here. They also have some good bird’s ... link: for the record, the piece’s real name is Bars of Colors within

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  It rains a lot in Boston. There’s not much more you can say about ... rain thing down. The first thing I’ve discovered is that umbrella’s don ... , but rainboots are a very nice invention. Especially on MIT’s campus. For

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  GEL program’s final leadership lab of the semester, during which a ... through to get where they are today, but there’s something about the phrase ... , talk to non-science people. Let’s get this conversation going and we

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  And now, for a brief interlude from our regularly scheduled finals whining. I should be studying E&M right now, but this is much more fun.

  

  sell on the let’s-do-something-besides-work front. Anyways, the problem ... Dame one time, powder blue men’s basketball shorts, and a navy BoSox hat ... around Boston in this outfit, so I borrow one person’s jeans and get a

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  bills, don’t make weekend plans, don’t even finish applying to MIT, there’s ... physics goes online today (err…technically it’s already been online since ... 'll be sure to let you know what the apocalypse looks like firsthand. P.S

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Law & Order: MIT Alum Unit Going to law school after MIT, and a profile of the first sitting federal judge…

  

  Judge Appointed to U.S. Court of Appeals By Sharron Kahn Luttrell ... . Bush nominated her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ... judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Moore began

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  a week (~20 people, workshopping class) fun fact: "Diaz’s 1996 book ... -seven-years-old when it was published, the young author was heralded as one of Newsweek’s ... fiction (2002), a Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Writers Award (2000), the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  Ever heard of Alan Lightman? He’s one of the most famous professors at ... have heard of some of his books: Einstein’s Dreams (1993), Good Benito ... Washington Post and Newsday. He offered a wonderful insider’s perspective and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Spending the F.A.T. with Arthur Ganson A missed opportunity to build kinetic sculptures with artist Arthur Ganson.

  

  I scanned the front page of The Tech, MIT’s major newspaper, and saw a ... by the MIT Museum. Here’s the photo and caption: “A graduate from ... joined MIT’s Hobby Shop to try my hand at kinetic sculpture, but I haven

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  “prize”). Adam’s problem set monster suggestion was also inspirational. I ... isn’t as strong anymore, it’s about time I’ve relived my teenage ... , since it was all choreographed to Boston Pop’s style orchestral music. I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The return of photos to my blog!

  

  '08 (DormCon rep to the UA and one of my 5th East hallmates), Andrew S ... -Conner). Okay, here I got a pic of Alex '07's death-defying expedition between two ... Nick '09's hair shocking pink. And now, fast forward to Halloween

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  students: Renaldo (who I'm looking forward to seeing this summer at MITE2S ... proud of my institution! A small subset of the MIT '09s who spoke ... awesome MIT '09s (like Nick, who apparently was just voted Prom King, or Lyn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lewis Music Library Tra la la

  

  library’s spacious layout ensures no one will feel claustrophobic while ... library’s mezzanine displays a measure of a Canon composed by John Harbison ... of the library’s clock. Gotta love MIT. And now, what you’ve all

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2004
• Blog / Personal Projects

  ms paint sidequest by kayode and caleb on a monday night

  

  the last hour. I call this “The Finger,” because it’s what I will use to grip and switch a lever back and forth. It’s attached to a beam I’ll call ... . I’ve just been referring to this robot as “Big Man,” so I guess that’s

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  for me, as I spent all four years of college playing D3 soccer on MIT’s Women’s Soccer team! I was the first in my family of four kids (who all ... programs. It’s basically a big try out. "]ID camp[/annotation] at Harvard

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  -campus geology museum, or worshipping a second-edition copy of Newton’s Principia ... without ever getting old.  It’s now been nearly 3 years since I last saw most of my SSPeople in person, but that’s not to say they’re gone. We

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  "] barcelona, with casa battló in the background[/caption]   If there’s anything I’ve learned from being here this long, it’s that when the weather ... that’s all you need.' — paraphrased from the instructor on the first day

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025