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MIT Alumni Association Selection Committee Ballot - Candidate Profiles

MIT Alumni Association Selection Committee Ballot - Candidate Profiles Steven Carhart '70 is running for one of three open seats on the MIT Alumni Association Selection Committee. I applaud his manifesto, which compares the present moment to his years as...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 11, 2024 11:20 PM

8.01x - MIT freshman physics lectures by Walter Lewin

8.01x - MIT freshman physics lectures by Walter Lewin Walter Lewin was for many years the lecture for the freshman physics courses at MIT, and recordings of his entertaining and enlightening lectures were provided with the MIT Open Courseware version...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 21, 2021 12:50 AM

A final fall on campus | MIT Technology Review

A final fall on campus | MIT Technology Review MIT seniors were granted three months on campus this fall, but they will spend the spring semester studying remotely. Alex Meredith '21 describes his time: "When weeks quarantining at home with...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 27, 2020 10:05 PM

MIT prof finds that adding an hour of sleep can bump students up a letter grade | The Times of Israel

MIT prof finds that adding an hour of sleep can bump students up a letter grade | The Times of Israel A Fitbit-based study attempting to show a link between exercise and better grades showed something entirely different: "When Grossman...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 15, 2019 9:45 PM

Best college football prank Harvard Yale MIT balloon

ESPN: The day MIT won the Harvard-Yale game Kyle Bonagura writes about one of the greatest college football pranks of all time: "Patrons at a small bar in Pocatello, Idaho, were a bit confused as to why a stranger showed...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 16, 2019 3:05 PM

Convert Units - Measurement Unit Converter

Convert Units - Measurement Unit Converter Useful collection of unit converters, including some rather obscure ones. Here you can convert between smoots and feet....

Posted by Michael Bates on February 16, 2019 2:14 PM

Lambda Chi Alpha | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Smoots | Lambda Chi Alpha | Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Harvard Bridge is an almost-half-mile span across the Charles River linking the MIT campus in Cambridge with Boston's Back Bay, where MIT was first located and where many of...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 16, 2019 2:02 PM

An Update on Gender Imbalance in MIT Admissions Maker Portfolios

An Update on Gender Imbalance in MIT Admissions Maker Portfolios This is a disappointing bit of obsessing by MIT's administration about an insignificant difference in behavior among students seeking admission. Applicants can submit various kinds of portfolios -- research papers,...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 5, 2016 5:31 PM

MIT Prof. Hartley Rogers, Jr. Quotes

MIT Prof. Hartley Rogers, Jr. Quotes Hartley Rogers was my professor for 18.02 (Calculus 2) in the fall of 1981. Twenty years later he was still uttering bon mots in 26-100, and student Stephen Lee collected them from Prof. Rogers's...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 3, 2013 7:46 AM

MIT Prof. Hartley Rogers, Jr. Quotes

MIT Prof. Hartley Rogers, Jr. Quotes Hartley Rogers was my professor for 18.02 (Calculus 2) in the fall of 1981. Twenty years later he was still uttering bon mots in 26-100, and student Stephen Lee collected them from Prof. Rogers's...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 3, 2013 7:46 AM

Five MIT Students Have Solved A Universally Annoying Problem - Business Insider

Five MIT Students Have Solved A Universally Annoying Problem - Business Insider Bugged that you can't get the last bits of jelly out of the jar? Introducing LiquiGlide, "an edible, plant-based coating that can be placed on any surface, from...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 5, 2013 12:10 AM

MIT TechTV - Collection MIT Symphony Orchestra (146 videos)

MIT TechTV - Collection MIT Symphony Orchestra (146 videos) A growing collection of performances by the MIT Symphony Orchestra over the last half-century, presented by MIT Libraries....

Posted by Michael Bates on August 10, 2012 3:57 PM

MIT SIPB November 1982 Minutes

MIT SIPB November 1982 Minutes In the olden days, if you wanted to use a computer at MIT, the Student Information Processing Board had a slice of time on the MULTICS system to dole out. The very early stirrings of...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 22, 2009 10:38 PM

Andy's Chili

Andy's Chili The best chili I've ever had came from a pushcart on the MIT campus. Here's the recipe, along with fond memories of the man who cooked and served it. From the acknowledgments to John Murdzek's dissertation: "Andy Anderson,...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 20, 2009 12:12 PM

imagiNATIVEamerica » The Boston Public Library Courtyard

imagiNATIVEamerica » The Boston Public Library Courtyard Blair Humphreys captures sunlight, shadow, and classic architecture in the courtyard of the Boston Public Library on a sunny late summer day. (This is his homework (the lucky dog) for the MIT course...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 18, 2008 6:54 AM