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Dance Fitness in Boston

Dance Fitness in Boston

Workout AND have fun!

July 8, 2019 | Erika A.

I entered graduate school as an awkward, uncoordinated person. I will leave it as a prima ballerina. Just kidding. But jokes aside, Boston has quite a few fun, unique dance fitness opportunities, and I have them to thank for making me a more coordinated, flexible, happy person. Dance fitness classes usually work like this: you […]

Explain the MIT Undergrads to Me

Explain the MIT Undergrads to Me

There’s a totally rational reason for the madness, I promise

June 10, 2019 | Erika A.

As a newly arrived graduate student at MIT, you may have noticed that the undergrads are a bit… crazy. Don’t worry, I’m your local neighborhood undergrad-whisperer, and I’m here to help. As a current Graduate Resident Advisor (GRA) at the East Campus undergraduate dorm and a former crazy undergrad myself at Caltech, I have a […]

Dressing for Battlefield Science

Dressing for Battlefield Science

Fashion & being yourself while complying with laboratory safety

April 1, 2019 | Erika A.

My first three years of grad school blur together as a haze of experiments and little else. Doing laundry every other week marked the passage of time. I would wash the same set of Gap Body shirts in every neutral color along with my three identical pairs of NYDJ jeans. At some point, I realized […]

At MIT, New York City Is in Your Backyard

At MIT, New York City Is in Your Backyard

Navigating your transit options for weekend trips

March 4, 2019 | Erika A.

It was a Friday at 10:30am, and I was behind schedule to catch my bus to New York City. I rushed from the Red Line T stop at South Station to the bus terminal, annoyed that my rolling suitcase prevented me from running up the escalators. As it turned out, I shouldn’t have worried. The […]