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Always Where the Food’s At

Always Where the Food’s At

A grad student's guide to free food at MIT

May 22, 2017 | Kenny C.

Is there going to be food? If the answer is yes, I’m there. On my lab group’s Slack messaging channel, the description below my name is always where the food’s @. As a student at MIT, you begin to notice that nearly all events provide free food. The usual choices are bagels and pastries for […]

How the Squirtle Spawn

How the Squirtle Spawn

The importance of relaxation at MIT

March 27, 2017 | Kenny C.

Graduate student life is very busy, especially at MIT. No two days in the lab are the same. In my opinion, this is what makes science and being a student at MIT so exciting. There’s never a shortage of people making strides in their research. Some days I might be in the lab for 16 […]