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An Indian Spice Blend™ you won’t find at Whole Foods

An Indian Spice Blend™ you won’t find at Whole Foods

Add one tablespoon of Indian to one tablespoon of American to achieve optimal confusion

May 9, 2020 | Rumya R.

One of the most challenging tasks every family must undertake at some point in their lives is deciding what to watch together. One evening, the compromise for our family was Hasan Minhaj’s Netflix standup special, Homecoming King. It was a win-win: my immigrant parents got to see a young brown man rise to fame, and […]

“Deity’s Book Collection” twenty minutes away

“Deity’s Book Collection” twenty minutes away

Rediscovering my cultural identity at Harvard-Yenching Library

February 24, 2020 | Qingyang X.

Deity’s Book Collection Overseas 「海外嫏嬛」 Façade of the Harvard-Yenching Institute On a bright and crisp morning in late April 2019, when I first set foot into the warm Harvard-Yenching (哈佛燕京) library, it was as if I finally returned home from a long odyssey. The calligraphy overseeing the reading room 海外嫏嬛 (which literally translates into “deity’s […]

The Pod Leader Experience

The Pod Leader Experience

Mentoring for the MIT Summer Research Program

December 23, 2019 | Cristina T.

Every year, the Office of Graduate Education (OGE) hosts around 40 undergraduate students from around the country to engage in meaningful research at MIT during the summer. This effort, called the MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP), aims to provide underrepresented minorities an opportunity to conduct research at world-renowned labs on campus. The cohort consists of […]

A Home Away from Home

A Home Away from Home

The Genesis of MIT Chinese Music Ensemble

November 7, 2019 | Qingyang X.

Prologue   When I first came to MIT, I planned to work, but not much else. Certainly no time to play Gu-zheng – the Chinese zither. There are simply too many things to learn, to explore. But, from time to time, I was possessed by a lingering anxiety – an integral part of my voice […]

Creating my niche in grad school

Creating my niche in grad school

How diversity and outreach initiatives helped me find my place in MIT

November 4, 2019 | Yamilex A.-S.

Imagine being in a roller coaster that’s on fire, adrift, going full speed. That was my first year at MIT. Coming straight from an undergraduate institution in Puerto Rico, it was difficult for me to get used to the fast pace in which topics were taught in a different language and to the amount of […]