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When You’re Up for an Exercise Adventure!

When You’re Up for an Exercise Adventure!

A rundown of bougie group exercise classes in Boston

October 7, 2019 | Erika A.

Feeling sluggish after indulging in one too many conference happy hours? Your normal gym workout not really doing it for you (or you not really doing the workout)? Try something new with a group exercise class: part workout, part experience. PILATES REFORMER CLASSES You know the torture device in The Princess Bride? A pilates reformer […]

Iḷisavsaaqtuam aakam qaitkaa uqautchiñi kiŋuvaamiñun

Iḷisavsaaqtuam aakam qaitkaa uqautchiñi kiŋuvaamiñun

A graduate school mom gifts language to the next generation

September 23, 2019 | Annauk O.

Aullaqisaqtuq – It is the beginning Iḷisaguuruŋa Iñupiatun MIT-mi. I study Iñupiaq at MIT. Iñupiaq is the language of the Alaskan Inuit, whose population numbers 24,500 and whose speakers’ number 2,000. Iñupiaq is considered “moribund,” which means having few or no child speakers because the language is not advancing across generations. Through the MIT Indigenous […]

Going Through a Breakup

Going Through a Breakup

How work and friends helped me (somewhat) regain my inner balance

June 17, 2019 | Anna I.

I came back to Boston after a month of traveling to find out that my boyfriend and I had fallen out of love. After an ever-difficult conversation during a rainy September night, I was faced with the necessity to adjust to my “single” relationship status while staying on top of my responsibilities as a graduate […]

On Rooftops in Cambridge and That Elusive Feeling of Hereness

On Rooftops in Cambridge and That Elusive Feeling of Hereness

When they go low, you go high

May 28, 2019 | Cathy W.

A long time ago, I climbed a roof here. Though I should clarify and revise; this is, after all, an institute built on precision. Recently, a professor returned a response paper I had written with a comment that read, this is all very interesting, but this is a rigorous field, and you need to say […]

Practicing Good Hygge-ne

Practicing Good Hygge-ne

Self-care is so much more than making sure you’ve showered

May 28, 2019 | Rumya R.

It is hard to make time for all the things you want to do at MIT. There was one week my Google calendar had so many overlapping events, meetings and deadlines that it looked like a colorful mosaic worthy of the contemporary art section at the MFA. From 9AM to 11AM on Wednesday, I somehow had […]