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Recent Blog Posts
More for Your Dollar
I just returned from my weekly pilgrimage to Somerville’s foremost grocery institution: Market Basket. On this trip I bought enough ingredients to meal-prep approximately 16 servings of a falafel dinner, as well as some staples – eggs, butter, and two pounds of strawberries – for a mere $68. They are not kidding about getting more […]
Random Gone Right
As spring rolls around, many soon-to-be graduate students are receiving their letters of admission, and current MIT students are embarking on summer internships, research, or vacation after a long semester. Both future and current students, however, face the same dilemma: finding housing for the fall. New students may face the challenge of having no or […]
Yes, you can have a life in grad school
“But I’ll be thirty when I finish graduate school!” “Julia, would you rather be thirty with a PhD or without one?” I have repeated this conversation many times in my head and to anyone who will listen. Before I decided to get my PhD in biology, I had heard so many horror stories about graduate […]
Recent News
Photos: The Class of 2026 turns the page
Cheered on by the greater MIT community, members of the Class of 2026 were honored this week for the hard work that earned them their newly minted MIT degrees. The 2026 Commencement celebrations spanned three days filled with degree ceremonies, receptions, and reunions, at locations spread across campus. The weather ranged widely, but spirits remained high […]
Alejandro Aravena urges School of Architecture and Planning graduates to lead with kindness, honor the truth
What distinguishes the MIT School of Architecture and Planning’s Class of 2026? According to faculty and staff across the school, it’s their hearts. “They’re big-hearted in the way they deal with each other, with their work, and with the world,” said Hashim Sarkis, dean of SA+P, in his opening remarks at the school’s 2026 Advanced […]
Scene at MIT: A nanoscientist graduates with her very good boy
“I’m originally from Moorestown, New Jersey, a suburb of Philadelphia. While my degree is in chemical engineering, I consider myself a materials scientist, and I’m passionate about using innovative materials to propel next-generation technologies. When I started my bachelor’s degree at Cornell University, I was introduced to polymers and nanotechnology and even got to partake […]
