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Agricultural Microbiology: Designing Microbial Communities

January 16, 2018 | IAP 2018 | ceemit

By Mikayla Murphy ’18 During IAP, Course 1 students often scatter across the globe, from TREX in Hawaii to mini-UROP in Cambridge. This IAP, six other MIT students and I are doing something new: spending two […]

MISTI video highlights students’ research on Venice’s rising sea levels

July 31, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]Edmund K. Turner Professor in Civil Engineering Andrew Whittle and Professor of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Paola Rizzoli led a research camp for MIT students, including CEE graduate student Paige Midstokke, rising senior Clio Macrakis […]

Japan Adventures: Structures

July 25, 2017 | Undergraduate Student Life | ceemit

[fusion_text]By Eric Wong The Japanese aesthetic is unmistakable: minimalistic, functional, and balanced. And the ambience it creates equally distinct: calm, peaceful, and soothing. The parts of Kyoto built in the new millennium represent a nod to […]

Japan Adventures: Transportation

July 18, 2017 | Undergraduate Student Life | ceemit

[fusion_text]By Eric Wong In my two months in Japan, the one aspect of Japanese culture that seems to permeate into everything is the pursuit of perfection. Life in Japan, as seen in transportation, is inseparable from […]

Japan Adventures: Kyoto

July 12, 2017 | Undergraduate Student Life | ceemit

[fusion_text]By Eric Wong Kyoto is known for its seemingly endless number of shrines and tranquil natural sights. While this is undoubtedly true, it is also very much a city and that’s where the charm of the […]

Summer In Santiago

July 7, 2017 | Undergraduate Student Life | ceemit

By Christine Langston I’m spending the summer (or rather winter in the southern hemisphere) in Santiago, the capital city of Chile through a MIT program called MISTI (MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives). I’m interning with […]