Aug 13, 2019
So this summer, I was a mentor for DynaMIT. DynaMIT is a fantastic STEM outreach program for middle school students in the Boston area that helps students explore different fields through activities and experiments. I wanted to share my experience through the lens of 4 kids. 3 of them were 6th-7th graders in my group, […]
Aug 8, 2019
Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce behemoth Alibaba, plans to step down as Alibaba’s chairman in September 2019. This will end the leadership of a company that has made the former English teacher $37 billion and led not only China but also the world in e-commerce beginning almost two decades ago. After he steps down, Ma […]
Jul 30, 2019
When I went back home for a mid-summer visit, I was excited to have some time off, to truly, completely relax, possibly for the first time since coming to MIT. My little sister had gotten free rainbow leis and towels from the local Pride parade and had used them to construct a fort in her […]
Jul 30, 2019
Today, I decided to attend a meeting of something called the Silent Book Club. This was a club where we briefly introduced ourselves before committing 70 minutes to not talking to each other at all. I had never quite understood what the “Anti-social social club” sweatshirts I had always seen around meant, but I figured […]
Jun 21, 2019
Note: The inspiration for this article and quoted thoughts here were from the CryptoEthics discussion group hosted by the Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative. The first thing that is striking about Libra, announced by Facebook last week, is that it’s the first cryptocurrency created and promoted by a major corporation. From the video on the […]
Jun 17, 2019
1 person who created an atomic clock 1 person who made a giant enclosed concrete structure with a peace treaty in it to end a war between dorm floors 1 person who took a year off after her freshman year to work in a startup in New Zealand 1 person who led a group in […]
Jun 17, 2019
The building numbering system 2. How we call each major by a number I too feel cool saying I am a course 6 3. How our sports mascot is an engineer. Literally a person with a specific profession. 4. Why everything is an acronym I’m looking forward to REX! Going to ASE out of every […]
Jun 15, 2019
So why would you want to file a patent?
Jun 9, 2019
The first week of summer: when classes are out, the campus was an unusually barren landscape. There were hardly any students walking around, and I quickly started to question why I had decided to go home in the middle of the summer instead of the beginning. At one point, I walked across the bridge and […]
Jun 9, 2019
Probably not all but most