Hi folks! My name is Ben, and my official title is Associate Director of Admissions and Director of Communications for the MIT Office of Admissions. (No, it doesn't fit on a business card.) Mostly I'm just known as the "Communications Guy" around here. My job (other than reading applications and selecting the class with my colleagues) is simply to make sure that we're communicating with you as fluently and as transparently as possible.

I designed and built this website as our primary communications tool and I manage its day-to-day production. I also spend more time than is probably healthy communicating over email, facebook, and other social networking sites. I love the concept of Web 2.0 (although I don't like that name for it), and I enjoy working with other departments at MIT to study how blogging and other interactive online initiatives might benefit them as well.

I grew up in Baltimore and then went to Oberlin for college, where I double-majored in English and Environmental Studies. I am married to the love of my life and we have two awesome little boys. The passion with which they explore the world reminds me of things I see here at MIT every day.

In my spare time I play in a rock band all over Cambridge and Boston. I love listening to (and composing) music, writing, reading, gardening and cooking. And my mom, of course.

If you're new to my blog, begin with these entries (one, two, three) - they're some of my favorites.

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MTB Party Pic & TechTV CPW Coverage
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April 10, 2008 | Here's the link!
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April 03, 2008 | A big experiment. :-)
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