"Physics in the MIT"
by Yan Z. '12 | October 01, 2009
No bacon apple pies here.

"Summertime"
by Ahmed H. '12 | July 28, 2009
When the Thrills are Cheap and the living is easy.

"MIT Talks Energy at the White House"
by Paul B. '11 | March 26, 2009
"It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment." - Susan Hockfield

"Spring Break!"
by Cristen C. '10 | March 20, 2009
*frantically waves arms in the air*

"Nano @ MIT"
by Paul B. '11 | March 09, 2009
Puppets! Research! Nanotechnology!

"This title is irrelevant"
by Yan Z. '12 | January 28, 2009
In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

"IAP in Review: Week One"
by Paul B. '11 | January 12, 2009
IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

"Questions? Answers."
by Yan Z. '12 | January 01, 2009
A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

"VI-A"
by Kim D. '09 | October 03, 2008
Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

"Re-search"
by Daniel Barkowitz | September 23, 2008
Research in all its glory, from Extre-Terrestrial Genomes to Artisan Cheesemaking (with a little financial aid thrown in)!

"In Their Own Words (Part 3)"
by Paul B. '11 | July 08, 2008
Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

"In Their Own Words (Part 1)"
by Paul B. '11 | June 22, 2008
I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this summer?"

"Summer & the Coming Commencement"
by Lulu L. '09 | June 04, 2008
stuff and things.

"The Scientist"
by Paul B. '11 | June 02, 2008
Questions of science, science and progress.

"Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid"
by Melis A. '08 | May 31, 2008
Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

"My UROP Experiences"
by Derrick B. '08 | May 07, 2008
Research is kinda cool.

"10 things I love about MIT"
by Melis A. '08 | March 27, 2008
and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

"Smaller than the eye can see"
by Melis A. '08 | February 20, 2008
but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

"Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2)"
by Lulu L. '09 | January 29, 2008
Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

"Riddles, Research, and Nerds with Power Tools"
by Paul B. '11 | January 24, 2008
My week.

"It all comes to this"
by Melis A. '08 | January 23, 2008
The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

"Behold, a day job!"
by Keri G. '10 | January 22, 2008
Still with ultra-short travel time!

"One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets"
by Paul B. '11 | January 14, 2008
I suit up for surgery.

"Laura's UROP Advisor in 'American Inventor' finals tonight!"
by Matt McGann '00 | July 25, 2007
Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

"Ana Posada: Improving the production of an HIV medication"
by Melis A. '08 | June 13, 2007
Ana Posada, who just graduated from MIT, spent a year and half of her undergraduate career working in the Sinkey Lab. Her project was to use bacterial genetics to improve the production of an HIV medication.

"Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery"
by Melis A. '08 | May 16, 2007
Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

"More on the Paris Metro"
by Anthony R. '09 | May 16, 2007
Our final review was Monday - officials from the Paris public transport authority flew in to see us present a semester's worth of research. Here's a window (part 1 of 2) into our work on rethinking Paris' subway system this term. Details of our final ideas come later! (Lots of pictures within.)

"Sorry you didn't meet me :("
by Lulu L. '09 | April 15, 2007
I missed Meet-The-Bloggers, and some things on this semester

"Rethinking the Paris Metro"
by Anthony R. '09 | February 25, 2007
I'm taking an awesome grad class that includes spring break in Paris. (Yeah, they're paying.)

"Al Kwon '08: Researching drug delivery"
by Melis A. '08 | December 11, 2006
Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work at the Langer Lab.

"Think YOUR research is crazy?"
by Melis A. '08 | November 14, 2006
Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their life to figure it out...

"A Reason to Celebrate"
by Bryan O. '07 | September 24, 2006
My advisor is a genius.

"It's that time of the year again"
by Melis A. '08 | September 10, 2006
If you want to do a UROP this semester, now is the time to contact professors and graduate students.

"Hartford meeting wrap-up"
by Matt McGann '00 | September 09, 2006
Giving a better answer to a question I was asked in my Hartford meeting.

"DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?)"
by Jess K. '10 | August 30, 2006
All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

""MIT Abounds With UROP Students""
by Matt McGann '00 | August 18, 2006
A photo spread about student research.

"Bubbles and UROPs"
by Laura N. '09 | July 12, 2006
OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I have nothing better to do with my life.

"Gimme a "C"!"
by Mollie B. '06 | June 27, 2006
What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting on the beach and drinking pina coladas -- well, at least not for the WHOLE summer.

"Neurony goodness"
by Mollie B. '06 | June 23, 2006
More lab, because that's what I do.

"Four years, four summers"
by Mollie B. '06 | June 14, 2006
The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

"An actual day in the lab"
by Mollie B. '06 | June 07, 2006
Hectic is my middle name.

"Lazy hazy crazy"
by Mollie B. '06 | June 04, 2006
Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

""...being a geek works out...""
by Matt McGann '00 | April 12, 2006
A UROP at the Center for Sports Innovation.

"Airplane boy strikes again"
by Mollie B. '06 | April 12, 2006
Adam writes about his UROP.

"Living la vida lab rat"
by Mollie B. '06 | March 25, 2006
So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that we all need more rich friends.

"Christina Royce: Analyzing Re-entry Systems"
by Melis A. '08 | March 21, 2006
Christina Royce, a senior double majoring in Mechanical Engineering, with a concentration in Manufacturing through the 2A program, and Economics, is doing her senior thesis project on re-entry systems through the Lab for Manufacturing and Productivity (LMP).

"Tomorrow is MacVicar day!"
by Melis A. '08 | March 02, 2006
Tomorrow is MacVicar day. See poster presentations by MIT students who have made an impact on their community and beyond!

"Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire!"
by Melis A. '08 | February 25, 2006
Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another in the Health Sciences & Technology division. He studies the expression cloning of the adiponectin receptor and analyzes protein interactions, functionality, and mass using bioinformatics and proteomics.

"Summerteeth"
by Sam M. '07 | February 02, 2006
Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

"Tuesdays with Linda"
by Bryan O. '07 | January 31, 2006
It's kind of like making smoothies but not.

"Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated"
by Mollie B. '06 | January 31, 2006
Stories of woe from the lab

"Cool UROP position"
by Melis A. '08 | December 20, 2005
UROP opportunity: helping people fight obesity using robots

"On being a lab rat"
by Mollie B. '06 | December 17, 2005
I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

"Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils"
by Melis A. '08 | December 06, 2005
Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

"Boris Alexeev: Solving Graph Theory Problems"
by Melis A. '08 | November 28, 2005
Boris Alexeev spent five months working on a math UROP with Prof. Daniel Kleitman.

"Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets"
by Melis A. '08 | November 20, 2005
Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied extrasolar planets.

"Jugal Shah- Improving the technique of High Resolution Quantitative Autoradiography"
by Melis A. '08 | November 13, 2005
Sophomore Jugal Shah is improving a boron imaging technique that may potentially enhance a promising cancer therapy.

"Anna Teytelman: Japanese Hip-Hop Extraordinaire!"
by Melis A. '08 | October 27, 2005
Anna Teytelman studies Japanese hip-hop and culture at MIT's Hyperstudio.

"Time in a bottle."
by Sam M. '07 | October 20, 2005
A Newbery-medal-winning collection of short stories.

"Vivek Venkatachalam- Constructing a Very Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope"
by Melis A. '08 | October 13, 2005
Vivek Venkatachalam worked with researchers in the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Lab at MIT's Center for Materials Science to construct a scanning tunneling microscope that operates at very low temperatures and in an ultrahigh vacuum. The microscope will now be used to image the surface of high-temperature superconductors in an attempt to understand how they work.

"Bryan Owens: Developing bioreactors"
by Melis A. '08 | October 05, 2005
An interview with fellow blogger, Bryan Owens, to find out more about his awesome UROP at MIT's Biotechnology Process Engineering Center!

"MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published!"
by Melis A. '08 | September 27, 2005
MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at MIT and around the world, is looking for submissions!

"Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges"
by Melis A. '08 | September 24, 2005
Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

"To a mouse (or nineteen)"
by Mollie B. '06 | September 16, 2005
A eulogy for my UROP mice... in the form of me explaining my UROP.

"Ming-fai Fong- Designing an intelligent walking "toddler" robot"
by Melis A. '08 | September 15, 2005
After learning to sit, bend their knees, squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the coordination and strength to walk. While engineers have mastered robotic arm designs, walking robots have yet to even come close to mimicking the human gait. In an attempt to make a robot that imitates humanlike walking as much as possible, the researchers in the Seung Lab designed a robot that learns how to walk in the same way that humans do.

"UROP Deadlines and Openings"
by Melis A. '08 | September 07, 2005
The deadline for Fall Direct Funding is September 15, so hurry up and find yourself a UROP!

"Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve"
by Melis A. '08 | August 20, 2005
Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona. She ended up finding three stars each over a billion miles in diameter that weigh more than twenty-five times our sun.

"Jenny Hu- Adapting to Artifical Gravity"
by Melis A. '08 | August 07, 2005
Junior Jenny Hu worked in the MIT Man Vehicle Laboratory to study if people can learn to adapt to living in artificial gravity.

"Sid Puram - Polymer Microspheres"
by Melis A. '08 | August 02, 2005
Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer microspheres that can potentially be used to develop a cancer vaccine.

"Melis's UROP Blog"
by Mitra L. '07 | August 02, 2005
Melis enters the blogging community.

"Issel Lim: IBD Research"
by Melis A. '08 | July 27, 2005
Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a type of IBD, through her UROP in the immunology lab of Dr. David B. Schauer.

"Reactors are my friends."
by Sam M. '07 | July 26, 2005
Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

"UROP 101 - The Intro Entry"
by Melis A. '08 | July 20, 2005
Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight that he or she has gained from the UROP experience.

"I-Rop, U-Rop"
by Bryan O. '07 | July 15, 2005
my contribution to the future of medicine

"Doctor Who?"
by Sam M. '07 | June 30, 2005
Doctor Russ. Lieutenant Colonel Russ Lachance, a grad student I've been helping out with research for the past two semesters,...

"Summer, Summer, Summertime"
by Bryan O. '07 | June 30, 2005
"...and this is how i spent my summer vacation."

"Go Kendra"
by Mitra L. '07 | June 11, 2005
From the MIT News Office: 'Green' labs project wins EPA prize An MIT student design project has won a People,...

"Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome"
by Matt McGann '00 | March 28, 2005
Great front page article in today's New York Times on the proposed Human Cancer Genome Project: The proposed Human Cancer...

"RA Selection Day 7"
by Matt McGann '00 | February 24, 2005
As selection continues, I wore my blue & gold tie that I bought in Richmond, VA. I had lunch again...