Tag: MIT

In 1965, Italian industrialist Aurelio Peccei (1908–1984) gave a lecture about the radical scientific and technological changes happening around the world. Alexander King (1909–2007), the Scottish scientist head of Scientific Affairs at The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Deve...

MIT implements a unique Independent Activities Period or IAP during the month of January where students don’t have scheduled classes and instead have time to engage in a wider variety of learning opportunities, from research to internships to volunteering to optional classes. Thro...

Hi, this is Pari! I just finished my first year as an undergraduate at MIT and have shared some of my experiences throughout the fall semester during MIT’s Independent Activities Period (IAP) in the linked blog posts. Through this post, I hope to share some of the highlight...