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No one else at the shelter asked me any questions that night. Nothing more than the usual what’s your name, where are you from, can I have mine with no sauce, please. But his question would not quit. Would not SIT DOWN. Kept spinning and reeling and dancing in my head.

http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N54/GSCwashington.html

Welcome to the Warmbaths Team Blog! We are four MIT graduate students (Rimi Chakraborty, Nick Gagnon, Tim Lawton, and Kelsey McCarty) currently enrolled in 15.389, Global Entrepreneurship Lab (G-Lab), and are blogging to share our project experience.

In G-Lab, students are [… Read More]

We must find a way to reconcile our ever-shrinking world with its ever-growing diversity of thought, diversity of culture and diversity of belief. In short, we must find a way to live together as one human family
– Barack Obama

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America’s Best Leaders 2009 Article @ USNEWS and World Report

Okay, this is perhaps too geeky of a spin from the classic green eggs and ham, but I thought it might get some nerdy biologists’ attention.

My intention is not to talk about Dr. Seuss in this entry but on genetically [… Read More]

I’m going to break out of my normal ranting state and talk about something actually important here.  Below is the text of a press release we’re spreading around about our recent jaunt to Capitol Hill, as well as pictures of [… Read More]

The President’s visit to MIT on Friday is one of the most exciting events to have happened to MIT in years. As everybody celebrated and shared their story about how they caught a glimpse of the president (or in my [… Read More]

“You look tired.”  This definitely tops the list of “Ways Not To Start A Conversation With A Grad Student”.  Other favorites include, “How’s your research going?”, “What year are you?”, and my personal nemesis, “So, when will you finish?”

I’m sure [… Read More]

It’s been hard to ignore the bout of coughing, sneezing, and sniffling that’s been going on pretty consistently in class over the past month. It was also inevitable that I would pick something up – we share classes with the [… Read More]